Ruth McCleskey News

AN IDEAL MAN is a fun spin on the source material, and it’s charming and affable in its delivery. I like the idea of the cast of DYNASTY suddenly being thrust into Oscar Wilde’s England via River Oaks.

Get ready to laugh your way into the holiday spirit with Ophelia's Rope, Houston's longest running improv duo, in a special series of holiday-themed performances! Learn how to attend.

Experience the magic of improv with Ophelia's Rope in a series of performances supporting Cone Man Running Productions. Learn more about the event and see how to attend!

Cone Man Running Productions presents the world premiere of 'End of the World,' a captivating play by Michael Weems.

Prepare to be swept away by a tale of enchantment, melancholy, and unexpected transformation as Cone Man Running Productions presents 'MELANCHOLY PLAY' by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Katherine Rinaldi and Ruth S McCleskey, and stage managed by Rachna Khare.

4th Wall Theatre Company - Philip Lehl and Kim Tobin-Lehl, Artistic Directors, and Tim Richey, Managing Director - are excited to announce the date for our Up Close Cocktails Fundraising Event.

Between Elizabeth's 'loving' emasculation of any man nearby, George's rampant paranoia that the sexiest girl ever - Cassandra - will make him her bitch, and Ryan's maniac nightmares of his castrating fiance, these roommates and the rest of the myriad ensemble throw together a slap dash party to inevitably fulfill their sad destinies through wildly mismatched love affairs, life-altering prank phone calls, and the perpetual misconnection between an ambitious TV journalist-to-be and the guy next door.

For the ninth year running, Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company (MU) will produce two weekends of new works at the annual Museum of Dysfunction short play festival. The festival has become a staple of the summer theatre calendar featuring local talent and plays that probe the dark and funny edges of the everyday. Nineteen short plays were selected from over 100 entries by emerging and established writers nationwide, with nine spots held exclusively for high school and college students as a way to encourage their craft and build their portfolio. The festival will run over two consecutive weekends: June 29-July 1 and July 6-8, 2017 at Studio 101 in Spring Street Studios, located minutes from downtown Houston in Historic First Ward.

Cone Man Running Productions presents SUNDAY ON THE ROCKS by Theresa Rebeck. Drunken discussion about contacting the afterlife, hating wicker furniture and the secrets we share when fueled by 9:30 a.m. scotch.

The Boiling Point Players opens their 2016-2017 season with AN IMPROVISED PLAY X3, produced by Cone Man Running Productions. The show is a three-night series of improvised plays and will be performed at Obsidian Theater. Each full-length performance is based on suggestions from the crowd. I got the opportunity to ask Autumn Clack about the group's beginnings, their upcoming production, and what's coming this season.

Houston Theater Company, Boiling Point Players, opens their 2016-2017 season with a three-night series of improvised plays, An Improvised Play x3, produced by Cone Man Running Productions and showing November 13 through 15 at 8:00 PM at Obsidian Theater.

THE SHOW MIGHT GO ON by Bryan Maynard, directed by Steve Brown, will run tonight, July 7, through July 16, 2016 at the Obsidian Theatre (3522 White Oak, Houston, TX). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!

THE SHOW MIGHT GO ON by Bryan Maynard, directed by Steve Brown, will run July 7 - 16, 2016 at the Obsidian Theatre (3522 White Oak, Houston, TX). BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in character below!

The Boiling Point Players continues its 2015 - 2016 season with cabaret A NEW DAWN, showing this weekend on January 21st.

Boiling Point Players is excited to announce the cast members for its 2016 production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream featuring an all female cast.

Boiling Point Players has filled the cast slots for its upcoming female-driven play, 'True Story,' and the production team includes:

Ophelia's Rope presents 'Holly-Prov' tonight, December 11, 2014 8:30pm at Rudyard's British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr, Houston, Texas.

Ophelia's Rope presents 'Holly-Prov' on December 11, 2014 8:30pm at Rudyard's British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr, Houston, Texas.

'To be, or not to be' at the play...definitely TO BE! Come see Boiling Point Players inaugural production of In Juliet's Garden, a play for Shakespeare fans and newbies alike!

'To be, or not to be' at the play...definitely TO BE! Come see Boiling Point Players inaugural production of In Juliet's Garden, a play for Shakespeare fans and newbies alike!