About the Theatre
Founded in 1957 and now in its 69th season, Theatre Southwest (TSW) has consistently maintained a reputation for offering exciting, relevant theatre. Plays by the most interesting playwrights, presented by accomplished casts and directors, set the standard at TSW. As one of Houston's premier smaller venues, TSW has successfully proven over the years that an enjoyable night at the theatre can be richly rewarding and inexpensive. Comedy, drama, classics, and original plays are all part of TSW's heritage, and each season brings new and enthralling productions, offering live theatre at its best. Recently revitalized by a move to a beautiful new home (3939 Hillcroft, Suite 160, at the intersection of Hillcroft and Westpark), TSW will continue to offer bold, thought-provoking work to Houston audiences for years to come.
Upcoming Shows
Between Riverside & Crazy, a play by Stephen Adly Guirgis, opens on February 20 at Theatre Southwest. This play won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for...
by Jonathan Netek - February 21, 2026
Small Talk Turns to Tough Talk and Everything Changes....
by Jonathan Netek - February 20, 2026
ENGLISH, written by playwright Sanaz Toossi, won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and crafts an intimate, devastating portrait of language—as both bridge and barrier. Set in an Iranian classroom, the play unfolds less as a traditional narrative and more as a series of moments unfolding over time....
by Brett Cullum - February 16, 2026
The show introduces us to a half dozen stories from one car, and it’s an interesting look at how humans interact, or in some cases, don’t....
by Brett Cullum - February 12, 2026
You are in a room with eight excellent performers doing songs purely for the joy of getting to sing them for an audience....
by Brett Cullum - February 11, 2026
It’s funny, it’s clever, but it sometimes seems to get too caught up in itself as a script. Yet the acting here is top-notch, and the Mildred’s Umbrella production is a wonder in such a small space. Jennifer Decker’s direction is sublime, and she has a solid cast....
by Armando Urdiales - February 01, 2026
What did our critic think of HANSEL AND GRETEL at Houston Grand Opera?...
by Jonathan Netek - February 01, 2026
Wilde’s wit shines at Company OnStage....
by Brett Cullum - January 30, 2026
It’s funny, it’s warm, and you walk away feeling as if you saw a community revealed....
by Jonathan Netek - January 28, 2026
A true circus act, WATER FOR ELEPHANTS has it all....
by Brett Cullum - January 24, 2026
Denise Fennell Pasqualone shares so much of herself in THE BRIDE that it just feels like a hug from the actress. There are laughs, teary moments, and even a random game show thrown in for good measure....
Past Shows
Theatre Southwest's annual Readers' Theatre event gives voice to works from independent playwrights. Join us on Sunday, January 18th and enjoy our 20th offering of...
Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery. adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig. Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious...
Welcome the New Year with your friends at Theatre Southwest. Join us for our NYE Gala, an evening of fun, frivolity, food ... and a play!...
Lone Star Spirits, a ghost story comedy written by Josh Tobiessen and directed by Randall Packer, will open (appropriately) on Halloween night, October 31, and...
Theatre Southwest opens its 69th season on September 12 with Arthur Miller's "Incident at Vichy"
Theatre Southwest presents the 28th annual Festival of Originals.
The titular character Mary is a compulsively wise-cracking magazine editor who uses her sense of humor to shield her insecurities, while her ex-husband Bob is...
The titular character Mary is a compulsively wise-cracking magazine editor who uses her sense of humor to shield her insecurities, while her ex-husband Bob is...
This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. He...
In this light-hearted and charming comedy Mr. Pim is only passing through town, but an off-hand revelation manages to throw the entire household into chaos....
Comedy of Tenorsby Ken LudwigDirected by Sean K. Thompson One hotel suite, four tenors, 2 wives, three girlfriends and a soccer stadium filled with screaming fans. ...
Theatre Southwest Presents The Festival of Originals – otherwise known as The FOOThe Festival of Originals is an annual occurrence, in which playwrights all around...
"Can you be a dispassionate, uninvolved observer of horrific events, recording them for posterity, and still keeping a sense of right and wrong, not to...
A painter, who is obsessed with famous murderers of the past, takes great pleasure in recreating their crimes, and hopes to one day join their...
Nov 3 - 18, 2023 - Fridays, Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sunday matinees (Nov 5 & 12) at 3 p.m.
Smart, funny and utterly engrossing. It has been fifteen years since Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, when a knock comes...
Theatre Southwest Presents The Festival of Originals – otherwise known as The FOOThe Festival of Originals is an annual occurrence, in which playwrights all around...
Theatre Southwest is proud to present Mark Dunn's "The Deer and the Antelope Play," a serious comedy.Three generations of an East Texas family - a...
Written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Sam Martinez, is the startling and beautiful story of a brilliant, history making woman previously unknown to many...
Everybody Loves Opal by John PatrickDirected by Steve CarpentierComedy. Opal, a middle-aged recluse, lives in a tumbledown mansion at the edge of the municipal dump. Opal...
Outside Mullingar by John Patrick Shanley. Directed by Vicky McCormickA very Irish story with a surprising depth of poetic passion. Anthony and Rosemary are two...
Bell, Book and Candle by John Van Druten Directed by Jacqueline JeaneClassic sophisticated comedy. Gillian is one of the few modern people who can actually...
An exciting and moving play about the ways, both sudden and slow, that lives can change irrevocably. After Callie meets Sara, the two unexpectedly fall...
Guess Who's Coming to Dinnerby Todd KreidlerDirected by Jay MenchacaA progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings...
Al and Willie were top-billed vaudevillians for over forty years. Now they aren't even speaking. When CBS requests them for a "History of Comedy" retrospective,...
When aging Broadway star Margo Crane allows Eve, a young fan, access to her dressing room, she is easily bamboozled by Eves show of adoration...
Maude Mix is a pretty, strait-laced, and uptight Westchester housewife whose husband is currently abroad on a periodic extramarital jaunt with his secretary. From the...
With a bold imagination, Donald Margulies dares you to get whisked away in a story of high seas, populated by exotic islanders, flying wombats, giant...
A four part comedy confection as only Neil Simon can write it! Four couples arrive, in turn, from London, Chicago and New York and separately...
A charming and romantic comedy based on the popular book Enchanted April.Takes place in the 1920's. Four women of very different personalities desire a break...
Based on a true story, this post war 1920's drama centers around newly employed Catherine and her coworkers at a watch factory. This new version...
Based on a true story, this post war 1920's drama centers around newly employed Catherine and her coworkers at a watch factory. This new version...
5 original plays roughly 20 minutes each. 5 different directors, 5 different casts. Chosen from approx. 700 entries. Eclectic....
A sort of adaptation of Chekhov's The Seagull. This wonderfully, fresh, raw, no-holds-barred play challenges the notion of what theatre was, is and could be....
A delightful romantic comedy. Blind since birth, Don Baker has lived with his overprotective mother and is finally independent and living in his own apartment....
Henrik Ibsen's revolutionary Norwegian 1879 classic is once again at the forefront of women's changing place in the world. Nora and Torvald have a seemingly...
One of the most successful and charming laugh-out-loud Broadway comedies ever written. Paul and Corie are newlyweds in every sense of the word; he’s a...
After years of separation, three very different sisters come together to make arrangements for their mother's funeral in this bitingly savage dark comedy. Each of...
After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty grandmother Vera in her...
The 21st Annual Festival of Originals Produced by Mimi Holloway The FOO consists of five, 20-minute original plays by five different playwrights, with five...
In the early 1970s, before Roe v. Wade, before the Violence Against Women Act, Agnes has turned her quiet bed and breakfast into one of...
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