Castro's Beard
By Brian Stewart
Directed by Kenn McLaughlin

October 6-24

Stages Repertory Theatre opens its 26th season with the regional premiere of Castro’s Beard. The play follows four CIA agents as they develop a plan to eliminate Castro and “liberate” Cuba. From a Mob hit to poisoned shoes and exploding cigars, their schemes range from the merely unworkable to the truly bizarre. Even more jaw-dropping than the ideas themselves is the fact that they’re all based in reality...
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A.R. Gurney's latest WASP comedy to make SW premiere:
Sept. 22nd -October 23rd at 8pm at Theatrelab

Direct from it’s critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run Theater LaB Houston to present the Southwest Premiere of the new social and political comedy Mrs. Farnsworth.
Mrs. Farnsworth
Written by A.R. Gurney

Margery Farnsworth, Connecticut society wife and mother, signs up for a writing course with the intent of penning a tell all book about her youthful indiscretions with a Yale undergraduate who may (or may not) have become the most powerful man in the world. Continuing Education instructor Gordon Bell is all too happy to help...
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College of the Mainland Community Theatre is proud to present Alan Ayckbourn's new comedy, COMIC POTENTIAL,pening on Thursday, September 9th at 8:00 PM and continuing through October 3rd.

COMIC POTENTIAL marks the opening of COM Theatre's 33rd Season and is another in a long line of Southwest Premieres that have distinguished COM as "The Biggest Li'l Theatre in Texas".COMIC POTENTIAL presents a future where everything has changed, except human nature...

THAT SERIOUS HE-MAN BALL
Opens Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:30 p.m.
(Previews: September 18-22 )
Runs:September 23 - October 17, 2004

The Ensemble Theatre opens its 28th season with the playwright, Alonzo D. Lamont, Jr.’s play That Serious He-Man Ball. Opening night is Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at The Ensemble Theatre. When it premiered almost 20 years ago, LaMont’s play generated widespread interest and excitement in theatre centers around the country, including a successful production of the play at The Ensemble in 1992. LaMont was...
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Topical and Trappakeepa & Girth by Lindsay Kayser
at the Axiom, September 23 - October 2, 2004
SIX NIGHTS ONLY - Thursday, September 23 - $5.99
Remaining performances ($10) - Sept. 24, 25, 30 and Oct. 1 and 2

Three whip-smart ladies from Austin make up Gypsy Baby Theater, and we at IBP think they’re supercool. That’s why we’re hosting them here at The Axiom. For only two weeks in September Gypsy Baby will present...

September 18, 2004
dAdA Productions is proud to present the next installment of our dedication to theatrical readings. Urban Aphrodite-An Exploration of Erotic Writing By Women Come join us for an evening of Erotic Exploration! Based on modern international erotic writing by women and the classical writings of Anais Nin, Anne Rice, Sappho and others, this night promises to get your juices flowing! FOR one night only!

Along with the readings, the evening will include: an Erotic Shadow Puppetry performance, a "roving" Historical Lingerie Fashion Show and sensory stimulation all night long. Conceived by Founding Executive Director Ann C. James and directed by Alley Theatre company member, Annalee Jefferies, this production will...