Theater

The Black & Latino Playwrights Celebration had to be renamed the New American Play Festival.

'Designing Shakespeare through the Ages,' which runs from March 27 to July 6, will display paintings, sculpture, books, paper works from the museum's Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts, and theatre designs, including from San Pedro Playhouse’s 2024 production of 'Midsummer Sueño.'

The ASL and sensory friendly performances is on Sat. Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. People with disabilities get in free for that showing.

The production begins at 7 on Friday night and Saturday night at Southwest High School.

The Miscast Theatre’s production of '17 Minutes' runs from Jan. 24 to Feb. 8 at the Palo Alto College Performing Arts Center.

Three San Antonio playwrights were chosen to present their unpublished plays before an audience in an informal setting as part of the Teatro Salon series.

Irma Herrera's one-woman play, "Why Would I Mispronounce My Own Name?", focuses on issues of identity and the power in making sure our names are pronounced correctly. Herrera, an activist, playwright and former civil rights attorney, shows that how we say a name reveals the preconceived ideas or assumptions we make about others.

The Classic Theatre of San Antonio this week opens a new bilingual version of "The Fantasticks" called "The Fantastikos." TPR's Nathan Cone visited with the team behind the music of the show to learn about how the musical is "beautifully rendered" onstage in Spanish and English, according to musical director and pianist Jaime Ramirez.

San Antonio educator and writer Georgette María Messa explores the story of her mother's trauma growing up on the El Paso-Juarez border. Messa talks about the production and her own journey to understanding and healing.

A new play that explores the pain of sexual assault debuted on Monday, Nov. 6. The main character, Wylie, tries to recount her experience of sexual assault and understand why it happened to her.