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TILT Performance Group attempts to answer the question of "Why do we tell stories?" At least, that's what director Nick Mayo asked the group's actors – and this new show is the response.May 25-June 2. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $10-15.
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Lucky Stiff
Here's that musical comedy by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, in which an unassuming English shoe salesman inherits $6 million from an American uncle. But there's a catch: He has to take a vacation to Monte Carlo with his uncle’s embalmed body and convince folks that the man’s still alive. Michael McKelvey directs, and the cast is scary good.Through June 24. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $17-40. -
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Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse Wow!
This bright spectacle from Glass Half Full Theatre bangs into existence with Indigo Rael as her alter ego Polly Mermaid, princess of the Pacific Garbage Patch, and Katy Taylor as Deborah Déguderè, the particle physicist who builds a tunnel through space and time. The show – a hero's journey with a feminine twist, a parable for the rights of all creatures big and small, a campy romp through particle theory – is replete with not-for-kiddies puppetry and an original score by Mother Falcon. Intrigued? Here's our full review of the show.Through June 9. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35.
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All My Sons
This is Arthur Miller's award-winning family drama about one man's search for the American dream – and the ultimate destruction in his pursuit. Directed by Tracy Arnold for City Theatre.Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25. -
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Carmen
This new show takes the well-known opera as a jumping-off point, presenting an all-Latinx cast exploring borders, survival, gender, and love. Directed by kt shorb for Generic Ensemble Company, Carmen "uses telenovela tropes to reinvent the tale of passion, jealousy, and familia" as queer night life clashes with ICE raids in the West Texas town of El Paso. And here's what our Arts Editor Robert Faires thinks of the show.Through June 2. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $10-30. -
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Killer Girls
Whoa, that American Berserk Theatre company, first bringing the world their dystopian blockbuster Subject to Control, then following it with For Time and Eternity (about that whole Joseph-Smith-and-the-Mormons thing), now presenting this pop horror revenge comedy – written and directed by Kaci Beeler – in which five female students on the Fruit Ninja Team of John Wilkes Booth University are invited to a tournament in #grabherbythepussy, Florida, and, ah, well, listen: Payback's a bitch. (A rabid, extremely bloodthirsty bitch, we might add.) Warning note: Gore effects, strobe lights, loud music, themes of high violence and sexual assault, possibly the lamentation of any MRA in the audience. Recommended? See what that Robert Faires has to say about it.Through May 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $20-25.Hideout Studios, 2505 E. Sixth Ste. 3-C -
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Seminar
This is Theresa Rebeck's arch comedy in which four aspiring novelists sign up for private writing classes with an international literary figure … and things go kind of Lord of the Flies, emotionally speaking. Directed by Bryan Bradford for Jarrott Productions. And here's what our reviewer thought of the show.Through June 3. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $23-30. -
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Shakespeare in the Park: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Austin Shakespeare transforms the Zilker Hillside Theater into the world of a classic Fifties sitcom to embody this production of the Bard's Falstaff-festooned comedy, featuring a fine cast directed by Ann Ciccolella and Gwendolyn Kelso. Pro tip: Bring you a blanket and pick-a-nick, citizen!Through May 27. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. Free. -
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Small Mouth Sounds
"On a weeklong silent retreat in the woods, six wildly disparate urbanites looking for life balance find that staying quiet doesn’t necessarily bring inner peace." Bess Wohl's wickedly sharp look at mindfulness and the wellness industry is directed by Mark Pickell for Capital T Theatre, and features Rebecca Robinson, Ellie McBride, Jason Phelps, Zac Thomas, Delanté Keys, Theresa Baldwin, and Katherine Catmull. And here's what our reviewer T. Lynn Mikeska thought of the show.Through June 16. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $25-35.
Auditions
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Auditions: There and Back
Ground Floor Theatre is casting a new play by Raul Garza, and they're looking for, among other roles, someone to portray a personification of a Virgen de Guadalupe candle(!) See website for details; email for appointment.Sat., May 26, 10am-2pm
