Houston Shakespeare Festival

03/05/2026

At the Houston Shakespeare Festival, our early career UH students were able to work alongside a seasoned performers like Michael Thatcher ('14), Molly Wetzel ('20), and Brandon Carter at Miller Outdoor Theatre in 2025!

We need your help to bring FREE performances of THE TEMPEST and COMEDY OF ERRORS to the park this summer-

Make a gift at ANY level by March 7th and it will be MATCHED!

Thank you to the leadership of Rusty and Pamela Guinn and Stephen McCauley and David Peavy for your help in bringing FREE Shakespeare to Houston in 2026!


MAKE YOUR GIFT HERE! https://www.allinforuh.com/amb/HoustonShakespeare

11/22/2025

For all of the English teachers wondering…….how am I going to start my Shakespeare unit?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRRGSD_jS1Q/?igsh=Z3drd2F0cnF5aXkx

08/28/2025

Many of our performers and fight staff will be training this weekend! If you have always wanted to learn about stage combat, join the starter track. There’s still time -

- 3 Days Until TXi -

Joining for the first time?
Sign up for our Starter Track Intensive!

We also offer student and group discounts!
Register today at: www.texasintensive.com

08/09/2025

LAST CHANCE!
Come out to the park for the final performance of AS YOU LIKE IT at Miller Outdoor Theatre! For friends who can't join us in the theatre, you can watch HSF directly on the Miller Outdoor Theatre page, YouTube channel, or at this link on their website!
https://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com/miller-dream-streams/

08/08/2025

Don't miss out! Come out to the park for our last night of HENRY V tonight!
Can't get to the park? No worries! You can watch on the Miller Outdoor Theatre page, their YouTube channel, or at this link on their website!
https://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com/miller-dream-streams/

08/07/2025

Romance and 'Rasslin' at Miller Outdoor Theatre tonight at 815 pm. AS YOU LIKE IT is FREE FOR ALL

08/06/2025

Henry and Kate can see clear skies and temps in the 80s for tonight's run of HENRY V at Miller Outdoor Theatre--come out and enjoy a terrific show amidst this great weather!

08/05/2025

Happy to find adventures in the Forest of Arden, especially when the temps at Miller Outdoor Theatre will be in the LOW 80s TONIGHT! Come on out for the rom-com AS YOU LIKE IT--Curtain at 8:15--Tickets are FREE

08/03/2025

The reviews are IN! Only 3 more chances to see HENRY V at Miller Outdoor Theatre. 8/4, 8/6, and 8/8

Thank you to the Houston Press!

"As with all HSF productions, the acting is top-notch and Shakespeare emerges with grand power."

"Broadway star Michael Thatcher (Wicked, The Play That Goes Wrong) and University of Houston alumnus returns to his alma mater as Henry, and he brings masculine allure and a soldier’s posture to this once-profligate heir now turned ready to lead a nation."

"His iconic speech to his troops at Harfleur, “Once more unto the breach, and when he implores his beleaguered and outmatched troops to fight for the chance of lasting glory at Agincourt, “St. Crispian’s Day,” were stirring indeed. We’d follow this king into battle, too."

Directed by Jack Young
Scenic Design by Kalliope Vhalos Kal Val
Costume Design by Amber Stepanik
Lighting Design by Clint Allen New Aspect Design
Photography by Lynn Lane

08/02/2025

King Henry knows tonight's performance will have temps in the 80s! Come on out to Miller Outdoor Theatre for HENRY V

Photography by Lynn Lane

07/31/2025

Houston Shakespeare Festival opens tonight with Henry V and August 1st with As You Like It. See you at the park until August 9th!

The University of Houston brings “Henry V” and “As You Like It” to Miller Outdoor Theatre for the 2025 Houston Shakespeare Festival, featuring Broadway talent, fresh direction and rising student stars.