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Greater Tuna — Galveston

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Oct 9 – Oct 31, 2026

Greater Tuna is a fast-paced, character driven comedy that uses the lens of a single day to satirize and celebrate its inhabitants as well as small-town life.

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Play

Houston Theatre Show, Greater Tuna — Galveston , Play

Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show

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Oct 16 – Oct 31, 2026

Let’s Do the Time Warp Again! RICHARD O’BRIEN’S THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Returns to Art Factory!

The tradition continues at Art Factory, as our raucous production of THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW makes its triumphant return! Brad Majors and Janet Weiss are just your average, everyday couple. Newly engaged, they trek out on a dark and stormy night, to deliver their happy news to a former science teacher. When a flat tire leads them to the foreboding doors of an ill-placed gothic castle, their lives are transformed forever. Hike up those fishnets and strap on those stilettos for this raunchy ride through sexual awakening! Art Factory encourages costumes and call-outs, making this production a fully immersive and high-octane night of zany, sexy fun! The production will culminate with an extra-spooky final performance on Halloween night! 

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Musical

Houston Theatre Show, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show , Musical

Uhuru

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Oct 16 – Nov 8, 2026

Who Belongs on the Mountain? An unlikely group takes on a “Tanzanian-only” ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro in this sharp satire. The dramedy follows a Tanzanian-American tourist, two missionaries, and their guide as they make their way toward the “Roof of Africa.” They must confront questions of access, identity, and who deserves a place on the mountain.

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Play

Houston Theatre Show, Uhuru , Play

Great Gold Bird

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Oct 16 – Jan 3, 2027

Great Gold Bird is a narrative-focused “wander play” inspired by immersive theatre, alternate reality games, and escape rooms. Henry Combs is missing, and he wants to be found. He's left a trail of clues in his personal ephemera for you to follow. As you sort through the contents of his life, you discover a personal history of love and grief that takes you to multiple locations across Houston and planes of existence.

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Immersive

Houston Theatre Show, Great Gold Bird , Immersive

Dinner with Friends

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Oct 22 – Nov 7, 2026

The end of a marriage is never just between two people. Beneath the veneer of successful careers, elegant dinners, and decades-long friendships lies a more complicated truth. In Donald Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Dinner with Friends, a shocking divorce sends ripples through the lives of two couples who thought they knew one another and themselves. What follows is a razor-sharp, darkly funny examination of love, loyalty, desire, and the stories we tell to sustain our closest relationships.

Sophisticated, provocative, and emotionally devastating, Dinner with Friends peels back the layers of modern marriage to reveal the fragile fault lines beneath. Margulies’ incisive dialogue and unflinching honesty make this contemporary classic as relevant today as ever, challenging audiences to ask: How well do we really know the people we love?

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Play

Houston Theatre Show, Dinner with Friends , Play

Arms and the Man

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Oct 22 – Nov 7, 2026

The Classical Theatre Company opens its 19th Season with the master of wit and language, George Bernard Shaw, and his hilarious farce, Arms and the Man. It is the first time since 2017’s Mrs. Warren’s Profession that CTC has produced a play by the playwright.

Arms and the Man follows Raina Petkoff and the idealistic view of war she holds until she shelters Captain Bluntschli, a practical Swiss mercenary who values survival over heroics. As misunderstandings and romantic entanglements unfold, the characters' illusions about love, courage, and social status are challenged by Bluntschli's realism. By the end, the play satirizes romantic ideals and shows that honesty, practicality, and genuine affection are more valuable than appearances and empty notions of glory.

Directed by John Johnston, who most recently directed the critically-acclaimed Othello for Classical Theatre Company.

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Play

Houston Theatre Show, Arms and the Man , Play

Oklahoma! — Spring

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Oct 22 – Nov 1, 2026

Class Act Productions presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, a musical set in a territory where farmers and cowboys compete for their place in a changing community. Curly and Laurey’s romance unfolds alongside the comic courtship of Ado Annie and Will Parker, with songs and dances that celebrate hope and new beginnings.

Performed at Class Act Theater, 25275 Budde Road, Suite 27, The Woodlands, TX 77380.
Approximate running time: 165 minutes.
Tickets: $20–$30 before any additional ticketing fees.
Listed for all ages.
This production uses haze/fog and simulated gunshots.
The venue lists accessible parking, wheelchair access, and accessible seating.

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Musical

Houston Theatre Show, Oklahoma! — Spring , Musical

Frankenstein

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Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2026

Lone Star College–University Park brings Mary Shelley’s classic to life in Nick Dear’s adaptation of *Frankenstein*. Told through the creature’s eyes, this haunting drama follows his search for acceptance in a world that fears him, exploring what it means to be human.

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Play, University

Houston Theatre Show, Frankenstein , PlayUniversity

Susannah

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Oct 23 – Nov 8, 2026

In rural Tennessee, a young woman becomes the target of suspicion and religious hypocrisy after church elders discover her bathing. Carlisle Floyd’s American opera draws on folk songs and revival music to tell a devastating story of innocence and exclusion. Angel Blue stars in Patricia Racette’s new production. Sung in English with projected English text. Approximately 2 hours 5 minutes, including one intermission. Contains adult themes and a gunshot.

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Opera

Houston Theatre Show, Susannah , Opera

The Roommate

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Oct 23 – Nov 22, 2026

Fresh from a hit Broadway run starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone, this cheeky comedy centers on recently divorced, middle-aged, and quintessentially Midwestern Sharon who reluctantly rents out a room to Robyn, a worldly, spiritually hip vegan from New York. Polar opposites, the women initially clash but soon find themselves confiding their deep dissatisfactions with life to each other.

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Play

Houston Theatre Show, The Roommate , Play

Molly Went Missing

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Oct 24 – Oct 29, 2026

Molly Ward was seven years old when she died in this very room in 1978.

 

The ghost of a scared kid takes over a local haunted history tour in an unexpectedly real crisis. How it goes depends on you — can you gentle parent a poltergeist?

 

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While ghost hunting, you may encounter extended standing, theatrical fog, scent, loud sounds, and discussion of sensitive subject matter including, of course, the death of a child. To request further content information or accommodations, email us at arch@enemiesoftime.com

 

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An Enemies of Time production, Molly Went Missing was originally developed with the support of La Jolla Playhouse as part of the 2026 Without Walls Festival.

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Immersive

Houston Theatre Show, Molly Went Missing , Immersive

The Underpants

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Oct 29 – Nov 7, 2026

Come join us at the University of Houston-Downtown’s O’Kane Theatre for The Underpants, a hilariously chaotic comedy adapted by Steve Martin. After one embarrassing public mishap sparks a whirlwind of romance and ambition, the stage is set for an evening full of sharp wit, eccentric characters, and nonstop laughs. Don’t miss this playful satire and the chance to experience live theatre with us at UHD!

Adapted by Steve Martin from the classic German farce, The Underpants is a fast-paced comedy of embarrassment, ambition, and unexpected celebrity. After Louise Maske suffers a very public wardrobe mishap during a royal parade, her anxious husband Theo becomes convinced the incident will destroy his career and their carefully ordered life. Instead, their spare room suddenly becomes the most sought-after rental in town, attracting an eccentric parade of admirers with motives that are anything but innocent.

As Theo eagerly chases the extra income, he unknowingly invites chaos into his home. Jealousy, deception, misplaced affection, and nonstop misunderstandings collide in a whirlwind of clever dialogue and perfectly timed comic mayhem. Steve Martin's sharp adaptation transforms a century-old satire into a fresh, laugh-out-loud farce that pokes fun at vanity, social conventions, and the absurd lengths people will go in pursuit of love, status, and opportunity.

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Play, University

Houston Theatre Show, The Underpants , PlayUniversity

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