
Houston Productions
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Late Nite Catechism Las Vegas: Sister Rolls the Dice!
Stages
Aug 4 – Aug 16, 2026
The church needs a new roof, so Father Murphy has decided that Sister, with her extensive gambling experience running the Church Bingo for the last 25 years, will organize a Las Vegas Night. Sister will tackle topics ranging from magicians to show girls. Don’t forget: what happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but God sees everything.
Level
Play

Late Nite Catechism: Las Vegas
Stages
Aug 5 – Aug 16, 2026
The church needs a new roof, so Sister is throwing a Las Vegas Night! With her trademark wit and wisdom, she tackles everything from magicians to showgirls, reminding everyone that while what happens in Vegas might stay there — God sees everything.
This beloved audience-interactive comedy blends faith, fun, and a dash of sin for an evening of laughter.
Synopsis adapted from Stages Houston’s official 2025–26 season materials.
Level
Play

Mean Girls The Musical
Queensbury Theatre
Aug 6 – Aug 16, 2026
Based on the hit 2004 film and the 2024 movie musical
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady and her friends devise a "Revenge Party" to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
Level
Musical

RENT The Musical
Playhouse 1960
Aug 7 – Aug 23, 2026
Set in New York City’s East Village, Rent follows a group of young artists trying to create, love, and survive during a time of uncertainty, poverty, and the HIV/AIDS crisis. With powerful music and an emotional story about friendship, chosen family, and living fully, this landmark musical continues to connect with audiences across generations.
Level
Musical

Xanadu
The Garden Theatre
Aug 14 – Aug 30, 2026
Based on the Universal Pictures cult classic movie of the same title, which starred Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, Xanadu is hilarity on wheels for adults, children and anyone who has ever wanted to feel inspired. This Tony Award-nominated, hilarious, roller skating, musical adventure about following your dreams despite the limitations others set for you, rolls along to the original hit score composed by pop-rock legends, Jeff Lynne and John Farrar.
Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.
Xanadu is a moving, electrifying tale of endless fun that will keep audiences in stitches while the original legendary, chart-topping tunes lift them out of their seats. You'll want to keep the music in your head and Xanadu in your heart... forever.
Book by: Douglas Carter Beane
Music & Lyrics by: Jeff Lynne & John Farrar
Based on the Universal Pictures Film
Screenplay by: Richard Danus & Marc Rubel
Level
Musical

Jesus Christ Superstar
Sankofa Collective
Aug 14 – Aug 17, 2026
A Man. A Movement.
In Jesus Christ Superstar, a revolutionary leader is elevated, scrutinized, and ultimately punished when his existence threatens systems of power. As Jesus rises as a leader in Jerusalem, friends, followers, and forces of power project their fears, hopes, and agendas onto his image, masking his humanity. Told through electrifying rock music, Sankofa brings this tried and true story to life by exploring who gets to remain human when the world demands a savior. Starring Nnandi Nwanwo as Jesus, Juan Sebastian Cruz as Judas, Raven Justine Troupe as Mary and featuring Christina Wells as King Herod.
Level
Musical

Holly Street
A.D. Players at The George Theater
Aug 19 – Sept 6, 2026
On the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, a quiet Kentucky home becomes the crossroads of love, memory, and unexpected devotion. In Berea, Virginia and her older sister Martha are busy crafting costumes for the church Christmas pageant when two former soldiers—Leland and Sid—arrive unannounced, each determined to meet the fiancée of their fallen friend, Paul. Through the darkest days of World War II, Virginia’s letters sustained Paul and the men beside him, and now both visitors believe they’ve fallen for the woman behind those words without ever having met her. Leland, a warm-hearted farm boy, has come to return the treasured letters he preserved after Paul’s death, while Sid, a sophisticated young man from Charleston, carries a ring for a woman he knows only through ink and imagination. But Martha, fiercely loyal to Paul’s memory, resists their presence and the stir they create, doing everything she can to protect her sister. As hidden truths surface and loyalties are tested, affection and grief collide in surprising ways. And as Christmas draws near, one question lingers beneath it all—what will be revealed before the final curtain rises on the pageant?
Level
Play

Cold War Choir Practice
Main Street Theater
Sept 6 – Oct 11, 2026
It’s twilight in Ronald Reagan’s America, and the specter of nuclear war hangs over the country, but rent is still due on the first. A young girl is pulled into intrigue when her estranged uncle, a prominent Black conservative, brings his mysteriously ill white wife home for the holidays and forces long-simmering family tensions to boil over. Winner of the 2026 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Cold War Choir Practice is an explosion of roller disco, Reaganomics, espionage, and cults, underscored by the Seedlings of Peace Children’s Chorus. This production contains adult language and mature themes.
Level
Play

Come from Away
Stages
Sept 18 – Oct 11, 2026
*This performance is only for Subscribers*
Nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this inspiring true story proves that everyday acts of kindness are heroic in themselves. On the morning of September 11, 2001, 7,000 travelers suddenly find their flights rerouted to Gander, Newfoundland, doubling the tiny town’s population overnight. A moment of fear and uncertainty soon becomes an extraordinary story of generosity, hospitality, and human connection.
Level
Musical

