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Best Plays from September 17 - November 17

in Houston

A Christmas Carol at Hubbard Stage

A Christmas Carol

Penny-pinching and bad-tempered old miser Ebenezer Scrooge goes on the adventure of his life in Charles Dicken's perennial holiday favorite, returning to the Hubbard Stage this year in this revitalized production from Rob Melrose, directed by Amber D. Gray. Magic, merriment, and music abound as Mr. Scrooge is visited by three ghosts, each ready to teach him a lesson he'll never forget!

Dracula - Play at Crighton Theatre

Dracula - Play

A vampire lord, an unwitting solicitor, the pinnacle of gothic horror and the stage. Bram Stoker's 1897 novel is returning once more to the theater and is set to terrify and astound you. While tales of vampires have existed for millennia, it was Stoker's story that brought the bloodsucking fiends that we know and love into mainstream culture, influencing cult classics such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight. Are you ready to see where it all began?

Oct 18 - Nov 3

Crighton Theatre

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The Play That Goes Wrong at Crighton Theatre

The Play That Goes Wrong

Welcome to the opening night of 'The Murder at Haversham Manor' where students of the Cornley University Drama Society are attempting to stage this 1920s production. However, everything that can go wrong is and the opening night is quickly going from bad to disastrous. With an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can't play dead and actors who trip over everything they struggle to get to their final curtain call.

Drunk Shakespeare at The Emerald Theatre

Drunk Shakespeare

Take a journey to a mysterious hidden venue where mayhem awaits! Enter through a secret door and discover a glam cocktail bar and library where the infamous Drunk Shakespeare Society are ready to perform! But the main event really begins when one actor takes to the stage after at least five shots of whiskey and attempts to perform an entire play by William Shakespeare. No two shows are the same, four sober actors must try and keep the script going whilst one actor tackles the script through blurred vision and slurred words.

Noises Off at Hubbard Stage

Noises Off

Get your month off to a rollicking start with English playwright Michael Frayn's riotous comedy Noises Off! The quintessentially British farce brings an ensemble cast to the stage in a whirlwind of banter and expertly-timed physical comedy that'll have you rolling in the aisles and wiping away tears of laughter!

Sep 27 - Oct 27

Hubbard Stage

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