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Rec Room Arts

Downtown Houston theatre company and arts venue presenting intimate, contemporary theatre and readings.

Downtown Houston theatre company and arts venue presenting intimate, contemporary theatre and readings.

Current & Upcoming Shows

Play

Amadeus

9/16/26 - 10/10/26 at the Rec Room Arts

A confrontation on genius, envy, and the terrible silence of God. Vienna. Antonio Salieri summons the ghosts of his past to answer a question that has haunted him for decades: why did God choose Mozart instead of him? As memory gives way to obsession, the story of one of history's greatest composers unfolds through the eyes of the man who believed he destroyed him.


Rec Room transforms Amadeus into an intimate theatrical séance where memory, ritual, and myth converge. Peter Shaffer's masterpiece becomes an act of confession, exploring the mysteries of creation and the unbearable cost of witnessing greatness from its shadow


by PETER SHAFFER

directed by MATT HUNE

Tony Award and Drama Desk Award Winner

Musical

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2/4/27 - 3/6/27 at the Rec Room Arts


A fearless and exhilarating celebration of resilience and the search for love.

Hedwig is an internationally ignored rock star with an unforgettable story to tell. Raised in Communist East Germany, abandoned by lovers, betrayed by fame, and fueled by anthems that demand to be played at full volume, Hedwig takes the stage for one unforgettable night of music, heartbreak, and unapologetic self invention. Backed by a blistering live band, this groundbreaking musical follows Hedwig's lifelong search for love, belonging, and the elusive "Origin of Love."


Winner of four Tony Awards and one of the most celebrated rock musicals ever written, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is equal parts concert, confession, and theatrical event. Rec Room transforms its intimate sixty seat theatre into a live rock venue where there is no distance between performer and audience. Loud, hilarious, heartbreaking, and deeply human, this cult classic is an unforgettable night of theatre that asks whether we ever truly become whole, or whether we learn to embrace the beautiful pieces that remain.


There are musicals you watch. There are concerts you attend. Hedwig and the Angry Inch is something else entirely.


text by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL

music and lyrics by STEPHEN TRASK

music director JOHN AMAR

Play

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

12/10/26 - 1/2/27 at the Rec Room Arts

Christmas time at the station.. A blistering farce for an era of conspiracy theories, institutional distrust, and rebellion.

After a suspicious death threatens to expose a web of corruption, an unpredictable outsider known only as the Maniac infiltrates the investigation. As identities shift and reality begins to unravel, everyone scrambles to control the narrative before the truth slips through their fingers.


Rec Room reimagines Dario Fo's classic as a contemporary American satire infused with detective noir, Cold War paranoia, and razor sharp absurdity. Set against the glow of fluorescent lights and holiday decorations, this fearless new adaptation asks what happens when institutions stop protecting the truth and begin manufacturing it.


adapted from DARIO FO

directed by MATT HUNE and RORY JAMES LEECH



Play

The Light Fantastic

5/13/27 - 6/5/27 at the Rec Room Arts

A genre bending horror comedy where every laugh brings you one step closer to the dark.

In an unremarkable town on an uneventful evening, something truly terrible happens. An ordinary family is thrust into a desperate game of survival against forces that are anything but human. As one impossible night spirals further beyond comprehension, they discover that the only thing more dangerous than what is waiting outside their door is what they refuse to face inside it.


Funny, frightening, and wholly unpredictable, Rec Room reunites with longtime collaborator Ike Holter (Sender, Exit Strategy, Put Your House in Order) for The Light Fantastic, blending old school horror and razor sharp comedy into one unforgettable theatrical experience. In Rec Room's intimate theatre, the distance between audience and performance disappears, placing every terrifying twist just a few feet away.


by IKE HOLTER

directed by SOPHIA WATT

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