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 A. D. Players announces that their final Mainstage production of the season, The Miracle Worker will open May 13 and run through June 21, 2015 on the Grace Theater stage.

A. D. Players announces that their first production of the new year Wedding Belles will open tonight, January 23 and run through February 15, 2015 on the Grace Theater stage. Like only Alan Bailey can: garden-club ladies, a soldier about to ship out, and an innocent young bride give a small Texas town nuptial nightmares in this hilarious Southern comedy. By the creator of Smoke on the Mountain.

A. D. Players announces that their first production of the new year Wedding Belles will open January 23 and run through February 15, 2015 on the Grace Theater stage. Like only Alan Bailey can: garden-club ladies, a soldier about to ship out, and an innocent young bride give a small Texas town nuptial nightmares in this hilarious Southern comedy. By the creator of Smoke on the Mountain.

A. D. Players announces that the World Premiere of A Cardboard Christmas will open tonight, November 25 and run through December 23, 2014 on their Grace Theater stage, as the third show for the 2014-2015 season. Experience the magic of Christmas through stories of the origins of many beloved songs and carols. Meet a resilient mother and her talented son for whom this Christmas season means many surprises, including a mysterious stranger who brings with him an even more mysterious gift.

A. D. Players announces that the World Premiere of A Cardboard Christmas will open November 25 and run through December 23, 2014 on their Grace Theater stage, as the third show for the 2014-2015 season. Experience the magic of Christmas through stories of the origins of many beloved songs and carols. Meet a resilient mother and her talented son for whom this Christmas season means many surprises, including a mysterious stranger who brings with him an even more mysterious gift.

A. D. Players announces that Over the River and Through the Woods will open today, May 28th and run through June 29, 2014 on their Grace Theater stage.

A. D. Players announces that Over the River and Through the Woods will open May 28th and run through June 29, 2014 on their Grace Theater stage.

The A. D. Players is in the middle of celebrating their 47th season of theatre. Notorious for providing Houston audiences with thought-provoking and inspirational pieces of theatre, they are kicking off 2014 in the same fashion with their deeply moving production of Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's award-winning play, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

A. D. Players presents the award-winning play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, now through March 9, and is partnering with Holocaust Museum Houston to present special events at the museum connected to the story of the play. The Diary of Anne Frank opens tonight, January 31, and runs through March 9.

A. D. Players will present the award-winning play The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, January 29 through March 9, and is partnering with Holocaust Museum Houston to present special events at the museum connected to the story of the play. The Diary of Anne Frank will preview January 29 and 30, open January 31, and run through March 9.

The A.D. Players is kicking off the summer with a vibrant and thrilling production of Cathal Gallagher's MALCOLM AND TERESA. The play is a fascinating biography of British journalist Malcolm Muggeridge, who is credited for popularizing Mother Teresa. In 1932, he visited Moscow as a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian. He was one of the few journalists that looked into the reports of famine in the Ukraine, and he traveled there without the permission of the Soviet authorities. He sent his reports back to England in the diplomatic bag, to avoid censorship; however, he found that the British people and the journalism world in general were not ready or willing to accept that the new Socialist nation was not the utopian worker's paradise that the USSR claimed it was. Later, in 1968, with a reputation for being a tough interviewer for the BBC, he interviews Mother Teresa. She opens his eyes to the squalor and suffering in Calcutta, a city he had lived in the 1920s. After his initial interview with her, he re-examines his personal faith while championing Mother Teresa's charitable ministries.

A. D. Players will present the regional premiere of the historical drama Malcolm and Teresa by Cathal Gallagher, previewing tonight, May 22 and 23rd, opening on May 24 and running through June 23.

A. D. Players will host a weekend of special playwright events to compliment their presentation of Malcolm & Teresa, Cathal Gallagher's historical drama about BBC reporter Malcolm Muggeridge and his interviews with a then unknown Mother Teresa.

A. D. Players will present the regional premiere of the historical drama Malcolm and Teresa by Cathal Gallagher, previewing on May 22 and 23rd, opening on May 24 and running through June 23.

Direction by Jennifer Dean keeps this Texas style 'Beauty and the Beast' parable clipping brightly along during the first act, which is pleasantly bubbly and tender. In the second act, the writing and direction together slow the pace of the sprightly comedy. The writing, especially, becomes filled with redundant moments and removes every ounce of subtly from the themes and messages beautifully constructed and pristinely directed in the first act. While, as a whole, THE FIRST CHURCH OF TEXACO is pleasant, I couldn't help but feel that the second act could be pared down some to keep the momentum rocking forward.

Managing Director Ric Hodgin confirmed today that A. D. Players will present the Houston Premiere of the romantic comedy The First Church of Texaco by award winning writer and director Andrew Librizzi.

Managing Director Ric Hodgin confirmed today that A. D. Players will present the Houston Premiere of the romantic comedy The First Church of Texaco by award winning writer and director Andrew Librizzi.

To kick off their 2012-2013 season, A.D. Players is presenting Steven Dietz's Edgar award winning play SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE FINAL ADVENTURE. The play itself is an adaptation of American actor William Gillette's 1899 play, which borrows Irene Adler from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia" and Professor James Moriarty from "The Adventure of the Final Problem." Irene Adler is an opera singer and a superficial villainess in her own right, tempting Sherlock Holmes' typically nonexistent romantic feelings. Professor James Moriarty is the malevolent architect of most of England's iniquitous scum, which earns him Sherlock's admiration for being a completely reserved and ultimately clever man.

A. D. Players theater will open their 46th Mainstage season September 7th with Steven Deitz' award-winning play Sherlock Holmes: the final adventure at Grace Theater, 2710 W. Alabama. This production of the play, which won the 2007 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery Play, will be its Houston professional premiere.

A. D. Players theater closes their 2011/2012 season with the British comedy Charley's Aunt by BranDon Thomas on their MainStage now playing through August 26, 2012. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production photos below.