ZAHIR THEATER presents
OVERSIGHT
by L.B. DEYO
JuLY 30 - AUGUST 22, 2026
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Oversight
by L. B. Deyo
July 30 - August 22, 2026
Produced by Zahir Theater. A tense, fast-paced political and psychological thriller that traps its audience inside a closed committee hearing as lawmakers confront a consequential threat. Directed by Marcus McQuirter.
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And She Was Loved
A Ritual of Healing. A Celebration of Love. A Story of What Remains.
A World Premiere One-Act Play by Zell Miller III
September 3 –12, 2026
Produced by Black Rose Theater ATX. Inspired by the loss of Miller’s mother, Vernell Miller, and his longtime mentor, theater icon Laurie Carlos, And She Was Loved is a deeply personal journey through grief, and memory that ultimately transforms into a testament of resilience, healing, and the enduring power of love.
Blending the mythology of Peter Pan with hip-hop theater, jazz aesthetics, movement, and gesture language, this powerful new work explores the bitter, the sweet, the love that remains after loss—and the hope that never leaves us.
Featuring national & international award-winning tap dancer Siobhan Alexis and introducing Marley Miller, granddaughter of Vernell Miller, and featuring Zell Miller III, Austin’s first poet laureate.
Tickets now on sale!
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What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
1pm Saturday, September 12
Reservations are Free
Presented by Black Pearl Books. Join us for a free, one-time only performance and reading of excerpts from Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?," a speech delivered by the abolitionist in 1852 criticizing the hypocrisy of celebrating the Fourth of July while enslaving millions of people. It became one of Douglass's most famous speeches—reproving the gap between America's founding principles and the institution of slavery.
A reading by Zell Miller III
Performers from Black Rose Theater ATX
Music by Thomas Wheeler
Post-performance talk back with Harrison Eppright
Book giveaway
1pm Saturday, September 12, 2026.
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The Making of a Great Moment
by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
September 24 – October 24, 2026
Hyde Park Theatre season show. HPT is deliriously excited to announce our production of The Making of a Great Moment by Peter Sinn Nachtrieb, directed by Mark Pickell and featuring two comic legends of Austin theater, Lee Eddy and Jeff Mills.
In this hilarious play, two members of the "Victoria Canada Bicycle Theatre Company" aspire to change people’s lives with the power of theater.
“A nonstop delight." - SF Examiner
"There are so many great moments in The Making of a Great Moment that it's hard to decide if the best ones are from the comic side or the more dramatic one." -Theater Dogs
"The audience howled. This is must-see theater at its finest." - For All Events -
Infinite Life
by Annie Baker
February 25 - March 27, 2027
Hyde Park Theatre season show. Annie Baker is the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Genius Award-winning playwright of many past HPT favorites, including John, The Antipodes, The Flick, The Aliens, Circle Mirror Transformation, and Body Awareness,
In 2027, HPT is bringing you Baker’s latest: a very funny and occasionally harrowing play set at a California pain clinic. The New York Times called Infinite Life “very weird and great.” Vulture called it “nimble, funny, and devastating . . . Whatever the relative wellness or illness of our bodies, Infinite Life gathers us all in its wide embrace, turning its curious, accepting gaze on our brokenness.”
Directed by Ken Webster. More details soon.
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