Play Groups

Sure, regular subscriptions are great, but you’re the kind of person who really likes to dig into a play or issue, discuss it, debate it, find out what other people think, learn something you didn’t know before, hear what the experts have to say. YOU’RE IN LUCK! For the 2009-2010 season Stages is launching a new Play Groups program designed to help groups and organizations create more value for their members and forge new connections in the community by building on the Stages experience. 

Our inaugural partner in this program is the ACLU of Texas, who have lined up an outstanding series of speakers to complement our 2009-2010 plays. This special subscription series is open to the public for purchase, regardless of ACLU of Texas membership, and is quite a deal: $175 gets you a ticket to each MainStage play, plus a great speaker and some light refreshments for each designated ACLU of Texas Night. Check out the impressive schedule:

SOUTHERN RAPTURE
ACLU of Texas Night: October 7, 2009
Speaker: William K. Diehl, Jr., Attorney, James, McElroy & Daniel, PA, Charlotte, NC.
William K. Diehl, Jr., a North Carolina attorney, argued the real-life "Angels in America" court case on behalf of Charlotte Repertory Theatre.

A PICASSO
ACLU of Texas Night: January 27, 2010
Speaker: Bill Arning, Director, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Director Bill Arning comes to the conflicts of art and politics directly from the “culture wars” of New York.

SPEECH AND DEBATE
ACLU of Texas Night: March 17, 2010
Speaker: Dr. Richard Pesikoff, board certified in child and adolescent psychiatry
Dr. Pesikoff, who is a practicing psychiatrist and professor at Baylor School of Medicine, deals regularly with teenagers, conformist and nonconformist.

MAN FROM NEBRASKA
ACLU of Texas Night: April 21, 2010
Speaker: Rev. Dr. Belinda Windham, Senior Pastor, New Hope Presbyterian Church
Rev. Windham, as the senior pastor of an important congregation in Katy, deals regularly with congregants facing crises of faith and crises of life. 

THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AMERICA (ABRIDGED)
ACLU of Texas Night: June 2, 2010
Speaker: Professor Sidney Buchanan, retired professor of Constitutional Law, University of Houston Law Center
No stranger to the theatre, Professor Buchanan has a reputation for reciting his lectures either in song or in poetry.

ACLU Play Group subscriptions currently may be purchased at a pro-rated amount of $70 for the remaining two shows in the 2009-2010 season. Call the Stages Box Office at 713.527.0123 to take advantage of this fantastic new opportunity!