The Alley Theatre announces the cast and creative team of the world premiere play Cleo by Lawrence Wright, directed by Bob Balaban. Set during the filming of the 1963 movie “Cleopatra”,Cleo is the story of the affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and the worldwide scandal that followed. Cleo plays the Hubbard Theatre April […]

HOUSTON, TX— The Alley Theatre’s Alley All New Festival, January 28 – February 7, features six playwrights and more than 25 actors from around the country who will be presenting new work through a series of readings and workshop performances. Rehearsals have begun at the newly renovated Alley Theatre and the performances will be open […]

The Alley Theatre is ready for art lovers to come and see its incredible new facility. The finishing touches are done on the $46.5 million renovations and there will be an open house this Saturday, September 26th from 10a to 2p. From more information click here.  

(HOUSTON) — One of Houston’s most iconic theaters is about to get a major face lift. Alley Theatre will break ground on its first major…

In the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it can be easy to forget the humanity of America’s retail workers. Fortunately, there’s a show for…

When I think of the holidays in Houston, three things come to mind: The trees adorn with white lights along Uptown Park, ice skating at…

If English playwright William Congreve had lived to see Alley Theatre’s new production of Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, he would have been pleased to find artistic evidence of his most famous (and often misquoted) adage: “Heav’n has no rage like love to hatred turn’d / Nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn’d.” Indeed, the delicate […]

A season of award-winning playwrights and productions fills the schedule for Tony Award-winning Alley Theatre’s 67th season in Houston. Artistic Director Gregory Boyd announced the upcoming season Saturday. Among the 10 plays slated include the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy “You Can’t Take It With You,” Outer Critics Circle’s Outstanding New Play winner “Other Desert Cities,” 2011 Tony […]

The Alley Theatre is auditioning local, non-AEA actors for I, Barbara Jordan written by Celeste Bedford Walker and directed by Eileen J. Morris. We are looking for two African American men to portray Barbara Jordan’s father and grandfather in a biographical play for young audiences.  These actors also play all the other men Barbara encounters […]