Our past productions

From staging classic plays to bold and innovative new work, Mary Moody Northen Theatre is dedicated to bringing premier cultural experiences to the Austin and Central Texas theater community. Take a look back through our critically praised, award-winning productions, and check out our current season.

Ten Minutes at a Time, the 10-Minute Play Festival

2020-2021 Season

  • Out of The Box
    • Gizmo by Anthony Clarvoe
    • Electricidad  by Luis Alfaro
    • Arrhythmia by Zell Miller III
  • Ten Minutes at a Time, the 10-Minute Play Festival
  • Maypearl by Tlaloc Rivas
  • Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Austin360 Review
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night

2019-2020 Season

  • A Flea In Her Ear, a new version of Georges Feydeau’s farce by David Ives
  • Marisol by José Rivera
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time based on the novel by Mark Haddon, adapted for the stage by Simon Stephens Austin Chronicle Review
The Three Musketeers

2018-2019 Season

  • Middletown by Will Eno
  • Men On Boats by Jacklyn Backhaus
  • The Three Musketeers by Megan Monaghan Rivas, inspired by the novel by Alexandre Dumas Austin Chronicle Review
  • Spring Awakening, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik, based on the play by Frank Wedekind
Romeo and Juliet

2017-2018 Season

  • Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco, translated by Martin Crimp
  • Anon(ymous) by Naomi Iizuka Austin Chronicle Review
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
  • Violet book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, music by Jeanine Tesori
Theater Arts Students Performing in Cabaret, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2016–2017 Season

  • The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by George Tabori
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  • Mouthful by Inua Ellams, Lydia Adetunji, Bola Agbaje, Neil LaBute, Clare Bayley and Pedro Miguel Rozo
  • Pride and Prejudice adapted by Jon Jory, based on the novel by Jane Austen
  • Cabaret, book by Joe Masteroff, music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb
Theater Arts Students Performing in To Kill a Mockingbird, Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2015–2016 Season

  • Mr. Burns, a post electric play by Anne Washburn, score by Michael Friedman, lyrics by Anne Washburn
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  • To Kill a Mockingbird adapted by Christopher Sergel, based on the novel by Harper Lee
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  • The Government Inspector adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, from the original by Nikolai Gogol 
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  • She Loves Me, book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, based on a play by Miklos Laszlo
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Theater Arts Students Performing in Love and Information at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2014–2015 Season

Theater Arts Students Performing in Blood Wedding at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2013–2014 Season

  • Museum by Tina Howe
  • Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca
  • Tartuffe by Molière, translated and adapted by Ranjit Bolt
  • Merrily We Roll Along, book by George Furth, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, based on the play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
Theater Arts Students Performing in The Secret Garden at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2012–2013 — 40th Anniversary Season

  • Under Construction by Charles L. Mee
  • Bus Stop by William Inge
  • Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
  • The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
  • The Secret Garden, music by Lucy Simon, book and lyrics by Marsha Norman, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler by Jeff Whitty at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre

2011–2012 Season

  • The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler by Jeff Whitty
  • A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard
  • The Crucible by Arthur Miller
  • The Spitfire Grill, music and book by James Valcq, lyrics and book by Fred Alley, based on the film by Lee David Zlotoff
Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre

2010–2011 Season

  • The Imaginary Invalid by Moliere, Translated and Adapted by David Chambers
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
  • Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
  • On The Verge by Eric Overmyer
  • Carousel by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Theater Arts program, bobrauschenbergamerica at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2009–2010 Season

  • bobrauschenbergamerica by Charles L. Mee
  • The Life of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, translated by David Hare
  • Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Robert Bly
  • City of Angels by Cy Coleman, David Zippel and Larry Gelbart
Theater Arts program, Pajama Game at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2008–2009 Season

  • Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill
  • The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, translated by Paul Schmidt
  • Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, translated by Anthony Burgess
  • The Pajama Game by George Abbott, Richard Bissell and Jerry Ross
Theater Arts program, Death and the King's Horseman at Mary Moody Northen Theatre, St. Edward's

2007–2008 Season

  • Full Circle by Charles L. Mee
  • Ring 'Round The Moon by Jean Anhouilh, Adapted by Christopher Fry
  • Death and The King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka
  • On The Town, music by Leonard Bernstein, book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green