This holiday season brings the Houston premiere of one of America's most-produced playwrights, the talented Kate Hamill and her raucous adaptation of Jane Austen's PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. Hamill penned the Off-Broadway smash adaptation of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY that ran for nearly a year at BEDLAM Theatre in NYC to rave reviews. In PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, …
In this New York Times Critic pick, when Dennis Sullivan wins an Academy Award for his screenplay based on the true story of his friend who was driven to suicide after being bullied for being gay, he names the real-life bully on national television in his acceptance speech: Ethan Rice. Dennis’ accusation and the viral …
White Rabbit Red Rabbit is a worldwide phenomenon that was first produced in 2011. Playwright Nassim Soleimanpour is forbidden from leaving his native Iran after refusing to participate in military service, which is required of all men in the country. Soleimanpour wrote the piece hoping that it would be produced worldwide. If he could not …
When 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. …
Thunderclap 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 …
Thunderclap 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 …
