Iden Payne News

Mint Theater Company has revealed the complete cast of Zack, led by Jordan Matthew Brown in the title role of Zack by Harold Brighouse, Caroline Festa and more.

Penfold Theatre Company has revealed the cast and creatives for the dark comedy, Wild Horses written by Allison Gregory and directed by Rudy Ramirez.

Merrimack Repertory Theatre has announced the appointment of Jenny Lavery as Interim Executive Artistic Director, effective February 1, 2026. Her official title will be the Nancy L. Donahue Interim Executive Artistic Director.

For ten years, Ground Floor Theatre has been one of Austin’s most intentional and boldly inclusive arts organizations, committed to producing theatre for everyone by centering stories and artists from underrepresented communities.

This December, keep your 2025 holiday season going strong with lots of fa – la – la – laughter as City Theatre Austin brings you the hit southern comedy A Tuna Christmas.

Penfold Theatre Company has added four new staff members. John Kranso has joined as Managing Director, Jonathan Young as Development Director, Jeff Davis as Technical Director and Erica Moreno as Marketing Manager.

UT’s Cabaret is precise, captivating, and haunting. Eavenson’s Sally Bowles dazzles, Burk’s Cliff grounds the story, and Gonima’s Emcee delivers chilling irony. The production is a mirror of history, not a period piece.

Continuing the 20th Anniversary Season, City Theatre Austin will present Other Desert Cities. Family saga and secrets are laid bare in the award-winning play written by Pulitzer Prize finalist, playwright, and screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz. Learn more!

The B. Iden Payne Awards Council will host a Ballot Announcement Party on October 13, 2025, at The VORTEX in Austin to reveal nominees for the 51st Annual Awards.

Broken Token Productions has announced its first show, Le Switch by Philip Dawkins. Directed by Spenser Davis, the cast will feature Danny Bernardo, Christine Lin, Brian Kim McCormick, Jonthan Moreno, and Jonathan Slavin.

Glass Half Full Theatre is hitting the road for its seventh national tour with the award-winning bilingual play Maebelle’s Suitcase / La Maleta de Maebelle. Learn more!

City Theatre Austin will bring to the stage Margaret Edson’s award-winning play WIT. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

Texas Performing Arts just unveiled a dazzling 2025–26 season featuring Lang Lang, Alvin Ailey, Carrie Rodriguez, and more! Tickets Go On Sale Friday, June 13 at 10 AM, so check it out!

Doctuh Mistuh Productions has revealed the casts for two Austin premieres: the off-Broadway hit, The Toxic Avenger: The Musical and Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Awards Best Musical nominee, Pretty Filthy. Learn more!

International superstar CHANEL will return to the Zach Theater stage for one night only. CHANEL: ONE NIGHT ONLY will feature showstoppers from her tour with The Rolling Stones and her time starring as the legend Tina Turner, plus more.

Doctuh Mistuh Productions has revealed the cast for Lizzie: The Musical playing as part of Summer Slam 2025. Learn more about the production and see how to attend.

FEAST is a cynical, poetic, and unflinching reminder of our flawed humanity: we don’t learn from our mistakes. The cycle of greed, power, and self-destruction keeps repeating. It is a reckoning for the monsters we’ve become—and the ones we’ve allowed to thrive.

City Theatre Austin has announced the May performance of Neil Simon's wildly hilarious comedy Rumors. Guest director Jim Lindsay leads the production.

The VORTEX Theatre, supported in part by the Save Our Springs Alliance, the Texas Commission on the Arts, TreeFolks, the City of Austin Economic Development Department, ATX Theatre, and Six Square Austin’s Black Cultural District, presents the world premiere of MOTHERTREE by Bonnie Cullum and Sarah Saltwick on their Eloise Stage from March 27 to April 20.

The renowned non-spoken group from New York is coming to Greece for the first time and is presenting their latest creation ‘Noted' for two performances only at the Roes Theater.