MATCH – Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston
CounterCurrent19: Jennif(f)er Tamayo: LA QUEERADORA
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesJennif(f)er Tamayo’s LA QUEERADORA installation sits at the intersection of digital cultural production and embodied cultural performance. It asks: How do material bodies, whose lives hold an archive of cultural knowledge and experience, compete with a manufactured and digitally porous production of identity? In Tamayo’s work, the racial project of U.S. Latinidad, as an often …
CurrentConversations, organized by Carrie Marie Schneider
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesCurrent Conversations are a series of public discussions across disciplines and along parallel lines of inquiry. CounterCurrent festival artists and University of Houston faculty experts engage in lively discussion about themes and concepts connected to this year’s festival programming. Each one-hour, lunchtime talk kicks off with a set of rapid-fire presentations followed by questions and …
Next Iteration Ensemble’s 4th Annual Intercultural Play Reading Series
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesDynamic and Diverse Emerging Playwrights are Showcased in the 4th Annual NIE Intercultural Play Reading Series Next Iteration Ensemble presents playwrights Sofia Alvarez, Madhuri Shekar, and Susan Soon He Stanton at the MATCH on April 4-6, 2018 in a series of staged readings directed by Dianne K. Webb. Next Iteration Ensemble (NIE) announces its roster …
Core Dance: As Shadows Grow
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesAfter the unexpected and untimely death of his brother Claiborne, choreographer and Core Dance Company Manager D. Patton White was compelled to create. Several sources of inspiration informed his dance making including the etymology of the word “memorial,” a recommended musical composition of the third movement of Ralph Vaughn Williams’ Symphony Number 5 in D …
Under A Big Top
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesStep right up and prepare yourself to be amazed, dazzled and possibly disturbed! Drag superstar and erstwhile carny Varla Jean Merman is coming to town with three rings stuffed with fun…and all she needs is a big top! This circus-themed show is filled with jaw-dropping videos, awe-inspiring songs, and death-defying wigs. “The Freakiest Show on …
Varla Jean Merman—Under The Big Top
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesStep right up and prepare to be amazed, dazzled, and possibly disturbed. Drag superstar and erstwhile carny Varla Jean Merman is coming to town with a three ring circus and all she’s looking for is the titular Big Top. This “Freakiest Show on Earth” will showcase jaw-dropping videos, awe-inspiring songs, and death-defying wigs. https://www.facebook.com/events/1254492171370778/
Bootycandy
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesRobert O’Hara’s semi-autobiographical and wildly subversive comedy tells the story of Sutter, a young gay black man on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and his grandmother’s nursing home. At times poignant, shocking, hilarious, and wise, BOOTYCANDY is a kaleidoscope of scenes, sermons, sketches, and daring meta-theatrics. Winner …
Bootycandy by Robert O’Hara
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesBootycandy tells the story of Sutter, a young gay black man on an outrageous odyssey through his childhood home, his church, dive bars, motel rooms, and his grandmother’s nursing home. Bootycandy won the 2015 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Drama and the original Off-Broadway production was a New York Times Critic’s Pick. The Times …
Wakey Wakey
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesFrom the mind of Will Eno—once dubbed “a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation”—comes WAKEY, WAKEY, a play that calls to mind a stand-up routine performed at the edge of death that the New York Times called “glowingly dark, profoundly moving.” Through its lead character, a dying man named Guy, the play grapples inventively …
First Suburb
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesFive preteens teeter on the brink of adolescence when a shocking and violent act interrupts their insular world of personal struggles and triumphs. Catastrophic favorite Chana Porter takes us back to the early ’90s in a suburban planned community, the first of its kind in America, for a subversive, mischievous, and oh-so-familiar (or is it?) …
METdance presents “When We Take Flight”
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe sky is the limit when it comes to the artists at METdance. The nonprofit’s next performance “When We Take Flight,” which showcase the great heights its dancers achieve on stage, featuring works by award-winning NYC-based Kyle Abraham, Bridget L. Moore and Sean Carmon, as well as a world premiere by Princess Grace Awardee Joshua …
Conversos: A Secret Past
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesSecrets. Every family has them. Some secrets span generations or change history. Discover how many older Spanish-speaking families in South Texas, Northern Mexico, and New Mexico are probably Jewish. The advent of DNA testing is revealing family stories that have remained untold until now. Learn about a conversos - Jews who were brought to Mexico …
Houston Women: Agitating, Educating, Advocating
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesHouston History Alliance www.houstonhistoryalliance.org presents a day-long conference featuring trailblazers such as former Mayor Annise Parker, Nikki Van Hightower, Ellen Cohen and others, who have shaped our city. Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, President of Prairie A&M University is the keynote speaker. Houston Women: Agitating, Educating, Advocating is set for Saturday, October 6 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 …
Never Again
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United States6 Degrees premieres Never Again at MATCH, September 21-23, 2018 When Texas Legislation fights for a hanger to be the only option, diversity to be a dirty word race to be a weapon, sexuality to be crime What is the price for Texas? The Texas Legislation is a Circus. Resistance is the Finale. Houston, TX …
Reel Forces
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesKick-off Oscars weekend with an evening of the meta, the miniscule, and the far-reaching as Musiqa celebrates experimental film and live music. “Reel Forces” examines the traces of humanity, memory, and conflict through “Beyond Zero: 1914-1918,” a moving and mesmerizing film of rare WWI archival footage by auteur-director Bill Morrison, and scored for string quartet …
Traces of Blue
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesCelebrated abstract painter Robert Motherwell once stated “art is an experience, not an object.” Experience an evening of dynamic works that explore color, texture, and motion in music, featuring the world premiere of a piano trio by Karim Al-Zand’s, commissioned by Musiqa. Gaze into the creative process as celebrated Houston artist Geraldina Interiano Wise creates …
Poetry and Music: Exile and Return
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesPoetry and Music: Exile and Return Sarah Rothenberg, piano and poet Adam Zagajewski Matchbox 2 Presented in collaboration with Inprint. Adam Zagajewski is Poland’s most famous living poet, winner of the Kurt Tucholsky Prize, a Prix de la Liberté, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 2010, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born …
Out From Under The Rug: True Life Tales Of Abortion
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesLive storytelling series Oral Fixation (An Obsession with True Life Tales) is bringing its “Out From Under The Rug: True Life Tales Of Abortion” series to the MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston, and we are seeking 5 Houston-area residents to share their personal abortion-related stories. The mission: eradicate stigma around abortion by …
Playing Havoc
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesMusiqa presents Playing Havoc featuring "Voices from the Killing Jar" by Pulitzer Prize finalist, composer/performer Kate Soper. Part monodrama, part song-cycle, part opera, "Voices from the Killing Jar" crosses a volatile musical landscape populated by a series of female protagonists, among them housewives, teenagers, and mothers and daughters; innocents and tragic heroines; and femmes fatales. …
Acting Black – Wednesday, Mar. 14, 2018 / 8:00pm
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesPart spoken word, part stand-up comedy, part "TED Talk", Carlyle Brown's newest one-man show, "Acting Black", riffs on the roots of American racism and its consequences for all of us. The play explores the appropriation of the African American narrative and traces its origin, from a single individual on a specific night in Louisville, Kentucky …
Acting Black
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesWritten and Performed by American theatre legend Carlyle Brown. Part spoken word, part stand up comedy, part “TED Talk,” Carlyle’s newest one-man show riffs on the roots of American racism and its consequences for all of us – exploring the appropriaton of the African American narrative and tracing its origin, from a single individual on …
Acting Black – Tuesday, Mar. 13, 2018 / 8:00pm
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesPart spoken word, part stand-up comedy, part "TED Talk", Carlyle Brown's newest one-man show, "Acting Black", riffs on the roots of American racism and its consequences for all of us. The play explores the appropriation of the African American narrative and traces its origin, from a single individual on a specific night in Louisville, Kentucky …
The Moving Image
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesExperience modern cinema and music like never before. The program features cutting-edge films with live music including Anna Clyne’s "Steelworks," a sonic tour de force that is edgy, individual and compelling inspired by visual artist Luke DuBois’ reimagining of the 1936 industrial film "Steel: A Symphony of Industry." The evening also features Michael Gandolfi’s serene …
The Amazing Acro-cats Hurdle into Houston
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesThe Amazing Acro-cats Hurdle into Houston MATCH-Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston Match 2 Theater 3400 Main St. Houston, TX 77002 1/28 1pm 5pm 1/29 - 1/31 3pm 7pm shows Tickets cost $45 VICP furrst row $35 VICP next two rows $25 General admission All sections get to participate in the meet and greet, VICP …
MATCH Family Fun Day
MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, United StatesMATCH jumps into 2018 with the 3rd Annual Family Fun Day on January 14, 2018 from 1 PM to 4 PM. It’s an afternoon chock full of fun for little ones, and it’s all free for the family. MATCH will be stocking all its venues with fun. Matchbox 1 brings the kids up close to …