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ONGOING:
Deadline: Sunday,
March 4th
Upstage Theatre and the Festival
of Comedy are seeking scripts of producible length of between 15-30 minutes
and family-friendly comedy written by a playwright and
currently residing in Texas for their Festival of Comedy
Aug. 17th to Aug. 25th. Submission can be email for
consideration to UpStageTheatre@comcast.net. for more information visit: www.UpStageTheatre.org or call 713.88.7191
COMING UP:
February 4th
1. Saturday - Mildred's
Umbrella Theater Company, Stark Naked Theatre Company and Classical
Theater Company celebrate a NEW home. They have combined
efforts and have joined forces to open a group theater called "Studio
101". As a result they invite the public to the "Studio
101 Grand Opening" starting at 7PM at Studio 101
Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring Street, Houston, Texas)
The Grand Opening will feature bands, beers and raffles. Come
and join the party.
2. The Houston Public Library is pleased to
present a screening of John Schwartz's "This in Our
Home, It is Not For Sale" starting at
Noon at the Central Library (500
McKinney, Houston TX 77002) For more information about this
film (click here)
 
3. The Southwest Alternate Media Project (SWAMP) and
the MFAH-Film are pleased to screen the 1932
classic by director Karl Freund, "The Mummy" starting at
9PM at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Law Building (1001
Bissonnett, Houston, TX) The 78 minute black and white feature
film stars the master of horror Boris
Karloff. Tickets are $7 See a clip at: http://youtu.be/-E-Q1NGk1mI Order tickets
online at: www.MFAH.org and be sure
to visit: www.SWAMP.org
Monday - The Austin Film Meet presents the "Austin
Film Meet: February Industry Mixer" starting at 7PM at the Stompin Grounds Lounge (3801 S. Congress Ave., #116, Austin, TX
78704) Introduce yourself to filmmakers, video professionals,
actors and producers. Don't forget your business cards.
February 7th
Tuesday - Organizer Carole
Harrington, filmmaker/Director Natasha
Fissiak and Robert Nelson, President of
the Houston Branch of SAG are pleased
to present a dramatic reading of the powerful script
"Empress of Texas" starting at
7PM to 9PM at the Main Street Theater, Chelsea Market (4617
Montrose Blvd., Houston TX 77006) This is a
script currently in feature film development by Director
Natasha Fissiak. RSVP for an inspiring and intriguing
evening call Mr. Harrington at
713.851.3069 or email Carole@EmpressOfTexasFilm.com Learn more at
the website at: www.EmpressOfTexasFilm.com
February 8th
Wednesday - The Houston
CINE Film Group is pleased to invite the public to "Hello
2012! First Meetup" their first
meeting of the new year starting at 6:30PM at Los Tios Mexican
Restaurant (9527 Westheimer Rd., Houston, Texas) For
more information about the CINE Film Group you can find
them on F**ebook or you can visit: www.Meetup.com/cinefg/
February 9th through February 11th
Starting Thursday - NightCap Theater
in association with Obsidian Art
Space are pleased to present "The Coitus Plays: An evening of two
one acts by Eric James and Peter Wittenberg, Jr." (Three Weekends: 2/9 to 2/11, 2/15 to 2/18 and
2/23 to 2/25) starting at 8PM at the Obsidian Art Space
(3522 White Oak Dr., Houston TX 77007) Tickets are $15 with a special ((Pay what you want)) Wednesday
February 15th. Tickets can be
purchased at the door (cash or credit) or you can call
281.788-2319. For more information visit: www.ObsidianArtSpace.org Starring Rick Evans, Claire Anderson, Mark
Stanley, Lulu Mire, Michael Shuks, Erin Reed, Brad Goetz and
Zach Lewis.
February 11th
Saturday - The Houston Public Library presents a
special screening of Goran Hugo Olsson's film
"The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975" starting at
2PM at the Central Library (500
McKinney, Houston TX 77002) for more information about this
film (click here) see a
trailer (click here)
February 15th through February 18th
Starting Wednesday - NightCap Theater
in association with Obsidian Art
Space are pleased to present "The Coitus Plays: An evening of two
one acts by Eric James and Peter Wittenberg, Jr." starting at 8PM at the Obsidian Art Space
(3522 White Oak Dr., Houston TX 77007) Tickets are $15 with a special ((Pay what you want)) Wednesday
February 15th. Tickets can be
purchased at the door (cash or credit) or you can call
281.788-2319. For more information visit: www.ObsidianArtSpace.org Starring Rick Evans, Claire Anderson, Mark
Stanley, Lulu Mire, Michael Shuks, Erin Reed, Brad Goetz and
Zach Lewis.
February 16th
1. Thursday - Houston Filmmaker Gretchen
Almoughraby and Lazy Gal Productions are pleased to
invite the cast, crew and a few friends to the "Test
Cast and Crew Screening of the short film 'June'" starting at
6:30PM to 9:30PM at the City Hall 1st Floor Theater (901 Bagby,
Houston, TX) in City Hall. This is a PRIVATE screening for those on
the cast and crew of "June" and those
that helped out on the film. You can learn more about this
short film by Gretchen Almoughraby on F**ebook
under "June".
2. Empire Creative Marketing is happy to invite you to join them as they
celebrate the new year their valuable clients for their "Mardi Gras Mixer" starting at 3PM to 7PM at the offices of Empire Creative Marketing (1020 Bay Area Blvd., Suite 218, Houston, TX)
Sample some hor d'oeuvres, have a drink and mingle. Author and Musican Elizabeth Lee will be on hand for a book signing of "A Red Dawg's Tale". All proceeds will benefit the charity, Cherish Our Children International. Also, Monica
Stout will be on had to sign her
book, "Mandy's
Heart" will all proceeds
to benefit Second Chance Pets, a local animal rescue organization. For more
about Empire Creative Marketing visit: www.Empiread.com
February 17th through March 3rd
starting Friday - Sean Keith
Thompson and UpStage Theatre are pleased
to present "The Beverly Hillbillies the
Play" running Friday and Saturday nights starting
at 8PM at the UpStage Theater (Lambert Hall
Performing Arts & Education Center, 1703 Heights Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77008). Tickets are $15 ($12 for students,
seniors and groups) Tickets online at: www.UpStageTheatre.org And, you can
make reservations by calling the box office at 713.838.7191.
And learn more about Upstage theatre on F**ebook and Twitter. Opening Night
starting at 8PM PAY WHAT YOU WANT NIGHT. Any amount will be
accepted at the door.
 
February 18th
Saturday - Jason Ledford, Gallery
Director of Thornwood Gallery and Thornwood
Gallery are please to present and invite the
public to the opening Reception for "Underneath the
Layers: An Exhibition of New Paintings by James C.
Leonard" starting at 6PM to 8PM at the Thornwood
Gallery (2643 Colquitt St., Houston, Texas) Artist James
C. Leonard will be in attendance. The
Exhibition will be on display until March 15th. For more
information visit: www.ThornwoodGallery.com
February 21st
Tuesday - Organizer and Artistic Director Emily Hynds and the Bootown
Theater Group present it's monthly story-telling event this
time "Grown-Up Story time 44" starting at
9PM at Rudyard's British Pub (210 Waugh
Drive, Houston, Texas) Admission is only $5. This month
BooTown has solicited stories to be read by their own authors.
Of the stories chosen to be read, the authors will be required
to get up on stage and read for themselves. For more
information: visit: www.BooTown.org or contact
Emily at Bootown@gmail.com
February 23rd through February 25th
Starting Thursday - NightCap Theater
in association with Obsidian Art
Space are pleased to present "The Coitus Plays: An evening of two
one acts by Eric James and Peter Wittenberg, Jr." starting at 8PM at the Obsidian Art Space
(3522 White Oak Dr., Houston TX 77007) Tickets are $15
Tickets can be purchased at the door (cash or credit) or you
can call 281.788-2319. For more information visit: www.ObsidianArtSpace.org Starring Rick
Evans, Claire
Anderson, Mark Stanley, Lulu Mire, Michael Shuks, Erin Reed, Brad Goetz and
Zach Lewis.
February 24th and February 25th
Starting on Friday - The Country
Playhouse, Diana Howie, John Kaiser, and Director Karen
Daugherty invite the public to the opening
night and subsequent showings of Neil Simon's play
"Proposals" running for three
weekends starting at 8PM Feb. 24th, 25th, March 2nd,
3rd, 9th and 10th / at 7:30PM March 8th and 2PM March 4th all
at
The Country Playhouse (12802 Queensbury, Houston, TX 77024
(Town & Country) CityCentre Area.) Directed by
Karen Daughtery, "Proposals" recalls a
summer in 1953 when the Hines clan gathers at tis vacation
cottage for one last weekend. Casting includes R.Renda, Marq
Del Monte, Katie Basch, Brain Heaton, Sam Martinez, Jan Potts,
Mike McDermott, Amisti Reioux and Osbie Shepard. Tickets are
$22 for adults, $19 for students and seniors, Groups of 20 or
more receive a $5 discount off the adult price. For tickets
call 713.467.4497 or get them online at: www.CountryPlayhouse.org
February 25th
Saturday - Filmmaker
and Screenwriter Tom Vaughan is pleased to present "Story & Plot I: Structure" starting at 4PM in the Tejas Room of the University Center of The
Main Campus of the University of Houston. (4800 Calhoun, Houston, TX 77064 (Map)) "Structure" is the Story and Plot intro course and it
continues to earn accolades from its attendees. This class is
unique in how it focuses on the difference between story and
plot and how each affects the most important aspect of
feature-length storytelling: The Structure. (register)
February 28th, 29th and March 1st
Starting Tuesday to Thursday - Writer/filmmaker
Dawn Ireland is pleased to present a
3-day webiar entitled "Nuts and Bolts Guide to Publishing
an Award-Winning Book" starting at
6:30PM online or phone. Participants will receive a 10-page
check list to publishing, 37 links to sites where you can
market you book and several other freebies. If you every has a
desire to write a book, or already have one in the drawer,
now's the time to get the book to market. to register visit: www.DawnIreland-writer.com/webinars.html
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March 2nd, 3rd and 4th
Starting on Friday - The Country
Playhouse, Diana Howie, John Kaiser, and Director Karen
Daugherty invite the public to the opening
night and subsequent showings of Neil Simon's play
"Proposals" running for three
weekends starting at 8PM March 2nd and 3rd, and 2PM
March 4th all at The Country Playhouse (12802
Queensbury, Houston, TX 77024 (Town & Country) CityCentre
Area.) Directed by Karen Daughtery, "Proposals" recalls a
summer in 1953 when the Hines clan gathers at tis vacation
cottage for one last weekend. Casting includes R.Renda, Marq
Del Monte, Katie Basch, Brain Heaton, Sam Martinez, Jan Potts,
Mike McDermott, Amisti Reioux and Osbie Shepard. Tickets are
$22 for adults, $19 for students and seniors, Groups of 20 or
more receive a $5 discount off the adult price. For tickets
call 713.467.4497 or get them online at: www.CountryPlayhouse.org
March 8th, 9th and 10th
Starting on Thursday - The Country
Playhouse, Diana Howie, John Kaiser, and Director Karen
Daugherty invite the public to the opening
night and subsequent showings of Neil Simon's play
"Proposals" running for three
weekends starting at 7:30PM March 8th and at 8PM March
9th and 10th at The Country Playhouse (12802
Queensbury, Houston, TX 77024 (Town & Country) CityCentre
Area.) Directed by Karen Daughtery, "Proposals" recalls a
summer in 1953 when the Hines clan gathers at tis vacation
cottage for one last weekend. Casting includes R.Renda, Marq
Del Monte, Katie Basch, Brain Heaton, Sam Martinez, Jan Potts,
Mike McDermott, Amisti Reioux and Osbie Shepard. Tickets are
$22 for adults, $19 for students and seniors, Groups of 20 or
more receive a $5 discount off the adult price. For tickets
call 713.467.4497 or get them online at: www.CountryPlayhouse.org
March 22nd to April 7th
Starting Thursday - Jennifer
Decker, Artistic Director of Mildred's Umbrella
Theater Company is pleased to invite the public to Sarah
Ruhl's play "Dead Man's Cell Phone" starting at
8PM at Studio 101 at Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring
St., Houston, TX 77007) ((There will be an INVITED
PreView March 21st and a "Pay as you Like" Monday on
April 2nd.)) Tickets are $15 General and $8
Students and Seniors. For more information and tickets visit: www.MildredsUmbrella.com or email Jennifer
Decker at info@mildredsumbrella.com or call
832.463.0409
March 23rd and March 24th
Starting Friday - John Kaiser, Diana Howie, Trevor Cone and Country Playhouse-Black Box Stage are pleased to present Richard Dresser's play, "Below the
Belt" Starting at 8PM
March 23rd, 24th, 30th, 31st and April 6th, 7th, 7:30PM April
5th and 2PM April 1st. Three weekends at the Country Playhouse (12802
Queensbury Lane in Town & Country Village across from City
Centre just two blocks east of Beltway 8) Directed by Trevor
Cone, set in a remote foreign outpost of a nameless
multi-national conglomerate,
"Below the Belt"
follows the schemes of 3 business careerists who have nothing
better to do than steal each other's jobs. Tickets are $22 for
Adults, $19 for students/Seniors. Call the box office for
reservations at 713-467-4497 or purchase online at: www.CountryPlayHouse.org
April 2012
April 1st
Starting Friday - John Kaiser, Diana Howie, Trevor Cone and Country Playhouse-Black Box Stage are pleased to present Richard Dresser's play, "Below the
Belt" 2PM at the Country Playhouse (12802
Queensbury Lane in Town & Country Village across from City
Centre just two blocks east of Beltway 8) Directed by Trevor
Cone, set in a remote foreign outpost of a nameless
multi-national conglomerate,
"Below the Belt"
follows the schemes of 3 business careerists who have nothing
better to do than steal each other's jobs. Tickets are $22 for
Adults, $19 for students/Seniors. Call the box office for
reservations at 713-467-4497 or purchase online at: www.CountryPlayHouse.org
April 5th through April 7th
Starting Friday - John Kaiser, Diana Howie, Trevor Cone and Country Playhouse-Black Box Stage are pleased to present Richard Dresser's play, "Below the
Belt" Starting at 7:30PM
April 5th and 8PM April 6th and 7th.at the Country Playhouse (12802
Queensbury Lane in Town & Country Village across from City
Centre just two blocks east of Beltway 8) Directed by Trevor
Cone, set in a remote foreign outpost of a nameless
multi-national conglomerate,
"Below the Belt"
follows the schemes of 3 business careerists who have nothing
better to do than steal each other's jobs. Tickets are $22 for
Adults, $19 for students/Seniors. Call the box office for
reservations at 713-467-4497 or purchase online at: www.CountryPlayHouse.org
  
April 13th through April 22nd
Organizer Hunter Todd and Program
Director Kathleen Haney are pleased
to present "The 45th Annual Worldfest-Houston
International Film and Video Festival" Currently
they are NOW accepting Film/Video submissions. This years
Remi Winners in six major categories are automatically
submitted to the 42nd Annual USA Film Festival in Dallas AND the 12th Annual
Seoul Drama Awards (Korea). For more information, to register
and for details visit: www.Worldfest.org
May 2012
May 6th through June 11th
Starting on Friday - Actress Aneela
Qureshi and The Company on Stage Theater are pleased
to present "The Threesome" staring at 8PM
at The Company on Stage Theater (536 Westbury
Square, Houston, TX 77035) The story is set in Paris 1870.
Adultery ought to be a serious business. In this lively
translation of LaBiche's Classic farce, the
conventional adulterous life of a suburban couple falls apart
in the mayhem of crossed wires, slammed doors, double
entendres and blackmailing cab drivers. For more information
and tickets visit: www.CompanyOnStage.org
June 2012
June 14th through June 17th
Thursday thru Sunday - The Aviation
Cinemas (Texas Theatre) team is proud to announce the
Inaugural Oak Cliff Film Festival in the Bishop Arts
District in Oak Cliff, Texas (Southwest of
Dallas) Venues: The Texas Theater, Kessler Theater, Bishop
Arts Theater and the Belmont Hotel. Film submissions are being
accepted. Press and sponsorship contact: Eric Steele, eric@aviationcinemas.com Filmmaker
Liaison Contact: Adam Donaghey Adam@aviationcinemas.com and visit the
website at: www.OakCliffFilmFestival.com
August 2012
August 17th - August 25th
Starting Friday - Sean Keith
Thompson is pleased to invite the public to the 3rd Annual
UpStage Theatre's Festival of Comedy at the UpStage
Theater (Lambert Hall Performing Arts & Education
Center, 1703 Heights Blvd., Houston, Texas 77008)
September 2012
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