This Tuesday, April 27, is National Tell a Story Day, and do we have a range of stories to recommend in this list of best virtual (and socially distanced) bets. Some stories are brand new, like those featured in the Landing Theatre Company’s New American Voices Playwriting Festival, and some are centuries old. Yes, we’re looking at you, William Shakespeare. And some stories, the storytellers themselves won’t even know what they are as they tell them. Keep reading to see the best stories you can find in Houston this week.
White Rabbit Red Rabbit in 2010, a play that went viral for its unique directives – no director, no set, and a different actor (who reads the script for the first time on stage) for each performance. On Thursday, April 22, 4th Wall Theatre Company will open a virtual run of Soleimanpour’s wildly popular theatrical experiment on Zoom, with nine different actors tackling the work, including award-winning actress Laura Linney and 4th Wall co-artistic directo
Princesa de la Luna makes its world premiere this weekend during ROCOâs season finale extravaganza,
Flamenco, it will be the first opportunity Houston audiences will have to see one of classical musicâs brightest young stars: 25-year-old Quinn Mason.
The Dallas-based composer-conductor has routinely gotten heady praise over his short career, winning various awards and competitions. Mason, who is both prolific and unflappable, shrugs off such accolades. âI still have work to do,â he tells
Houstonia.
But for someone only in his mid-20s, Masonâs been at work for a while. He wrote his first chamber ensemble piece at age 14 and his first symphony at 18. He was only 19 when his work was first performed professionally.