The Beasts of Warren Thursday, May 28, 2020 8:00 PM CDT Austin Scottish Rite Theater’s Rite Out Loud Series presents THE BEASTS OF WARREN in a virtual, live staged reading. Oppression, discrimination, and sinister politics subvert science and medicine in this pandemic-based tale of surprising adventure, love, and heroism. THE BEASTS OF WARREN by Azure […]
Category: Theater
Lyla School, 2019
Lyla School, a Staged Reading Friday, November 22, 2019 “Lyla School” by Brian Kettler tells the story of two friends driven apart when a violent event occurs during a process-drama simulation. After 20 years Mary and Ahmed reunite. Still haunted by their tragic pasts, they fight to move forward with their lives and uncover the […]
Cyrano de Bergerac, 2019
Cyrano de Bergerac August – September, 2019 Paris in the 17th century is a city of self-indulgence, elegant banter, lust and love. In the midst of this splendor and seduction, Cyrano de Bergerac stands alone in his ugliness, intelligence, and aesthetic lifestyle… until he too falls in love. This classic play by Edmund Rostand comes […]
Rite Out Loud Festival, 2019
Rite Out Loud Staged Reading Festival August 16-18, 2019 Austin Scottish Rite Theater presents RITE OUT LOUD, featuring staged readings of five new plays by five great playwrights! RUBY by Raul GarzaLULU IN ROCHESTER by Allison GregoryEUROPA by Sarah SaltwickTWO SWEATY by Megan TabaqueSENECA by Travis Tate The opening reception will feature a sneak peek […]
Walden, 2019
Waldenby Amy BerrymanA staged reading Friday, April 19, 20198:00 PM Free admission – donations appreciated In the not-so-distant future, climate change has intensified and scientists are recommending that we colonize elsewhere. Cassie, a NASA botanist, returns from her year-long deployment in space and is shocked to find her sister, Stella, a former NASA architect, engaged […]
Mirrors, 2019
Mirrorsby Azure D. Osborne-LeeA staged reading Thursday, February 21, 20198:00 PM Free admission – donations appreciated When 17 year-old Alma Jean finds her mother dead, she must pack up her life and move in with her mother’s ex-lover, a woman she doesn’t know. Her new guardian, Bird Wilson, is the town pariah and unused to […]
Auctioning the Ainsleys, 2018
Auctioning the AinsleysA Staged Reading Thursday, November 15 A family of auctioneers try to put a price on their past in an endearing, dark comedy by Laura Schellhardt. A staged reading with Kathy Blackbird, Delanté Keys, Megan Ortiz, Heidi Penix, Amber Quick, and Luke Wallens. Directed by Susan Gayle Todd and Kayleigh Axtell. Showtime Thursday, […]
TOC TOC, 2018
TOC TOCBy Laurant BaffieSpanish version by Julián QuintanillaDirected by Julio Palacios Azero September 27 – October 12, 2018 Six OCD patients encounter each other on their visit to meet famous psychiatrist, Dr. Cooper, in order to cure their disorders. However, Dr. Cooper is not in office on the day of their visit due to an […]
Wit, 2018
WITby Margaret EdsonDirected by Susan Gayle Todd August 10-25, 2018 Austin Scottish Rite Theater teams up with The Final Acts Project to present Margaret Edson’s dark comedy, Wit. Taking the role of both narrator and player in her own tragedy, the character Vivian Bearing shifts from real time to the past through her journey from […]
