Rob Melrose

Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards 2025 Recipients Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 4, 2025

Theatre Communications Group has announced the 2025 recipients of the Edgerton Foundation New Play Awards. The awards provide additional rehearsal time for new works in development at theatres across the country. Sixteen productions will receive a total of $783,000 in support.

Alley Theatre Receives Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for DEAR ALIEN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 4, 2025

Alley Theatre has received an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for Dear Alien by Liz Duffy Adams, directed by Shelley Butler. The award provides support for additional rehearsal time with the full creative team prior to the world premiere.

Interview: Elizabeth Bunch of A CHRISTMAS CAROL at ALLEY THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - Nov 30, 2025

My biggest goal in the present is Christmas Past. If the Past were past, I'd never be it in the future. I would love to know how to do that.

Photos/Video: A CHRISTMAS CAROL At Alley Theatre- First Look!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 14, 2025

Alley Theatre has released new video highlights and production photos from its 2025 staging of A Christmas Carol, directed by Amber D. Gray. Performances continue the long-running Houston holiday tradition first established in 1989.

Briana J. Resa to Return in THE NIGHT SHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS at Alley Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2025

Houston actor Briana J. Resa will star in Texas native playwright Isaac Gómez’s The Night Shift Before Christmas at Alley Theatre. The production will be directed by KJ Sanchez.

David Rainey to Return as Ebenezer Scrooge in A CHRISTMAS CAROL at Alley Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 21, 2025

Alley Theatre will present the return of Houston’s holiday tradition, A Christmas Carol. This holiday favorite promises a Christmas feast featuring the Alley's Resident Acting Company. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Interview: Rob Melrose of ALLEY and the ALL NEW Play Festival at ALLEY THEATRE
by Brett Cullum - Oct 3, 2025

'We're really proud because we've put a big focus on new work in the past. Some of these even began as readings at our Alley New Festival. They have worked their way up to a full production at the Alley and then beyond.' - Rob Melrose

Review: THE DA VINCI CODE at Alley Theatre
by Brett Cullum - Sep 25, 2025

It’s a marvelously entertaining thriller that audiences are likely to flock to, because it has a sense of awe-inspired fun that you seldom find in the theater. It's high-tech Agatha Christie, and perfect for the Fall.  

Photos: THE DA VINCI CODE at Alley Theatre First Look
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 24, 2025

You can now get a first look at  Alley Theatre's production of The Da Vinci Code. See photos here and learn more about the production, including how to purchase tickets!

Interview: Michael Locher of THE DA VINCI CODE at the Alley Theatre
by Brett Cullum - Sep 22, 2025

To me, this iteration of THE DA VINCI CODE feels like it leans more towards the book in pure content, but at the same time, you can look at the film and our stage adaptation as sort of accomplishing similar tasks.

Alley Theatre Unveils Casts for the 2025 Alley All New Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 15, 2025

Alley Theatre has revealed the cast for the 2025 Alley All New Festival, a three-day festival of staged readings. Learn more about the upcoming events and see how to purchase tickets!

Alley Theatre Reveals Programming for the 2025 Alley All New Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 4, 2025

Alley Theatre’s All New Festival will return this fall as it features a three-day festival of staged readings. See the lineup here and learn how to purchase tickets.

Alley Theatre Receives Grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation to Present PEER GYNT Adaptation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 29, 2025

Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre and Artistic Director Rob Melrose has been awarded a grant from The Roy Cockrum Foundation to produce a world premiere translation and adaptation of Peer Gynt in the Alley’s 2027-28 Season.

Cast and Creative Team Set for THE DA VINCI CODE at Alley Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 22, 2025

Alley Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team of The Da Vinci Code. Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel adapt Dan Brown’s hit novel. See who is starring and learn more!

Alley Theatre Names Jennifer Bielstein as New Managing Director
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 24, 2025

Alley Theatre has named Jennifer Bielstein as its new Managing Director, effective October 20, 2025. Learn more about Bielstein and about Alley Theatre's leadership here!

Alley All New Festival Developments Head To Off-Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025

Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has announced that Torera by Monet Hurst-Mendoza and Thornton Wilder's The Emporium, completed by Kirk Lynn, will both receive Off-Broadway productions in the 2025–26 season.

Ethan Slater's MARCEL ON THE TRAIN Will Make World Premiere at Classic Stage Company
by Stephi Wild - Jun 12, 2025

Classic Stage Company has announced its 2025-26 Season, which will include a new production, co-written by and starring Ethan Slater. Learn more about the lineup here!

Cast Set For Noël Coward's PRIVATE LIVES at Alley Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Apr 23, 2025

Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre and Artistic Director Rob Melrose have announced the cast and creative team of Noël Coward's Private Lives. Learn more here!

BORN WITH TEETH Makes Its European Premiere In London
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 11, 2025

Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre has announced Liz Duffy Adams' critically acclaimed steamy drama Born with Teeth, a dramatization of Shakespeare and Marlowe's writing collaboration, will make its European premiere in a West End, produced by Playful Productions, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and Elizabeth Williams.  

Interview: Ken Ludwig of BASKERVILLE: A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY at Alley Theatre
by Brett Cullum - Apr 11, 2025

I like to write all the time and generally write two plays a year, just because I take very seriously the notion of this being my profession. I would say playwright is spelled WRIGHT [write]. It's like a Cartwright or a wheelwright. It's somebody who rolls up their sleeves and does their work.