Houston Shakespeare Festival

Now celebrating its thirty-fourth season, The Houston Shakespeare Festival has grown into one of the major events on Houston's summer entertainment calendar. Festival audiences are as diverse as Houston itself, with many people experiencing live theatre for the first time.

In 1975 Sidney Berger, then Director of the School of Theatre & Dance at the University of Houston, met with university administrators and the Miller Theatre Advisory Council to enlist support for a two-production season of Shakespeare's works to be played in repertory on Miller Theatre's stage. The trial season was greeted with overwhelming enthusiasm. Audience size exceeded expectations, and letters of appreciation from private citizens and city officials poured in.

Now a Houston tradition, the annual Shakespeare Festival draws thousands of people who enjoy free live theatre from one of the greatest playwrights of all time.

Julius Caesar
August 1, 3, 5, 7, 9

Cymbeline
August 2, 6, 8, 10

All shows are at 8:30 pm and tickets are free.

Please visit the Miller Outdoor Theatre website for directions and instructions on how to pick up your free tickets!