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Conversos: A Secret Past
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesSecrets. Every family has them. Some secrets span generations or change history. Discover how many older Spanish-speaking families in South Texas, Northern Mexico, and New Mexico are probably Jewish. The advent of DNA testing is revealing family stories that have remained untold until now. Learn about a conversos - Jews who were brought to Mexico …
Sugar Plum Fantasy concert presented by Houston Pride Band
Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston (MATCH) 3400 Main Street, Houston, TX, United StatesMusical selections inspired by the Nutcracker Suite, with visions of other classic favorites dancing between them.
Houston Pride Band Presents: Starry Night
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThere is no greater place than Houston to celebrate our love of outer space and dreaming of the stars. Join the Houston Pride Band for a night of music inspired by the cosmos, including selections from Star Wars, The Planets, Star Trek, and other popular favorites. Special guest performance by the Bering UCC Handbell Ensemble.
Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesWhen 12-year-old Edith makes an unfortunate spur-of-the-moment decision with her air rifle, she, her older brother Kenny, and his boyfriend Benji find themselves suddenly at odds with the adult world around them. A. Rey Pamatmat’s achingly beautiful play explores first love, the pangs of youth, and the universal search to find your family of choice. …
Simprov
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThunderclap Productions presents SIMPROV, a world premiere of a new play by Obie Award winner Laurence Klavan. "SIMPROV is a serious and surreal comedy about technology, entertainment, and identity. Two couples are on contrasting journeys: Barbara and Alan, in middle age, are being pulled apart by her ever-increasing involvement in video and internet experiences; Actor …
CLEANSED by Sarah Kane (Regional Premiere) at The Catastrophic Theatre
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Catastrophic Theatre presents CLEANSED by Sarah Kane. In a former university, society’s “undesirables” are subjected to a series of tortures designed to test the limits of human love on the battlefield of the human body. Explosively aching, hauntingly poetic, and disarmingly tender, CLEANSED is a fever-dream fable of unimaginable brutality and miraculous beauty. CLEANSED …
Melville & Hawthorne (world premiere)
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThunderclap Productions presents the world premiere of Adi Teodoru's MELVILLE & HAWTHORNE, directed by Andrew Ruthven. In this latest play in our award-winning John Steven Kellett Memorial Series of LGBTQ+ works, Teodoru chronicles the growing feelings between Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne, as Melville wrote MOBY DICK (which is dedicated to Hawthorne). The play is …