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Season -1951 (9/10)
Tracy Lord, of the Philadelphia Lords, has married C.J. Dexter Haven and divorced him when he, resenting her chilling attitude toward the comforting virtues of domesticity, takes to liquor. A little while later she has taken up with some handsome snob of the mines named Kittredge and is about to marry him. One of the calendar paper social gossip weeklies sends a reporter and a camera woman to cover the wedding. They are injected into the house by Tracy�s brother, who hopes to divert their attention fro...
The Philadelphia Story
by Philip Barry
Oct 27 - Nov 4, 1961
My Three Angels
by Samuel Spewack
Mar 1962
John Loves Mary
by Norman Krasna
Sep 1962
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
Feb 22 - Mar 2, 1963
Charley's Aunt
by Brandon Thomas
Jul 12 - 20, 1963
Death Of A Salesman
by Arthur Miller
Oct 1963
A Stitch In Time
by Dorothy Lees-Blakey
Feb 1964
Dreamland, U.S.A.
May 1964
Guys And Dolls
by Frank Loesser
Jul 1964
The Reluctant Debutante
by William Douglas-Home
Nov 1964
My Sister Eileen
by Jerome Chodorov
Mar 26 - Apr 11, 1965
Tchin-Tchin
by Francois Billetdoux
Aug 1965
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter
by George Axelrod
Nov 1965
The Night Of The Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
Jan 1, 1966
An Evening At The Theatre
May 1966
All About Eve
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Dec 1966
Toys In The Attic
by Lillian Hellman
Apr 1967
A Thousand Clowns
by Herb Gardner
Sep 1967
Enter Laughing
by Joseph Stein
Jan 1968
Catch Me If You Can
by Robert Thomas
May 1968
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
Aug 1, 1968
The Little Foxes
by Lillian Hellman
Nov 1968
Rain
by John Colton
Feb 1969
Peril On The Pecos -or- Gun Fight At Gory Gulch
Aug 1969
Generation
by William Goodhart
Nov 1969
Smart Assets
by Eddie Cope
Mar 1970
Ten Nights In A Baroom
by Fred Carmichael
Jun 1970
Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Sep 1970
The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene O'Neill
Jan 1971
Pure as the Driven Snow (or A Working Girl's Secret)
by Paul Loomis
Jun 1971
There's Always Juliet
by John Van Druten
Sep 1971
High Rise
Dec 1971
The Purification The Long Goodbye Portrait of Madonna
27 Wagons Full Of Cotton
by Tennessee Williams
Mar 1972
Calamity On The Campus
by Eddie Cope
Jun 1972
Little Murders
by Jules Feiffer
Nov 1972
The House Of Blue Leaves
by John Guare
Feb 1973
Hostility At The Hacienda
by Eddie Cope
May 1973
The Birthday Party
by Harold Pinter
Sep 1973
The Girl In The Freudian Slip
by William F Brown
Jan 1974
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little
by Paul Zindel
May 1974
Dame Agatha at her best. For those who love to figure out 'whodunit', don't miss this opportunity. A new bed and breakfast, an unexpected guest and a dead body...Hello, what's this?
The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie
Sep 1974
Star Spangled Girl
by Neil Simon
Dec 1974
Agathie Christie Made Me Do It
by Eddie Cope
Feb 1975
6 Rms Riv Vu
by Bob Randall
May 1975
Happy Birthday Wanda June
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Sep 1975
Outward Bound
by Sutton Vane
Jan 16 - Feb 7, 1976
American Millionaire
by Murray Schisgal
Apr 1976
Lust Under The Magnolias
Jun 1976
Veronica's Room
by Ira Levin
Sep 1976
The Lion And The Mouse
Dec 1976
Seascape
by Edward Albee
Mar 1977
The Seahorse
May 1977
The House Of Blue Leaves
by John Guare
Sep 1977
SUNDAY WITH JOY by Jim Swindell directed by Jim Seidow THE ARRIVAL by P D Root directed by Keith McGregor WILL SOMEONE PLEASE TURN ON THE NEWS by Eddie Cope directed by J Ray McFerren DEATH TRAP by Olivia Orfield directed by Carl M Hayes
Four By Four, Part Two
Nov 1977
That Championship Season
by Jason Miller
Feb 1978
The Good Doctor
by Anton Chekhov
May 1978
Children's Theatre at The Windmill
The Lion Who Wouldn't
by Gifford W Wingate
Jun 1978
Children's Theatre at The Windmill
The Royal Cricket Of Japan
Aug 1978
Child's Play
by Robert Marasco
Oct 1978
Absent Friends
by Alan Ayckbourn
Jan 1979
Children's Theatre at The Windmill
Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp
Feb 1979
Children's Theatre at The Windmill
The Near-Sighted Knight And The Far-Sighted Dragon
Apr 1979
Bullshot Crummond
by Ron House & Alan Shearman & Diz White & John Neville Andrews & Derek Cunningham
Jun 1979
An Almost Perfect Person
by Judith Ross
Sep 1979
Patio/Porch
by Jack Heifner
Jan 1980
Attic Aphrodite
May 1980
Lady Audley's Secret
by Brian J. Burton
Aug 1980
Twigs
by George Furth
Oct 1980
Taken In Marriage
by Thomas Babe
Mar 1981
Nellie Toole & Company
Jun 1981
The Haunted Host
by Robert Patrick
Sep 1981
A Lovely Sunday For Creve Coeur
by Tennessee Williams
Jan 1982
Sorrows Of Stephen
by Peter Parnell
Apr 1982
Caught In The Villains Web
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 1982
Murder At The Howard Johnson's
by Sam Bobrick
Nov 1982
Horowitz And Mrs Washington
by Henry Denker
Feb 1983
I Ought To Be In Pictures
by Neil Simon
Jun 1983
A Loss Of Roses
by William Inge
Sep 1983
FRANKENSTEIN'S CENTERFOLD by Eddie Cope directed by C Jean Montgomery MOVING by Max Pearson directed by Karyn Bates SWELTERING by Jo Vandervoort directed by Ken Vandervoort
Three One Acts By Houston Writers - Part Two
Jan 1984
Facades
by Pat Cook
Apr 1984
This modern treatment of an old melodrama will have folks hissing, booing and applauding. The sweet heroine is Melody Lane, a self educated and lovely orphan who falls into the hands of scoundrel Windermere Hightower. After Melody and the villain are married, he tells her that he expects her to carry out his criminal schemes. Revolted, she flees a wife in name only. Several months later she is at the None Such ranch where she falls in love with stalwart Lucius Goodenough. When Windermere appears at the ...
The Curse Of An Aching Heart
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 1984
Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
by Ed Graczyk
Nov 1984
To celebrate the beginning of our 40th season, we've bought back one of our favorite wacky comedies. We hope it will prove to be one of yours, too. The mind of Mildred Wild is a dark and mysterious place ripe with bizzare characters all set on helping Mildred through the day. Come prepared to laugh!
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
by Paul Zindel
Feb 1985
The Mind With The Dirty Man
by Jules Tasca
May 1985
Veronica's Room
by Ira Levin
Sep 20 - Oct 19, 1985
Mostellaria Or The Haunted House
Jan 10 - Feb 8, 1986
But She Won't Lie Down
by Peter Yeldham
Apr 18 - May 17, 1986
TS's first summer meller drammer
Peril On The Pecos -or- Gun Fight At Gory Gulch
Jul 25 - Aug 30, 1986
Stage Struck
by Simon Gray
Nov 7 - Dec 6, 1986
Let's Murder Marsha
by Monk Ferris
Feb 27 - Mar 28, 1987
Dr. Cook's Garden
by Ira Levin
Jun 5 - Jul 4, 1987
Agnes Of God
by John Pielmeier
Sep 18 - Oct 17, 1987
Before dying in prison for supposedly poisoning her husband fifteen years ago, Caroline Crale wrote her daughter Carla that she was clearly innocent. Carla believes her mother to be truthful and enlists the aid Justin Fogg, son of her mother�s defense attorney. He had fallen in love with Caroline while observing her trial. They persuade those present on the day of the murder to return to the scene and enact their recollection of the events on the day Aymas Crale, painting Elsa his latest infatuation, i...
Go Back For Murder
by Agatha Christie
Jan 8 - Feb 6, 1988
Who's On First?
by Jack Sharkey
Apr 15 - May 14, 1988
Little Nell the Orphan Girl (or A Fight for a Woman's Honor)
by Nelson Goodhue
Jul 22 - Aug 27, 1988
Black Coffee
by Agatha Christie
Nov 4 - Dec 3, 1988
Intriguing glimpses into a cupboard full of family skeletons, together with some serious, and not so serious, detective work, combine in this unusual suspense play, to keep everyone guessing until the very last page! Returning home from prison, after serving fifteen years on the charge of having murdered his mother, Matthew finds his three sisters, his wife and his father waiting for him. Still protesting his innocence, Matthew's arrival prompts the question of who did kill Mother - scornful Celia...
Take Away the Lady
by Jimmie Chinn
Feb 24 - Mar 25, 1989
Legends!
by James Kirkwood
Jun 2 - Jul 1, 1989
The Wisdom Of Eve
by Mary Orr
Sep 15 - Oct 14, 1989
Daddy's Dyin' Who's Got The Will?
by Del Shores
Jan 5 - Mar 24, 1990
One For The Road
by Willy Russell
Jun 1 - 30, 1990
Nighthawks At The Diner
Sep 14 - Oct 13, 1990
Cheatin'
by Del Shores
Jan 11 - Feb 9, 1991
Weekend Comedy
by Sam Bobrick
Apr 19 - May 18, 1991
Guns And Glory
Jul 26 - Aug 31, 1991
Theatre Suburbia presents SORRY, WRONG CHIMNEY! a frenzied holiday farce by Jack Sharkey and Leo Sears. Our recipe for holiday cheer: Take a moonlighting husband and his suspicious wife; add a dash of nosy neighbors and a curious cop, then stir in one Santa Clause burglar and youve got a delightful treat thats fun for the whole family!
Sorry, Wrong Chimney!
by Jack Sharkey
Nov 8 - Dec 7, 1991
The Gin Game
by DL Coburn
Feb 28 - Mar 28, 1992
A Narrow Bed
by Ellen McLaughlin
Jun 5 - Jul 4, 1992
The Speed Of Darkness
by Steve Tesich
Sep 18 - Oct 17, 1992
The Perfect Murder
by Mike Johnson
Jan 8 - Feb 6, 1993
Mavis and her lover plan to kill her wealthy new husband, Edgar Hollister, and seem to have succeeded quite quickly and all too easily, but have they? The arrival of Edgar's dotty daughter Susan, with fiance in tow, complicates everything as they try to solve the mystery of Edgar's disappearance. The interfering housekeeper fails to help, and neither do the two bumbling members of the Harrogate Constabulary. �A good mixture of Agatha Christie, Abbot and Costello, and Monty Python.�
The Murder Room
by Jack Sharkey
Apr 16 - May 15, 1993
This modern treatment of an old melodrama will have folks hissing, booing and applauding. The sweet heroine is Melody Lane, a self educated and lovely orphan who falls into the hands of scoundrel Windermere Hightower. After Melody and the villain are married, he tells her that he expects her to carry out his criminal schemes. Revolted, she flees a wife in name only. Several months later she is at the None Such ranch where she falls in love with stalwart Lucius Goodenough. When Windermere appears at the ...
The Curse Of An Aching Heart
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 23 - Aug 28, 1993
The Lady Cries Murder
by John William See
Nov 5 - Dec 4, 1993
The Black Duck
by Bill Svanoe
Feb 25 - Mar 26, 1994
All My Sons
by Arthur Miller
Jun 3 - Jul 2, 1994
The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs
by William Inge
Sep 16 - Oct 15, 1994
Levitation
by Timothy Mason
Jan 6 - Feb 4, 1995
House Of Wonders
by Kate Aspengren
Apr 14 - May 13, 1995
Expect the usual gang of over the top characters: the beautiful damsel in distress for you to ooh and aah over, the brave hero for you to cheer on. And of course, it wouldn't be the same without the dasterdly villian for you to boo and hiss - and throw popcorn at. This show is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family.
Only An Orphan Girl
by Henning Nelms
Jul 21 - Aug 26, 1995
Absurd Person Singular
by Alan Ayckbourn
Nov 3 - Dec 2, 1995
The Battle Of Shallowford
by Ed Simpson
Feb 23 - Mar 23, 1996
Five Tellers Dancing In The Rain
by Mark Dunn
May 31 - Jun 29, 1996
Mass Appeal
by Bill C Davis
Sep 13 - Oct 12, 1996
Accomplice
by Rupert Holmes
Jan 10 - Feb 8, 1997
THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAORL
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery
by David McGillivray
Apr 18 - May 17, 1997
Fiddledeedee! Just as beautiful young Charlotte O'Mara is starting to have a good time at Magnolia Plantation's annual barbecue, that blasted Civil War breaks out! All the eligible young men rush off to join the fight - all except Magnolia's faithful servant, Bret Butler, who suffers from fallen arches. Four years later, as the war draws to a close, the O'Maras owe back taxes on Magnolia and unless they can come up with the money, their former overseer, Carlton Creepstone, now a vill...
Dirty Dealings in Dixie
by Craig Sodaro
Jul 25 - Aug 30, 1997
A Dickens Christmas Carol
by Gary Peterson
Nov 7 - Dec 6, 1997
That's The Spirit!
by Tim J Kelly
Feb 27 - Mar 28, 1998
I Take This Man
by Jack Sharkey
Jun 5 - Jul 4, 1998
Do Not Go Gentle
by Suzan Zeder
Sep 18 - Oct 17, 1998
Broadway Maladies!
Jan 8 - Feb 6, 1999
I Bet Your Life
by Fred Carmichael
Apr 16 - May 15, 1999
Little Nell the Orphan Girl (or A Fight for a Woman's Honor)
by Nelson Goodhue
Jul 23 - Aug 28, 1999
The Christmas Angel
Nov 5 - Dec 4, 1999
Hound Of The Baskervilles
by Tim J Kelly
Feb 25 - Mar 25, 2000
Murder By Misadventure
by Edward Taylor
Jun 2 - Jul 1, 2000
Joined At The Head
by Catherine Butterfield
Sep 15 - Oct 14, 2000
Bargains
by Jack Heifner
Jan 5 - Feb 3, 2001
Barbecuing Hamlet
by Pat Cook
Apr 13 - May 12, 2001
No Mother to Guide Her (or More to Be Pitied than Censured)
by Anthony Forsythe
Jul 20 - Aug 25, 2001
A delightful new Christmas story. A small town, like the ones you know, with all those delightful characters you love. Come let Beebo (both Big and Little), the sisters, Miss Sarah and Miss Alice, Tuti Fruity (the cat), all of the kids in this year's pageant, and of course Buster the Christmas hog share their holiday spirits with you.
Fruitcakes
by Julian Wiles
Nov 2 - Dec 1, 2001
Dame Agatha at her best. For those who love to figure out 'whodunit', don't miss this opportunity. A new bed and breakfast, an unexpected guest and a dead body...Hello, what's this?
The Mousetrap
by Agatha Christie
Feb 22 - Mar 23, 2002
Join us as we celebrate Gay Pride month with this delightful comedy. First, an unexpected guest arrives, then an unexpected gift, then another uninvited person shows up. Mix this with the anxiously awaited parental unit, and dysfunctional with a capital 'D' is what comes to mind. Come see how the past effects our future, and how each of us should give and get comfort and joy.
Comfort and Joy
by Jack Heifner
May 31 - Jun 29, 2002
medley of mystery, farce and intrigue. An American mystery in which a novelist goes to a mountain inn to plot his next novel. Out to win a bet with a friend, the owner of the inn, our novelist is about to get more than he bargained for.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
by George M Cohan
Sep 13 - Oct 12, 2002
Four one act plays, directed by four new directors. Four by Four returns to Theatre Suburbia. With stories ranging from a typical "Sam Spade" to a realistic interrogation, these plays should offer something to almost everyone.</div> <div class='section'><div class='title'>Shows</div><div class='content'>Detective Sketches by Douglas Post<br />Escape from Groovytown by Douglas Post<br />At Night in the Asylum by Douglas P...
Four by Four - Cityscapes
by Douglas Post
Jan 3 - Feb 1, 2003
By the mid-1980's all of the survivors of the Titanic disaster had passed away, or had they? Found floating on an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland is a young woman dressed in strange clothing. She says only one word, "Titanic". Is she real or a fraud?
Scotland Road
by Jeffry Hatcher
Apr 11 - May 10, 2003
Deadwood Dick
by Tom Taggart
Jul 18 - Aug 23, 2003
Here Comes Christmas!
by Ernest Zulin
Oct 31 - Nov 29, 2003
This powerful adult drama deals with the issues of sexual abuse and Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder). Jane Ellen Whitman is a 19-year-old woman living with her parents, Frank and Darla, in a small rural Ohio town in the 1930s. Her strange behavior fluctuates between intellectual and passive to flippant and vindictive. Those areound her, including her former teacher, Maureen McCall, have long noted her erratic behavior. Frank and Darla attribute their daughte...
The Illustrated Woman
by Nancy Kiefer
Feb 27 - Mar 27, 2004
Cabin Fever
by Mark Dunn
Jun 4 - Jul 3, 2004
Calling of Jericho Jones
by C Jean Montgomery
Sep 17 - Oct 16, 2004
The Eighth Order
by Nancy Kiefer
Jan 7 - Feb 5, 2005
Songs at Twilight
by Anna Louise Bruner
Apr 15 - May 14, 2005
Caught In The Villains Web
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 22 - Aug 27, 2005
Three of the younger generation rediscover the meaning of Christmas Caroling, and are shown the meaning of sharing and Christmas spirit in the most unlikely of places with a few missteps along the way...
Nobody Goes Caroling
by Dave Brandl
Nov 4 - Dec 3, 2005
Theatre Suburbia presents the Houston premiere of SENIOR FOLLIES a comedy by Billy St. John. Spry seniors at the Pleasant Valley Retirement Home don their sleuthing caps to unmask imposters in their midst... Who says being old cant be fun? Certainly not the residents of the Pleasant Valley Retirement Home. Theyre definitely still into living life to its fullest and may even throw in a who done it along the way. Dont cross them though; they can turn feisty real quickly. Our advice is to make your reserva...
Senior Follies
by Billy St John
Feb 24 - Mar 25, 2006
What happens when you mix an Amish Family, a group of guys who want to dress like Barbie, a rundown Howard Johnson's and a snowstorm? Those who say politics makes for strange bedfellows never saw this Houston premiere, but you'll agree when YOU do!
All Dressed Up
by Catherine Filloux
Jun 2 - Jul 1, 2006
Real estate broker Susan Strathcona wants to hold an open house, sell a condo and earn her commission. Frustrating her attempts are the owner's fiance who is bursting to prove his masculinity; the little old sex-pot next door with her deadly herbs and a scorpion named "Shirley"; the international police on the trail of the mysterious "Phantom" and a rival real estate agent who will don any disguise in his attempts to steal the listing. Oh, yes. And the owner - who is dead and lai...
Anybody Home?
by Carl Ritchie
Sep 15 - Oct 14, 2006
Things aren't as they appear. Follow the clues and see if you can guess who did it before Joe Friday does. Based on the famous NBC Radio-Television series. This adaptation of one of the most famous radio and television programs reproduces the authenticity, the terseness, the real-life characters, and the gripping, suspenseful and highly topical incidents for which the original is noted. Taken from the files of the Los Angeles Police Department, the case treated in the play is that of a supposed su...
Dragnet
by James Reach
Jan 5 - Feb 3, 2007
Intriguing glimpses into a cupboard full of family skeletons, together with some serious, and not so serious, detective work, combine in this unusual suspense play, to keep everyone guessing until the very last page! Returning home from prison, after serving fifteen years on the charge of having murdered his mother, Matthew finds his three sisters, his wife and his father waiting for him. Still protesting his innocence, Matthew's arrival prompts the question of who did kill Mother - scornful Celia...
Take Away the Lady
by Jimmie Chinn
Apr 13 - May 12, 2007
Filled with puns, punches, and munchable moose muffins, this classic melodrama set in the roomy (by that we mean almost always vacant) Dead Moose Lodge has a myriad of amusing characters (a must), plot twists (a necessity), and exaggerated scenes (defines melodrama) that the audience will adore. From the harried heroine, Marginally Modest (it's the "margin" that bothers us!) to the villainous Brad Apple (one "Brad Apple" spoiled the bunch) to our splendidly honest hero, Seymore ...
Marginally Modest
by Vern Harden
Jul 20 - Aug 25, 2007
Christmas Eve is tough for private investigator Cactus O'Riley, a white hot redhead with the holiday blues. She is trying to lure her secretary Fred away from his protective mother, dodging the affections of Deputy D.A. Windsor, and considering closing her business. She doesn't need the added aggravation of two fugitives who burst into her office looking for justice and a dead detective named Jake Marley. Cactus also doesn't need Fred's mother, who arrives to take Fred home but deci...
A Christmas Cactus
by Eliot Byerrum
Nov 2 - Dec 1, 2007
Hoping for a quiet spring break at her aunt's bed and breakfast, Maggie is surprised to find that a man claiming to be a tax collector has been poisoned. Unfortunately there is no shortage of suspects. Maggie and her best friend realize that they'd better figure out who wanted the tax collector dead - before someone else has a cup of <i>Tea and Arsenic</i>.
Tea and Arsenic
by Craig Sodaro
Feb 22 - Mar 22, 2008
In this Southern Gothic comedy of romance, murder and alien abduction, the Nettle sisters are determined to escape spinsterhood - Willie Mae by going to Salt Lake and finding a good Mormon husband and Faye by hopping on the spaceship when the <i>space people</i> return for another visit. We meet Faye and Willie Mae as they return home to their ramshackle swamp dwelling in Sugar Bean, Florida, after a disastrous daytrip to Disney World, where Willie lost her prized Eva Gabor wig on Space Moun...
The Sugar Bean Sisters
by Nathan Sanders
May 30 - Jun 28, 2008
A man loves his wife so much, he almost told her. After all, they were only married for 41years. The problem is, she can't hear or see him. The trouble begins when Mom invites a date for dinner. It's Thanksgiving Day and the first family gathering at the Lundeen household since the Patriarch died. At the gathering, Dad comes back as a ghost with a mission; to tell his wife he loved her, something he neglected to tell her while he was alive.
A Nice Family Gathering
by Phil Olson
Oct 31 - Nov 29, 2008
Mavis and her lover plan to kill her wealthy new husband, Edgar Hollister, and seem to have succeeded quite quickly and all too easily, but have they? The arrival of Edgar's dotty daughter Susan, with fiance in tow, complicates everything as they try to solve the mystery of Edgar's disappearance. The interfering housekeeper fails to help, and neither do the two bumbling members of the Harrogate Constabulary. "A good mixture of Agatha Christie, Abbot and Costello, and Monty Python."
The Murder Room
by Jack Sharkey
Feb 27 - Mar 28, 2009
<h2 class='subtitle'>Tropical Depression</h2>In a slightly seedy resort hotel on a remote Caribbean island, two high-living Texas housewives, Gloria and Janine, are enjoying a respite from their rich but boring husbands. They are determined to savor their holiday to the fullest, but nature has other plans. Check out what happens when they try to play, shop, drink and spend. <h2 class='subtitle'>Twister</h2>Betty and Roy are apparently the only survivors of a t...
Natural Disasters
by Jack Heifner
Jun 5 - Jul 4, 2009
This tender portrayal of married life, set against the backdrop of World War II, shows the best of the human spirit and its ability to overcome any and all obstacles. The second play of a trilogy, and the recipient of the MacLean Foundation's <i>In the Spirit of America</i> Award, See Rock City stands alone as a very funny, touching and universal portrayal of a young couple very much in love.
See Rock City
by Arlene Hutton
Sep 18 - Oct 17, 2009
KOLD Radio is located in a corner of Carl and Lena's Place for Beer in a small Minnesota town near the Canadian border. Lars Knudsen is the host of a radio show called "Crappie Talk," devoted entirely to ice fishing for crappies. Because it is a somewhat narrow subject, Lars has no listeners, so he loses his only advertiser, Ole's Bait Mart and Deer Petting Farm. Martha Bjorklund, Lars' unrequited love interest, hosts "Book Beat." She has all the listeners, and all the ...
KOLD Radio
by Phil Olson
Jan 8 - Feb 6, 2010
Bored by his privileged, but mundane life, Henry Flemming sells his lucrative brokerage firm to become a detective. On his very first case, and to the horror of his wife, Karen, and his two crazy neighbors, Suzy and Stan, the Flemming living room begins to fill up with dead bodies. Karen is further annoyed when one of them turns out to be her father. Even though Henry keeps showing up at home every day more disheveled and beaten up, he couldn't be happier. Henry is convinced he's found his life...
Flemming
by Sam Bobrick
Apr 16 - May 15, 2010
Expect the usual gang of over the top characters: the beautiful damsel in distress for you to ooh and aah over, the brave hero for you to cheer on. And of course, it wouldn't be the same without the dasterdly villian for you to boo and hiss - and throw popcorn at. This show is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family.
Only An Orphan Girl
by Henning Nelms
Jul 23 - Aug 28, 2010
The Tender Trap
by Max Shulman
Jan 19 - 27, 1962
Suds In Your Eyes
by Jack Kirkland
May 1962
Love Is Contagious
by Patricia McLaine
Nov 30 - Dec 8, 1962
Born Yesterday
by Garson Kanin
Apr 26 - May 4, 1963
Teahouse Of The August Moon
by John Patrick
Sep 13 - 22, 1963
Bell, Book And Candle
by John Van Druten
Dec 1963
The Seven Year Itch
by George Axelrod
Apr 17 - 25, 1964
Love Rides the Rails (or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight?)
by Morland Cary
Jun 1964
The Moon Is Blue
by F Hugh Herbert
Sep 1964
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
Feb 1965
A Street Car Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
May 1965
Color Me Theatre
Oct 1, 1965
Critics Choice
by Ira Levin
Dec 1, 1965
Goodbye Charlie
by George Axelrod
Apr 1966
Tea And Sympathy
by Robert Anderson
Oct 1966
The Girls In 509
by Howard Teichmann
Feb 1967
Visit To A Small Planet
by Gore Vidal
May 1967
After The Fall
by Arthur Miller
Nov 1967
Waltz Of The Toreadors
by Jean Anouilh
Mar 1968
Crack In The Trumpet
Jul 1968
Wait Until Dark
by Frederick Knott
Oct 1968
Emperors New Clothes
Dec 1968
Champagne Complex
by Leslie Stevens
May 1969
The Lion In Winter
by James Goldman
Sep 1969
The Rainmaker
by N Richard Nash
Jan 1970
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
May 1970
The Drunkard
by Brian J Burton
Jul 1970
The Deputy
by Jerome Rothenberg
Nov 1970
Everything In The Garden
by Edward Albee
Apr 1971
Dirty Work At The Crossroads
by Bill Johnson
Jul 1971
The Price
by Arthur Miller
Nov 1971
A Murder Has Been Arranged
by Emlyn Williams
Jan 1972
Oh, Baby
Apr 1972
We Bombed In New Haven
by Joseph Heller
Sep 1972
We The President
Jan 1973
Matagorda
Apr 1973
Deadwood Dick
by Tom Taggart
Jul 1973
I Am A Camera
by John Van Druten
Oct 1973
Effect of Gamma Rays On Man In The Moon Marigolds
by Paul Zindel
Mar 1974
On The Bridge At Midnight
by Bruce Brandon
Jun 1974
Curious In LA
Nov 1974
The Anniversary
by Bill Macilwraith
Jan 1975
Sleuth
by Anthony Shaffer
Apr 1975
Faith Hope & Her Grandmother
Jun 1975
The Bat
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Nov 1975
Subject To Change
by Jules Tasca
Feb 1976
The Wager
by Mark Medoff
May 1976
INSIDE STORY by Eddie Cope directed by Bonnie McFerren SURVIVOR FROM LENINGRAD by Henry Klussman directed by B A Mather THE SAND FLEA by Max Pearson directed by C Jean Montgomery AN ELUCIDATION ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF HAPPINESS by Albert Green directed by J Ray McFerren
Four By Four
Aug 1976
A Grave Undertaking
by Lloyd Gold
Oct 1976
The Mind With The Dirty Man
by Jules Tasca
Jan 1977
The Visit
by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Apr 1977
Razzmatazz And All That Jazz
by Paul Hagar
Jun 1977
My Fat Friend
by Charles Laurence
Oct 1977
Who's On First?
by Jack Sharkey
Jan 1978
The Oldest Living Graduate
by Preston Jones
Apr 1978
Deadwood Dick
by Tom Taggart
Jun 1978
Rascality On The Rig or Oil's Well That Ends Well
Aug 1978
To celebrate the beginning of our 40th season, we've bought back one of our favorite wacky comedies. We hope it will prove to be one of yours, too. The mind of Mildred Wild is a dark and mysterious place ripe with bizzare characters all set on helping Mildred through the day. Come prepared to laugh!
The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
by Paul Zindel
Sep 1978
Children's Theatre at The Windmill
The Ant And The Grasshopper
Dec 1978
Mound Builders
by Lanford Wilson
Feb 1979
Murder Among Friends
by Bob Barry
Apr 1979
Dallas File
May 1979
THE TRAVELING SALESMAN by Pat Cook directed by Mack Hayes STABBED IN THE BACK by Walter Boyd directed by Harry Booker THE BEST IS YET TO BE by James E Harvey directed by B A Mather based on a novel by Lucie Chen
Three One Acts By Houston Writers
Aug 1979
Five Finger Exercise
by Peter Shaffer
Oct 1979
Confusions
Mar 1980
The Invisible Man
by Eddie Cope
Jun 1980
The Gingham Dog
by Lanford Wilson
Sep 1980
Take A Number Darling
by Jack Sharkey
Jan 1981
Catch Me If You Can
by Robert Thomas
May 1981
Expect the usual gang of over the top characters: the beautiful damsel in distress for you to ooh and aah over, the brave hero for you to cheer on. And of course, it wouldn't be the same without the dasterdly villian for you to boo and hiss - and throw popcorn at. This show is guaranteed to be fun for the whole family.
Only An Orphan Girl
by Henning Nelms
Jul 1981
Cheaters
by Michael Jacobs
Nov 1981
Strangers
by Colin Crowther
Feb 1982
Romantic Comedy
by Bernard Slade
May 1982
South Jetty
Sep 1982
Best Of Friends
by James Elward
Jan 1983
The Hollow
by Agatha Christie
Apr 1983
Villainy & Vice
Jul 1983
A Lion In Winter
by James Goldman
Nov 1983
A Bad Year For Tomatoes
by John Patrick
Feb 1984
Murder By The Book
Jun 1984
Murder Once Removed
by Irving Gaynor Neiman
Sep 1984
Johnny Belinda
by Elmer Harris
Jan 1985
Lunch Hour
Apr 1985
On The Bridge At Midnight
by Bruce Brandon
Jul 1985
Ladies At The Alamo
by Paul Zindel
Nov 8 - Dec 7, 1985
And Miss Reardon Drinks A Little
by Paul Zindel
Feb 28 - Mar 29, 1986
Alone Together
by Lawrence Roman
Jun 6 - Jul 5, 1986
The Calling of Jericho Jones
by C Jean Montgomery
Sep 19 - Oct 18, 1986
The Button
by Ben Starr
Jan 9 - Feb 7, 1987
Crimes Of The Heart
by Beth Henley
Apr 17 - May 16, 1987
Love Rides the Rails (or Will the Mail Train Run Tonight?)
by Morland Cary
Jul 24 - Aug 29, 1987
Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
by Edward Albee
Nov 6 - Dec 5, 1987
True West
by Sam Shepard
Feb 26 - Mar 26, 1988
Murder On The Rerun
by Fred Carmichael
Jun 3 - Jul 2, 1988
Album
by David Rimmer
Sep 16 - Oct 15, 1988
<h2 class='subtitle'>Tropical Depression</h2>In a slightly seedy resort hotel on a remote Caribbean island, two high-living Texas housewives, Gloria and Janine, are enjoying a respite from their rich but boring husbands. They are determined to savor their holiday to the fullest, but nature has other plans. Check out what happens when they try to play, shop, drink and spend. <h2 class='subtitle'>Twister</h2>Betty and Roy are apparently the only survivors of a t...
Natural Disasters
by Jack Heifner
Jan 6 - Feb 4, 1989
Lo And Behold!
by John Patrick
Apr 14 - May 13, 1989
Who Was That Masked Man?
Jul 21 - Aug 26, 1989
Spider's Web
by Agatha Christie
Nov 3 - Dec 2, 1989
An Act Of The Imagination
by Bernard Slade
Apr 13 - May 12, 1990
We promise that this incarnation of our annual summer 'mellerdrammer' will have all the necessary elements - the chaste young heroine, the dashing manly hero, the dastardly villain, and - if history repeats itself - a virtual 'cast of thousands.' Will good once again triumph over evil? You'll want to make reservations early, or you won't get a good seat to find out!
The Face On The Barroom Floor
by Tim J Kelly
Jul 20 - Aug 25, 1990
The Incredible Murder Of Cardinal Tosca
by Alden Nowlan
Nov 2 - Dec 1, 1990
Early One Evening At The Rainbow Bar & Grille
by Bruce Graham
Mar 1 - 30, 1991
Neon Psalms
by Tom Strelich
Jun 7 - Jul 6, 1991
Isn't It Romantic
by Wendy Wasserstein
Sep 20 - Oct 19, 1991
Postmortem
by Ken Ludwig
Jan 10 - Feb 8, 1992
Allocating Annie
by Rick Abbot
Apr 17 - May 16, 1992
No Mother to Guide Her (or More to Be Pitied than Censured)
by Anthony Forsythe
Jul 24 - Aug 29, 1992
THE FARNDALE AVENUE HOUSING ESTATE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD DRAMATIC SOCIETY'S PRODUCTION OF A CHRISTMAS CAORL
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Production of a Christmas Carol
by David McGillivray
Nov 6 - Dec 5, 1992
Nunsense
by Dan Goggin
Feb 26 - Mar 27, 1993
Burkie
by Bruce Graham
Jun 4 - Jul 3, 1993
Greetings!
by Tom Dudzick
Sep 17 - Oct 16, 1993
Daughters Of The Lone Star State
by Del Shores
Jan 7 - Feb 5, 1994
THEY CAME FROM MARS AND LANDED OUTSIDE THE FARDALE AVENUE CHURCH HALL IN TIME FOR THE TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD'S COFFEE MORNING
They Came from Mars and Landed Outside the Farndale Avenue Church
by David McGillivray
Apr 15 - May 14, 1994
Caught In The Villains Web
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 22 - Aug 27, 1994
Inspecting Carol
by Daniel Sullivan
Nov 4 - Dec 3, 1994
The House On The Cliff
by George Batson
Feb 24 - Mar 25, 1995
Busybody
by Jack Popplewell
Jun 2 - Jul 1, 1995
Three The Hardway
by Linda Eisenstein
Sep 15 - Oct 14, 1995
Murder In Green Meadows
by Douglas Post
Jan 5 - Feb 3, 1996
Blithe Spirit
by Noël Coward
Apr 12 - May 11, 1996
Who Was That Masked Man?
Jul 19 - Aug 24, 1996
A Christmas Cactus
by Eliot Byerrum
Nov 1 - 30, 1996
Hand Jive
by Lew Holton
Feb 21 - Mar 22, 1997
The West Side Waltz
by Ernest Thompson
Jun 6 - Jul 5, 1997
Getting The Gold
by PJ Barry
Sep 19 - Oct 18, 1997
Towards Zero
by Agatha Christie
Jan 9 - Feb 7, 1998
The Price
by Arthur Miller
Apr 17 - May 16, 1998
Dirty Work Crossroads
by Bill Johnson
Jul 24 - Aug 29, 1998
The Christmas Express
by Pat Cook
Nov 6 - Dec 5, 1998
Dead Guilty
by Richard Harris
Feb 26 - Mar 27, 1999
Catfish Moon
by Laddy Sartin
Jun 4 - Jul 3, 1999
Gun-Shy
by Richard Dresser
Sep 17 - Oct 16, 1999
Broken Glass
by Arthur Miller
Jan 7 - Feb 5, 2000
If The Good Lord's Willing
by Pat Cook
Apr 14 - May 13, 2000
For Her C-h-e-ild's Sake
by Paul Loomis
Jul 21 - Aug 25, 2000
Grandpa Hangs The Holly
Nov 3 - Dec 2, 2000
Proposals
by Neil Simon
Feb 23 - Mar 24, 2001
Communicating Doors
by Alan Ayckbourn
Jun 1 - 30, 2001
To celebrate the beginning of our 40th season, we've bought back one of our favorite wacky comedies. We hope it will prove to be one of yours, too. The mind of Mildred Wild is a dark and mysterious place ripe with bizzare characters all set on helping Mildred through the day. Come prepared to laugh!
Secret Affairs Mildred Wild
by Paul Zindel
Sep 14 - Oct 13, 2001
It starts just as any other day, the husband and kids off to work and school, first of the daily chores completed; all is safe and secure with your world. There is a knock on the door. If you answer it, your life and that of your family will never be the same.
The Desperate Hours
by Joseph Hayes
Jan 4 - Feb 2, 2002
When a young boy with the gift and a curious stranger take a shine to one another, the town will never be the same. A moving story of the intertwining lives in this small town...one not to miss.
The Diviners
by Jim Leonard Jr
Apr 12 - May 11, 2002
We promise that this incarnation of our annual summer 'mellerdrammer' will have all the necessary elements - the chaste young heroine, the dashing manly hero, the dastardly villain, and - if history repeats itself - a virtual 'cast of thousands.' Will good once again triumph over evil? You'll want to make reservations early, or you won't get a good seat to find out!
Face On The Barroom Floor
by Tim J Kelly
Jul 19 - Aug 24, 2002
With all of the elements of a traditional Christmas story: a harsh winter, a foundling baby girl, a company store and a non-compassionate proprietor. This beautiful story goes to the heart of what Christmas is all about, generosity and redemption through love.
The Coal Camp Madonna
by Daniel S Kehde
Nov 1 - 30, 2002
A weekend gathering at the beach turns sour when the guests get the opportunity to "pre-read" a new book about them. Hilarity ensues amidst the Malibu summer fires as the characters learn the importance of being The Supporting Cast.
The Supporting Cast
by George Furth
Feb 21 - Mar 22, 2003
A look at love, life and expectations. Set in the summer of 1945, the mother, aunt, and cousin of a dead soldier are visited by a young soldier who knew him. The friend brings with him startling revelations that challenge the family's understanding of love and courage.
Could Angels Be Blessed
by Nancy Kiefer
May 30 - Jun 28, 2003
Murder Most Fouled-Up
by Nikki Harmon
Sep 12 - Oct 11, 2003
Seeing Stars in Dixie
by Ron Osborne
Jan 9 - Feb 7, 2004
Guilty Conscience
by Richard Levinson
Apr 16 - May 15, 2004
The Wrong Side Of The Law
by Dave Brandl
Jul 23 - Aug 28, 2004
Theatre Suburbia presents SORRY, WRONG CHIMNEY! a frenzied holiday farce by Jack Sharkey and Leo Sears. Our recipe for holiday cheer: Take a moonlighting husband and his suspicious wife; add a dash of nosy neighbors and a curious cop, then stir in one Santa Clause burglar and youve got a delightful treat thats fun for the whole family!
Sorry, Wrong Chimney!
by Jack Sharkey
Nov 5 - Dec 4, 2004
The Movie Game
by Adam Hummel
Feb 25 - Mar 26, 2005
The Hollow
by Agatha Christie
May 27 - Jun 25, 2005
Theatre Suburbia presents the southwest premiere of THE JOKER FIRED TWICE by Houstonian Pat Cook a film noir farce. This hilarious spoof is chock-full of the late-night characters that populate Hammett and Chandler crime novels and has more twists than a Danish bakery...
The Joker Fired Twice
by Pat Cook
Sep 16 - Oct 15, 2005
A charming widow living in her own elaborate fantasy word fills her lonely days by enticing neighbors into her yard with lemonade and comical gossip... Miz Lenas Backyard is a special place - a place where Miz Lena never meets a stranger, visits friends both old and new, and shares her secrets. When you visit, youll hear things that make you laugh, think, cry and feel special. Miz Lena will be awaiting your arrival at this Houston premiere, so don't disappoint her.
Miz Lena's Backyard
by Jan Villarrubia
Jan 6 - Feb 4, 2006
A little bit Gaslight, a little bit Alfred Hitchcock, a little bit sinister, but a whole lot of fun are phrases that come to mind when describing this classic British country estate thriller. Drink in the deception as you join us for an evening of edgy entertainment and murder most foul...
Deadly Nightcap
by Francis Durbridge
Apr 14 - May 13, 2006
Everyone knows they can count on the popcorn, sing-alongs, boos and hisses at the old- fashioned Summer mellerdrammer! Come early, come often, see the villain, see the hero, but don't shoot the piano player.
The Girl In The Tutu
by Eddie Cope
Jul 21 - Aug 26, 2006
Christmas in Her Heart
by Walt Vail
Nov 3 - Dec 2, 2006
When a houseful of sweet little old ladies discover that a handsome bachelor lives across the street, they are delighted. When they learn that he is none other than Detective Dennis O'Finn, of Homicide, they are faced with the problem of how to attract his attention. The answer is simplicity itself: a nice, genteel homicide with a cup of tea as the murder weapon. Then a brash young woman reporter begins to suspect the truth, she becomes the next target. O'Finn is terribly embarrassed when at ...
Bull in a China Shop
by C B Gilford
Feb 23 - Mar 24, 2007
In this dark comedy, chaos flares up in an urban Texas household on a day when the old television stops working. Mom and Dad are too caught up in their own crises to deal with their "slow" son Tommy's behavioral problems, and Grandma simply cannot cope with his racy behavior. Contains subject matter of a sensitive nature.
Parker Family Circus
by Jan Buttram
Jun 1 - 30, 2007
Martie's idyllic memories of a poet from her college years rise again when he reappears, willing and able to continue the romance. Is her regular-guy husband any match against the dashing, artistic poet? Martie's best friend is drawn to the poet as well. They discover that their poet uses the same old poem to romance all his lady friends and students. Will they have him arrested for the reckless use of a concealed poem?
Poetic License
by Carl Williams
Sep 14 - Oct 13, 2007
They are looked after by a cook-housekeeper (and local character) named Wimpi, and are soon joined by Dennis Mordaunt, Stella's producer and would-be suitor, and her fellow actress and arch rival, Flavia Dartega. Add in the surprise appearance of Oliver Keane (Stella's former leading man) and his dashing young nephew Peter (who is immediately captivated by Mary), and both the plot and the romantic possibilities quicken. The arrival of the bustling Nurse Pepper rounds out the cast and begins t...
The Gift of Murder
by George Batson
Jan 4 - Feb 2, 2008
Impoverished and pregnant Wanda lives in a trailer with her four children and her unemployed husband Al. When Wanda spots the classified ad of a couple who want to adopt a newborn baby, she is introduced to a wealthy Los Angeles Jewish couple -- Rachel and Richard. Rachel and Richard arrive in Louisiana to meet the donors, and both couples deal with the legalistics, while also overcoming their fears and transcending the inevitable cultural and class barriers.
The Baby Dance
by Jane Anderson
Apr 11 - May 10, 2008
This modern treatment of an old melodrama will have folks hissing, booing and applauding. The sweet heroine is Melody Lane, a self educated and lovely orphan who falls into the hands of scoundrel Windermere Hightower. After Melody and the villain are married, he tells her that he expects her to carry out his criminal schemes. Revolted, she flees a wife in name only. Several months later she is at the None Such ranch where she falls in love with stalwart Lucius Goodenough. When Windermere appears at the ...
Curse Of An Aching Heart
by Herbert E Swayne
Jul 18 - Aug 23, 2008
This play explores the relationship between mother and daughter and sister during a time of great adversity, both socially and spiritually. It realistically depicts the poverty and despair of the Great Depression. It is also a story with much humor and suspense. Ultimately, the play tells a tale about love, friendship, and forgiveness.
Dryope and Iole
by Nancy Kiefer
Jan 9 - Feb 7, 2009
Before dying in prison for supposedly poisoning her husband fifteen years ago, Caroline Crale wrote her daughter Carla that she was clearly innocent. Carla believes her mother to be truthful and enlists the aid Justin Fogg, son of her mother's defense attorney. He had fallen in love with Caroline while observing her trial. They persuade those present on the day of the murder to return to the scene and enact their recollection of the events on the day Aymas Crale, painting Elsa his latest infatuation...
Go Back For Murder
by Agatha Christie
Apr 17 - May 16, 2009
Fiddledeedee! Just as beautiful young Charlotte O'Mara is starting to have a good time at Magnolia Plantation's annual barbecue, that blasted Civil War breaks out! All the eligible young men rush off to join the fight - all except Magnolia's faithful servant, Bret Butler, who suffers from fallen arches. Four years later, as the war draws to a close, the O'Maras owe back taxes on Magnolia and unless they can come up with the money, their former overseer, Carlton Creepstone, now a vill...
Dirty Dealings in Dixie
by Craig Sodaro
Jul 24 - Aug 29, 2009
In this screwball detective comedy, a cast of 12 zany characters try to collar a thief before Christmas is ruined for everyone. It's Christmas Eve at Harrigan's department store and all of the bonuses have gone missing. "Apparently somebody had been stirring. Something of a louse." And if that weren't bad enough, the store's Santa is nowhere to be found in spite of the line of kids that's quickly forming. What, oh what is a store manager to do? Enter Harry Monday, here...
If It's Monday...
by Pat Cook
Nov 6 - Dec 5, 2009
The haunting familiarity of the past permeates the present with the arrival of Melissa Wilson, a coed, boarding at the home of Glorie and Elmer Whitman. What Glorie envisions to be a joyful endeavor becomes an unexpected struggle to face the darkness of hate.
Waiting To Be Mended
by Gwen Flager
Feb 26 - Mar 27, 2010
Paris, 1963. Director Henry Lockwood has come to the City of Light for the premiere of his new film, Panic. Accompanied on the trip by his wife Emma and his secretary Miriam, Lockwood expects nothing more than to enjoy another cinematic success and to bask in the adulation of young French film critic Alain Duplay. But when Lockwood is accused of a hideous crime---a crime that could destroy his career and his marriage---he's forced to confront the truth about himself and those closest to him. Lockwoo...
Panic
by Joseph Goodrich
Jun 4 - Jul 3, 2010
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