Main Street Theater - Houston

We had an incredible experience producing Heidi Schreck's WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, and we are thrilled to see that it will be the most produced play in the US 2 years running!

The Top 10* Most-Produced Plays of the 2024-25 Season Heidi Schreck’s ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ tops the list for the second year in a row (*11 due ties).

Rehearsals have begun for Joan Didion 's THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING with Pamela Vogel in the role. Rebecca Greene Udden is directing this powerful piece. Didion herself adapted her memoir into a play. Oct. 19 - Nov. 17.
https://mainstreettheater.com/year-of-magical-thinking/

“This happened on December 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago, but it won’t when it happens to you…” In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir, Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and the prolonged illness of her only daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.

Photo by Ricornel Productions

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Main Street Theater’s Theater for Youth is seeking video submissions from non-Equity, BIPOC actors for the role of Grover in The Lightning Thief. Must be over 18 and have daytime availability.

MST is committed to advancing equity, inclusion and diversity. MST provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.

Please send a video of a song from a musical that shows your range by Monday, September 23, 2024. Accompaniment or musical tracks must be used. Must be able to part sing and have musical theatre training. Callbacks will be held Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 6:00 PM.

Submit your video audition and audition form using the following link:
https://forms.gle/Eq8t8UyS4xZdm5dh8

Please let us know if assistance is needed in providing accompaniment.

The Lightning Thief:
Directed by Vivienne St John, Music Direction by Kerri Elrod

REHEARSALS:
Monday, December 16 – Friday, December 20, 2024
(2:30pm – 6:30pm)
Thursday, January 2 – Wednesday, January 15, 2025
(Monday – Friday 9:30am – 3:30pm)
Thursday, January 16, 2025 (11:00am – 3:00pm)
No rehearsal January 20, 2025

TECH REHEARSALS:
Thursday, January 16 (5pm – 8pm Staging)
Sunday, January 19 (5pm – 7pm set up; 7pm – 10pm sitz probe);
Tuesday, January 21 (9am – 6pm);
Wednesday, January 22 (9am – 6pm);
Thursday, January 23 (9am – 6pm);
Friday, January 24, 2025 (9am – 6pm)

SCHOOL PERFORMANCES:
Tuesday, January 28 – Friday, February 21, 2025
Performances are Tuesday - Friday at 9:30am & 11:45am

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES:
January 26, February 2, 9, 2025
Performances are at 2:30pm (Sundays)
Friday, February 7, 2025
Performances are at 7pm
February 16 and 23, 2025
Performances are at 2:30pm and 7pm (Sundays)

This is huge and wonderful news! Congratulations to Fade To Black Fest (and the extraordinary Denise O'Neal). We are honored to be participating in the 2025 Festival and so grateful that Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun is championing your work.

PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 10, 2024

Contact Information:
Shabach Enterprise/Fade To Black
[email protected]
https://www.fadetoblackfest.com/2025
https://shorturl.at/EX7nv

PHYLICIA RASHAD JOINS THE FADE TO BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL AS AMBASSADOR

[HOUSTON, TX, September 10, 2024] Shabach Enterprise is honored to announce that Phylicia Rashad, the iconic actor, director, and Tony Award winner, has joined the Fade To Black Arts Festival as its official ambassador. Ms. Rashad's illustrious film, television, and theater career has earned her widespread acclaim and respect. Her dedication to the arts and her influence as a cultural leader make her an invaluable asset to this groundbreaking festival.

Ms. Rashad has expressed her appreciation for this project, recognizing its significance in celebrating African-American artistry and heritage. Her personal connection to Houston and its cultural history adds a profound depth to her involvement. Notably, her mother, Vivian Allen, was a front-runner for a similar festival, "Arts on Main Street," in Houston fifty years ago. This legacy continues with Ms. Rashad's participation, making her role as ambassador both a tribute to her mother's pioneering spirit and a forward-looking commitment to the future of the arts in Houston.

Phylicia Rashad's endorsement of the Fade To Black Arts Festival underscores the festival's mission to elevate African American voices and create a lasting impact on Houston's cultural landscape. Her leadership and vision will be instrumental in shaping the festival's success and ensuring it becomes a landmark event in the city’s arts calendar.

Phylicia Rashad's endorsement of the Fade To Black Arts Festival underscores the festival's mission to elevate African American voices and create a lasting impact on Houston's cultural landscape. Her leadership and vision will be instrumental in shaping the festival's success and ensuring it becomes a landmark event in the city’s arts calendar.
Phylicia Rashad's endorsement of the Fade To Black Arts Festival underscores the festival's mission to elevate African American voices and create a lasting impact on Houston's cultural landscape. Her leadership and vision will be instrumental in shaping the festival's success and ensuring it becomes a landmark event in the city’s arts calendar.
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ABOUT THE FADE TO BLACK ARTS FESTIVAL
Fade To Black Arts Festival 2025: For one amazing week, Downtown Houston will Fade To Black! Join us as Shabach Enterprise proudly presents the Fade To Black Arts Festival, a biennial, citywide collaboration addressing the systemic lack of recognition and promotion of African American artists in Texas. In partnership with over 20 prominent Houston arts organizations mentioned above, the inaugural event from June 8-14, 2025, transforms Downtown Houston into a vibrant hub of African American creativity. This unprecedented festival celebrates African American film, music, poetry, and theatre, providing a positive opportunity for arts organizations to unite in meaningful support. Attendees can immerse themselves in a week-long experience featuring exciting events, educational workshops, networking opportunities, film screenings, poetry and theatre readings, musical performances, master classes, youth programs, internships, and live African American exhibits across the city. Our festival also precedes Juneteenth, adding cultural significance to our celebration. Partnerships with key organizations ensure a citywide impact, prioritizing inner-city youth and historically underserved districts.
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ABOUT SHABACH ENTERPRISE/FADE TO BLACK
Founded in 2007, Shabach Enterprise is a minority-led non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing the African American community through the theatrical arts. With a mission to empower, educate, and inspire, Shabach has produced over 300 African American short plays and employed over 600 local BIPOC artists, creating a lasting impact on Houston’s dynamic arts scene.

The Fade To Black Arts Festival 2025 marks the next chapter in its journey as it continues to break barriers and build bridges through the arts.

Additional Festival Information, including Sponsorship and Volunteer Opportunities, is available at https://www.fadetoblackfest.com/2025

Get your Season Tickets for our 2024 - 2025 Theater for Youth Season! https://mainstreettheater.com/theater-for-youth-subscriptions/

Did you know...

Main Street Theater reaches over 150,000 children, educators, and family members yearly through our professional Theater for Youth whose productions are often based on literature children are reading at home or at school.

Our 2024-2025 Season will include Sleeping Beauty The Musical, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, The Wind in the Willows, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical, The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats presented as part of the 2025 Fade To Black Fest and Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!” which will be presented during Spring Break and Summer 2025 along with a statewide tour across Texas to schools and community centers.

It's going to be a wonderful season!

Fall Classes start next week! Ages 4 - 14 at our location.
https://mainstreettheater.com/classes-at-the-theater/

Do you have Season Tickets yet for our 2024 - 2025 MainStage Season? Full details here: https://mainstreettheater.com/mainstage/

Our 49th MainStage Season will open with Joan Didion’s powerful and vulnerable play based on her memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking. Then 2025 will begin with the world premiere of the dark comedy Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar by Houston actor/playwright Dain Geist Next is another world premiere of Memoriam by Noga Flaishon. Set in the near future, it’s a powerful, painful, loving story of family and what memories mean, who owns them, and what we owe to future generations, especially for the last Holocaust survivor on earth. Next up will be the comedy Kim’s Convenience, the award-winning play by Ins Choi that is now a hit series on Netflix. In the summer of 2025 Main Street will produce the two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning riotous, whodunit comedy, The 39 Steps, adapted by Patrick Barlow from the novel by John Buchan.

It's going to be a fabulous season!

Rice Village District

We did it! Thanks to YOU, we did it! Actually, we exceeded our goal and raised over $50K in 38 days to end our 48th Season with a bang!

Thank you so much to all who contributed to $48K/38Days And today begins our 49th Season!

Many thanks to Holly Beretto David Gow & CultureMap for this wonderful piece about the great success of & all the tickets we all sold along with the great awareness helped raise for the arts in Houston!
https://houston.culturemap.com/news/arts/houston-theater-week-fundraising-total/

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING is number 12 on The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list.
📖: https://www.nytimes.com/.../best-books-21st-century.html

We are so glad she adapted her memoir into a play. Our production opens Oct. 19.

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING is number 12 on The New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list.

📖: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

Registration is now open for our Thanksgiving & Winter Break Camps!
Sign up for as many or as few days as you like!
Nov. 25, 26, 27, 2024
Dec. 23, 24, 26, 27, 30, 31, 2024 AND Jan 2, 3, 6
at our location.
https://mainstreettheater.com/holiday-camps/

And it's not too late to register for Fall Classes!
https://mainstreettheater.com/classes-at-the-theater/

Rice Village District

Ok, so here's the update:
As you know, we're trying to raise $48K in 38 days to finish our 48th Season and get ready for our 49th.

As of today, we're at $38,493.

We can do this! We've got until this Saturday, August 31st. Will you help us by making a donation now? https://easy-ware-forms.com/msthouston/donate

Thank you, Houston!

There is so much fantastic theater happening across Houston. We have a robust theater community doing challenging work, and we have such a deep talent pool here - actors, directors, designers, stage managers, crew, technical teams, educators, theater administrators, and more. It's really remarkable.

At the end of each season, the announces their Theater Awards. These awards further lift up the incredible work being done here and the talented artists who make it happen. It's a wonderful way to look back at the city's theater season, too.

We are honored to be included among the awardees and finalists this year, and
we recognize all our colleagues across the city as well. Visit their website to see the full list.

Special congratulations to our own...
Best Actor: TiMOThY ERiC for Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word
Best Actress: Shannon Emerick for What the Constitution Means to Me
Best Director: Sophia Watt for What the Constitution Means to Me at MST
and Heroes of the Fourth Turning at

Thank you, Houston Press! And thank you, Houston!

There is so much fantastic theater happening across Houston. We have a robust theater community doing challenging work, and we have such a deep talent pool here - actors, directors, designers, stage managers, crew, technical teams, educators, theater administrators, and more. It's really remarkable.

At the end of each season, the Houston Press announces their Theater Awards. These awards further lift up the incredible work being done here and the talented artists who make it happen. It's a wonderful way to look back at the city's theater season, too.

We are honored to be included among the awardees and finalists this year, and
we recognize all our colleagues across the city as well. Here's the full list:
https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/the-2024-houston-theater-awards-18773819

And... special congratulations!
Best Actor: Timothy Eric for Stagolee and the Funeral of a Dangerous Word
Best Actress: Shannon Emerick for What the Constitution Means to Me
Best Director: Sophia Watt for What the Constitution Means to Me at MST and Heroes of the Fourth Turning at Rec Room Arts !

Thank you, Houston Press! And thank you, Houston!

EXTENDED! Great news! We just got word that has been extended through TODAY, August 19! This is it, though, so get your tickets now! Lots of great offerings across - including MST:
Get Buy One, Get One Free Tickets to MST and other places
using the Promotion Code
HOUArts
https://msthouston.easy-ware-ticketing.com/events

At Main Street Theater, we are offering:
In 2024:
The Year of Magical Thinking:
10/24 - 10/27
Sleeping Beauty The Musical:
11/25 - 11/27 at 1:30pm
11/29 at 7:00pm
12/6 at 7:00pm

In 2025:
Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar (world premiere):
2/20 - 2/23
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”:
3/11 at 1:30pm
6/29 at 12:30pm and 3:30pm
Memoriam (World Premiere):
4/10 - 4/11
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical:
4/18 at 1:30pm
Kim's Convenience:
5/22 - 5/23
The 39 Steps:
7/24 - 7/25

Happy, Happy Birthday, Percy Jackson! WE CAN HARDLY WAIT to do THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL in early 2025!! Celebrate Percy's birthday by getting your tickets now!
https://mainstreettheater.com/the-lightning-thief-the-percy-jackson-musical-2025/





Photo by Ricornel Productions

ends tomorrow! So many great offerings across - including MST:
Get Buy One, Get One Free Tickets to MST and other places
using the Promotion Code
HOUArts
https://msthouston.easy-ware-ticketing.com/events

At Main Street Theater, we are offering:
In 2024:
The Year of Magical Thinking:
10/24 - 10/27
Sleeping Beauty The Musical:
11/25 - 11/27 at 1:30pm
11/29 at 7:00pm
12/6 at 7:00pm

In 2025:
Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar (world premiere):
2/20 - 2/23
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”:
3/11 at 1:30pm
6/29 at 12:30pm and 3:30pm
Memoriam (World Premiere):
4/10 - 4/11
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical:
4/18 at 1:30pm
Kim's Convenience:
5/22 - 5/23
The 39 Steps:
7/24 - 7/25

Main Street Theater’s Theater for Youth will be accepting video submissions from non-Equity, diverse actors for our touring production Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play. Must be over 18 and have daytime availability.

MST is committed to advancing equity, inclusion and diversity. MST provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.

Please send a video of an upbeat song from a musical that shows your range by Sunday, August 18, 2024. Accompaniment or musical tracks must be used. Must be able to part sing and have musical theatre training.

Submit your video audition and audition form using the following link:
https://forms.gle/8ziJqb3R7h7z4nSu8

Please let us know if assistance is needed in providing accompaniment.

Elephant and Piggie’s We are in a Play:
Directed by Laura Moreno
Music Direction by Debbie Wylie
Choreographed by Sarah Sneesby

REHEARSALS:
Monday, December 2nd – Tuesday, December 20th, 2024
Monday, January 6th – Wednesday, January 8th, 2025 (MB4)
(Monday – Friday 9:00am – 1:00pm)

TECH REHEARSALS:
SET TRAINING: Friday, December 6th, 2024
2:30pm – 7:00pm (Rehearsal Room)

SCHOOL: Thursday, January 9th & Friday, January 10th, 2025
9:00am – 2:00pm (MB4)

PUBLIC: Monday, March 10, 2025 (9am – 1pm CUE-2-CUE; 2pm – 9pm Tech);

SCHOOL PERFORMANCES:
(Tour Actors will be given 5 paid personal days off during the run.)
Monday, January 13th – Friday, May 23rd, 2025

IN-HOUSE SCHOOL:
Tuesday, March 11th – Friday, March 14th, 2025 at 10:30am

Already booked Overnights:
Thursday, January 30 – Friday, January 31, 2025
Monday, February 10 – Thursday, February 14, 2025
Monday, April 7 – Tuesday April 8, 2025

PUBLIC PERFORMANCES:
Tuesday, March 11 – Friday, March 14, 2025
Performances are at 1:30pm
Saturday, March 15, 2025
Performances are 10:30am & 1:30pm

Roles available:
GERALD
PIGGIE
SQUIRREL 1
SQUIRREL 2
SQUIRREL 3

Register now! Fall Classes start in September. Ages 4 - 14 at our location.
https://mainstreettheater.com/classes-at-the-theater/

Proud to be part of once again! So many great offerings across - including MST:
Get Buy One, Get One Free Tickets to MST and other places
using the Promotion Code
HOUArts
https://msthouston.easy-ware-ticketing.com/events

At Main Street Theater, we are offering:
In 2024:
The Year of Magical Thinking:
10/24 - 10/27
Sleeping Beauty The Musical:
11/25 - 11/27 at 1:30pm
11/29 at 7:00pm
12/6 at 7:00pm

In 2025:
Seven Assassins Walk into a Bar (world premiere):
2/20 - 2/23
Elephant & Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”:
3/11 at 1:30pm
6/29 at 12:30pm and 3:30pm
Memoriam (World Premiere):
4/10 - 4/11
Diary of a Wimpy Kid The Musical:
4/18 at 1:30pm
Kim's Convenience:
5/22 - 5/23
The 39 Steps:
7/24 - 7/25

Last chance to see THE WOMAN IN BLACK!

https://mainstreettheater.com/the-woman-in-black/

Photo by Pin Lim / Forest Photography

Single Tickets are on sale for all shows in our 2024-2025 Season!
Please note: We have switched the placement of MEMORIAM and THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING. Details can be found on our website.
https://mainstreettheater.com/

Fall Classes start in September. Ages 4 - 14 at our location. Register now!
https://mainstreettheater.com/classes-at-the-theater/

Help us raise $48K in 38 days to end our 48th Season with a bang!

We can do this! $48K by August 31.

Thank you so much to those who have already contributed to $48K/38Days:

https://easy-ware-forms.com/msthouston/donate