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Press Releases

Alley Theatre Restructures Operations in Response to COVID-19

Alley Theatre Announces the Complete 2020-21 Season

Alley Theatre Cancels Remainder of its 2019-20 Season

Alley Theatre Announces that Patrons Can Watch the Canceled Production of 1984 at Home

The Alley Theatre Cancels All Performances and Events to Protect Patrons and Staff Against COVID19

Sarah Ruhl’s Offbeat Comedy, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, at the Alley Theatre This Spring

Alley Theatre Announces the World Premiere of Noir, a Duncan Sheik and Kyle Jarrow Musical, and Four Additional Shows as a Part of the 2020-21 Season

Artistic Director Rob Melrose and Alley Theatre Resident Acting Company Members Bring 1984 to Life

Alley Theatre Presents the Historical Drama Camp David

Alley Theatre Announces Casting for Camp David, 1984, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Amerikin, and Sense and Sensibility

Casting Announced for 2020 Alley All New Festival

Alley Theatre Announces the Cast and Creative Team of Quixote Nuevo

Alley Theatre Brings Laughs for the Holidays with Fully Committed

Alley Theatre Announces Programming for the 2020 Alley All New Festival

Ucross & the Alley Theatre Announce “Alley at Ucross” Collaboration

A Christmas Carol Returns Under Direction of James Black

Vietgone Brings Hip-Hop, Humor, and Revolution to the Alley Stage

Director Rob Melrose Embraces Texas with The Winter's Tale

Alley Theatre Artistic Director Rob Melrose Appoints Michael Locher as Director of Design

New Artistic Director Rob Melrose Helms First Alley Production – Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, Adapted by Ken Ludwig

​Alley Resident Acting Company Members Integral to New Season, New Vision

Photos

1984

Camp David

Quixote Nuevo

Fully Committed

A Christmas Carol

Vietgone

The Winter's Tale

Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express

Alley Theatre - Lobby and Theatre Photos.

Alley Theatre Leadership

Website Photo Credits

2018-19 season Press Releases

All For One and One For All: Ken Ludwig’s The Three Musketeers Closes Out 2018-19 Alley Season
May 7, 2019

Nick Payne’s Love Story Constellations at Alley Theatre, May 3 – June 2, 2019
April 4, 2019

Alley Theatre Announces 72 Miles |72 Stories Community Celebration April 11-13
March 22, 2019

El Alley Theatre Anuncia Una Celebración Comunitaria 72 Miles | 72 Stories del 11 al 13 de Abril
March 22, 2019

Theresa Rebeck Directs Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play Crimes of the Heart, April 12- May 5, at the Alley Theatre
March 12, 2019

Tony Award-Winning Play The Humans Sets the Table for Family Drama, March 1-24, 2019
January 22, 2019

Alley Theatre Announces Continued Latinx Community Enrichment Programs 
January 9, 2018

New Play Quack Injects Comedy On Stage at Alley Theatre February 8 – March 10
January 4, 2018

Casting Announced for 2019 Alley All New Festival
December 20, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for The Carpenter
December 7, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces New Artistic Director
November 1, 2018

James Black Returns to the Alley Stage in A Christmas Carol, November 16 – December 30, 2018
October 17, 2018

Touring Production Oskar and the Big Bully Battle! Begins New Fall Season
September 28, 2018

Alley Theatre Offers New Take on Shakespeare’s Comedy Classic Twelfth Night
August 28, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces Additional Performances of the 2018 ExxonMobil Summer Chills production Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
August 15, 2018

Skeleton Crew by Dominique Morisseau Breaks Down the American Dream
August 6, 2018

The Stage is Set for Betrayal and Mystery in Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap
June 21, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces 2018-19 Season
April 6, 2018

2017-18 season Press Releases

Holmes and Watson Continues the Journey of Sherlock Holmes at the Alley Theatre, June 22 – July 22
May 2, 2018

​Bekah Brunstetter’s The Cake Serves Up Layers of Comedy at the Alley Theatre
May 2, 2018

Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile Brings Quickfire Wit and Alley Resident Company Members to the Stage
April 19, 2018

Alley Theatre Presents New Latinx Initiative with Production of Misa Fronteriza (Border Mass)
March 30, 2018

​World Premiere Cleo by Lawrence Wright Explores the Greatest Sex Scandal in Film and Ancient History
March 7, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces Playwright Terry Teachout as Director for his play Satchmo at the Waldorf
January 23, 2018

Statement from Dean Gladden, Managing Director
January 26, 2018

Alley Theatre Announces Programming for the 2018 Alley All New Festival
January 5, 2018

Sensational Political Drama The Great Society Brings LBJ back to the Alley stage
January 5, 2018

A Christmas Carol Celebrates the Return to the Theatre and Start of the Holiday Season
October 10, 2017

Alley Theatre Announces Schedule Changes for 2017-2018 Season due to flood damage from Hurricane Harvey
September 8, 2017

Houston’s Alley Theatre Begins Recovery Following Hurricane Harvey
August 30, 2017

Alley Theatre Announces Additional Performances of the 2017 ExxonMobil Summer Chills production
Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps
July 27, 2017 

Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps Brings Summer Chills to the 2017-2018 Season
June 29, 2017 

Arts-based Community Development Investment for Houston
June 15, 2017

Alley Theatre Announces 2017-2018 Season
March 31, 2017

2016-17 season Press Releases

New Disney Musical Freaky Friday Puts a Contemporary Spin on a Beloved Classic
May 15, 2017

Alley Theatre Creates a New Production of Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge
May 12, 2017

David Javerbaum’s Comedy An Act of God Arrives at Alley Theatre
March 8, 2017

Vampire Romance Let The Right One In Descends on the Alley Theatre
February 8, 2017

Playwrights, Directors and Actors Sync Up for Second Alley All New Festival
January 30, 2017

Alley Theatre Presents World Premiere of Syncing Ink
January 11, 2017

Alley Theatre Offers High-Finance Play Dry Powder
December 20, 2016

Alley Theatre Announces 2017 Alley All New Festival Titles
November 18, 2016

Alley Theatre’s Holiday Tradition A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas Celebrates the Theatre and Resident Company
November 14, 2016

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Celebrates Alley Theatre’s 70th Season and Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary
September 20, 2016

Tony-nominated Dark Comedy Hand to God Opens Alley Theatre’s 70th Season
July 19, 2016

Global Phenomenon White Rabbit Red Rabbit Makes Its Alley Debut July 20
July 8, 2016

Alley Theatre's Popular ExxonMobil Summer Chills Series Returns With Agatha Christie's Spider's Web
June 23, 2016

Alley Theatre Announces Upcoming Productions for 2016-2017 Season, including New Musical Freaky Friday, Celebration of Shakespeare’s 400th Anniversary and World Premiere of Syncing Ink
April 21, 2016

2015-16 season Press Releases

Alley Theatre Presents Garson Kanin’s Famous Comedy Classic Born Yesterday
May 18, 2016
Jennifer Haley Brings Award-winning Sci-Fi Thriller The Nether to the Alley Theatre
April 20, 2016

Lucas Hnath’s The Christians Graces Alley Theatre Stage
March 24, 2016

New Play and Pilot Drama Grounded by George Brant Lands at Alley Theatre
February 29, 2016

Alley Theatre Presents International Sensation Remote Houston
February 24, 2016

Five Actors Portray 42 Characters Across Four Continents in Alley Theatre's Around the World in 80 Days 
February 17, 2016

Playwrights, Artists and Directors Arrive for Alley All New Festival
January 15, 2016

 

First Annual Alley All New Festival 2016 Line-Up Complete
December 14, 2015

Alley Theatre's Epic LBJ Drama All The Way Brings Texas Actors Together in Unique Co-Production
December 9, 2015

A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas Returns Home For the Holidays
November 6, 2015

Alley Theatre Adds Around The World in 80 Days and The Christians to the 2015 -2016 Season
October 26, 2015

Slam Poets @ Alley Theatre Partners with 5th Annual Bayou City Slam Competition
October 14, 2015

Alley Theatre Announces Cast and Creative Team for The Other Place
October 8, 2015

Alley Theatre Announces First Alley Up Close Event with Hal Holbrook on October 19
September 28, 2015

Alley Theatre Announces First Annual Alley All New Festival
September 17, 2015

Alley Theatre’s Inaugural Season in the Newly Renovated Theatre Begins October 2, 2015
September 9, 2015

Renovation Fact Sheet
September 9, 2015

One Man, Two Guvnors begins the Inaugural Season in the Newly Renovated Alley Theatre
August 27, 2015
 

Alley Theatre Season Lineup is Complete for Inaugural Season in the Newly Renovated Theatre
June 10, 2015

 

2018-19 Season Photos

The Three Musketeers

Constellations

Crimes of the Heart

The Humans

Quack

The Carpenter

A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas

Twelfth Night

Skeleton Crew

Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap

2017-18 Season Photos

The Cake

Holmes and Watson

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Misa Fronteriza

Cleo

Satchmo at the Waldorf

Lover, Beloved

​The Great Society

2018 Alley All New Festival

A Christmas Carol - A Ghost Story of Christmas

Describe the Night

Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps

2016-17 Season Photos

Freaky Friday

A View from the Bridge

An Act of God

Let the Right One In

Syncing Ink

2017 Alley All New Festival Rehearsals

Dry Powder

A Christmas Carol

The Santaland Diaries

2016 Inaugural Alley All New Festival

Remote Houston

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hand to God

A Night With Janis Joplin

2015-16 Season Photos

Agatha Christie's Spider's Web

Born Yesterday

The Nether

2016-2017 Season Announcement Photos
 

The Christians

Grounded

Around the World in 80 Days

All the Way

The Other Place

One Man, Two Guvnors