by Brett Cullum - May 26, 2026
AIRLINE HIGHWAY is a fascinating slice of life from Lisa D’Amour. It feels like we are watching everything happen in real time, and it seems so authentic to New Orleans. It has a wonderful sense of place....
by Brett Cullum - May 23, 2026
TUTS makes it live up to its name. It’s a handsome production, a great cast, and it feels like an old faithful friend. When you’re down and troubled, and you need a helping hand, just call the box office. ...
by Jonathan Netek - May 17, 2026
Young Love, Love Lost and Genuine Storytelling in Stages’ Sin Muros Festival’s first fully developed production....
by Brett Cullum - May 15, 2026
This is Sartre for the America of today, and the Alley Theatre kicks it off in grand style in its Neuhaus auditorium below their mainstage....
by Jonathan Netek - May 09, 2026
WHO ALL OVER THERE Balances Comedy With Honest Conversations on Race and Relationships...
by Jonathan Netek - April 23, 2026
Building Fences, Breaking Bonds: A Powerful Portrait of Family and Fallout...
by Jonathan Netek - April 17, 2026
Widely considered one of Shakespeare’s greatest works, and typically ranked alongside tragedies like Macbeth and Hamlet, OTHELLO explores themes of jealousy, racism, and the destructive nature of unchecked emotion. The play follows its title character, a Moorish general in the Venetian army, as he...
by Brett Cullum - April 14, 2026
AN IDEAL MAN is a fun spin on the source material, and it’s charming and affable in its delivery. I like the idea of the cast of DYNASTY suddenly being thrust into Oscar Wilde’s England via River Oaks....
by Brett Cullum - April 13, 2026
You really need a talented group of singers, and THE GARDEN THEATRE has put together a stacked cast of musical actors who have appeared in their shows over the last five years....
by Jonathan Netek - April 08, 2026
From Tudor queens to pop princesses, the 6 wives of Henry VIII take the mic and remix 500 years of historical heartbreak into a euphoric celebration of 21st-century HERstory. ...
Past Shows
The season opens with the Houston premiere of THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, by Deborah Zoe Laufer. This production is the second of two co-productions with...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company is participating for the third time in the national reading of #ENOUGH: PLAYS TO END GUN VIOLENCE, a project where theaters...
In collaboration with Esurient Arts, and directed by Dabrina Sandifer, the production was created by a diverse group of six female artists in Mildreds Umbrella...
El Huracn honors four generations of Cuban-American women who navigate lifes tempests together. Valeria drifts as dementia floods her mind. Ximena sinks as unforgiveness surges...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their 2021-2022 season with the final digital project, LADY GREY (in ever lower light) by renowned playwright, Will Eno. Directed...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new...
Annika is the multi-millionaire CEO of a doomsday prepper subscription box service. She is also trapped inside the massive custom bunker that she built to...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with the video release of THE DROWNING GIRLS by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson, and Daniela Vlaskalic....
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with the third installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new...
Mildreds Umbrella Theater Company continues their digital 2020-2021 season with FINE WINE, a series of classic monologues written for ingenue actresses, but instead performed by...
OH MY GOD is a dark comedy that explores what could happen if God walked into a therapists office. Ella, a psychotherapist with problems of...
TOOTH & TAIL is part fairy-tale, part rescue mission, part love story, and all adventure. Family friendly! TOOTH & TAIL has been developed and workshopped...
For ten years we've been collecting new, weird short plays for Museum of Dysfunction. This year, we're going back into the files to bring you...
Travel back to 16th century Spain with this madcap re-telling of Spanish history and colonialism. Columbus has just returned from the New World, Queen Isabella...
MILDREDS UMBRELLA HIGHLIGHTS THE ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING WITH U.S. PREMIEREREADING OF MY MIND IS FREE BY UK PLAYWRIGHT SAM HALL In honor of Human...
Responding to the events of the past few years, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is proud to present CONSENTING BODIES, a series of play readings...
Kicking off a series of projects geared toward raising awareness for local service organizations, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is bringing a reading of Terrance...
DIANA follows a young working class English woman who unexpectedly comes into a large sum of money and decides to live a life of extreme...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) is kicking off the 2018-19 season with Jen Silverman’s critically acclaimed black comedy, THE MOORS, playing August 30-September 15 at...
Since 2008, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) has celebrated the dark, quirky, and absurd with a collection of short pieces submitted by emerging and established playwrights. Now...
Closing out a six-year tenure in Spring Street Studios, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is reviving a fan favorite from its days at Midtown Arts Center with...
Step into the mind of Tony-award-winning playwright Lisa Kron with this thoughtful and funny examination of how our relationships with our community, family, and friends...
Jef Johnson brings his spontaneous play, OPEN SPACE, back for two nights only! By invitation of Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company, Native Houstonian Jef Johnson brings...
Adding to an already exciting season, Mildred’s Umbrella (MU) is excited to share a new fantasy from local playwright and University of Houston student Elizabeth...
Set in a sleepy factory town at the end of the 1970’s, this horror comedy from Devious Maids writer Charise Castro Smith centers on teenaged...
Kicking off its 16th season, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) takes a trip through memory, perception, and grief with the Houston premiere of IN A...
For the ninth year running, Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company (MU) will produce two weekends of new works at its annual Museum of Dysfunction short play...
Set amidst a family vacation at an idyllic lake house in upstate New York, A HEROINE FREE SUMMER examines what happens when a family becomes...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of THE JOHNS by Mary Bonnett, producing artistic director for Chicago’s Her Story...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company continues its 2016-2017 season with the regional premiere of DRY LAND by recent Yale graduate and Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company opens its 2016-2017 season with THE MAIDS by Jean Genet. Loosely based on the infamous Papín sisters who brutally murdered their...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company and Wordsmyth Theatre proudly present Museum of Dysfunction VIII: A SHOWCASE OF SHORTS. Now in its eighth year, this annual short...
Mildred’s Umbrella Theatre Company (MU) is proud to present the regional premiere of The Drowning Girls, a modern interpretation and poetic retelling of the “Brides...
Videos
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A.D. Players at the George Theater (6/24-8/02) |
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2026 Night Nation Run - Dallas, TX Texas Live! (9/12-9/12) |
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Lucas Lauriente (En Español) Punch Line Houston (6/07-6/07) |
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Sense & Sensibility Theatre Southwest (5/29-6/13) |
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Rocky Horror Picture Show House of Blues Houston (10/23-10/23) |
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AC/DC NRG Stadium (8/31-8/31) |
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A Streetcar Named Desire Pearl Theatre (7/17-7/20) |
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Art Factory (6/05-6/14) |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame The Wortham Center (6/16-7/05) |
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Breaking Bread: A Conversation hosted by Chris Shepherd: A Michelin Roundtable with Felipe Riccio, Emmanuel Chavez and Mayank Istwal The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (6/05-6/05) |
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