Rhett Martinez News

So, in no order (and with no clarity of categories), here are the BROADWAY WORLD HOUSTON CRITICS’ CHOICE awards for the 2025-2026 season! CHEERS!

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company announced its 25th anniversary season featuring two Houston premieres with all-female casts: COLLECTIVE RAGE: A PLAY IN 5 BETTIES and ANTHROPOLOGY, both staged at Spring Street Studios.

It is about a family living through a dystopian future that's only a few years into our future, the year 2029. In which… try to follow me on this, see if you can imagine America in this way. It's an America run by right-wing conservative Christians who oppress anyone who isn't like them, to the point of deporting them to other countries, maybe, like, El Salvador?

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company, in collaboration with the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC, opens their 2025-2026 season with the Houston premiere of THE LAST YIDDISH SPEAKER, by Deborah Zoe Laufer.

Sometimes, a play does what no other artistic medium can do. It can feel intimate, immediate, and alive. CRY IT OUT from MILDRED’S UMBRELLA is one of those living productions that feels like you are watching three real women deal with being a mother and looking at how that is going to affect every aspect of their lives.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company begins their 2024-2025 season with CRY IT OUT by Molly Smith Metzler, running September 12-28, 2024 at Spring Street Studios.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company begins their 2024-2025 season with CRY IT OUT by Molly Smith Metzler.

O: A RHAPSODY IN DIVORCE does what any good play sets out to do; it makes you feel. Your heart breaks for the lead character; her struggle and journey are effective and moving. There is a lot here to savor, and it maintains the prestige of what this company routinely produces.

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company wraps up their season with the “rolling” world premiere of O: A RHAPSODY IN DIVORCE by playwright Jami Brandli, winner of the 2023 Jane Chambers Award.

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 all over the country perform readings on the same evening of competitively selected plays about gun violence written by teenagers.

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 all over the country perform readings on the same evening of competitively selected plays about gun violence written by teenagers. Learn more about the event here!

Tension. Defined in the dictionary as mental or emotional strain. This simple seven letter word sums up the production of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress currently playing at Main Street Theater. Don't be confused though, this tension that discusses race, politics, and other contemporary issues is expertly done.

Main Street Theater will open its 47th Season with the regional premiere of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress. The production opens Saturday night, September 17 at 7:30pm and runs through October 17.

Firecracker Productions closes its season with Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's 'Bob: A Life in Five Acts' at Garza Studios. BOB will run Fridays and Saturdays, April 22- May 7 at 8pm.

February introduces two Houston premieres with short plays Burden of Proof by Houston's own Cris Eli Blak, and Wedding Bash by Andrew Leeds and Lindsay Kraft. The season closes in the late spring with the epic journey of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb's Bob: A Life in Five Acts, the highly unusual life of Bob and his lifelong quest to become a Great Man.

Mildred's 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 plays by women. FEMFEST HOUSTON:VIRUS EDITION will be streamed one at a time between May 24 and June 24, 2021. Tickets are free, with a donation appreciated. 

Mildred’s Umbrella Theater Company will continue their digital 2021-2022 season with the fourth installment of our reading series, FEMFEST HOUSTON, a series that focuses on new plays by women. This round will be VIRUS EDITION.. with 3 new plays by women that were inspired by the Pandemic. 

Mildred's 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 plays by women.

Evelyn Rubenstein JCC presents Oh My God by Anat Gov, a filmed production presented in collaboration with Mildreda??s Umbrella Theatre Company, with the support of the Consulate General to Israel in Houston.

Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company kicks off their 2020-2021 season in collaboration with The Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center, with the production of OH MY GOD, by renowned Israeli playwright, Anat Gov.