An O. Henry Christmas will fill the NTA stage for the holidays, written by Howard Burman and Directed by Mark Taylor. The show features a group of down-on-theirluck characters camped out on a railroad spur for Christmas Eve 1893. A mysterious stranger appears and helps the group enact several O. Henry stories, including Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen, One Thousand Dollars, The Last Leaf, The Gift of the Magi.
Performances Dates
December 7th - 17th 2023
RAIL & RYE DINNER PACKAGE TICKET ($60/person)
NTA is pleased to be able to offer a special dinner ticket package that includes a dinner reservation and food credit in the lavishly renovated historic Rail & Rye building. What better way can there be to set the tone for a show that celebrates the historic prose of O. Henry?
With this ticket, you’ll receive: —One (1) ticket to the performance of your choice (best seat available at the time of purchase). —Reservations made for you at Rail & Rye restaurant on Navasota’s historic Railroad St., catty-corner to the NTA theater. —$40 in food credit at Rail & Rye, to be used for any menu item. (The $40 credit does not apply to alcoholic beverages and does not include tax and gratuity.) —Priority seating and dinner service at Rail & Rye, to get you finished in time for the performance.
For our part, NTA will make your dinner reservation at Rail & Rye (for 5:15pm for evening performances and for 12:45pm, for the Saturday matinee on Dec. 16) and reserve your theater seat(s) for you. Rail & Rye will provide world class food, atmosphere, and service and will get you out in time to walk across the street to the theater in time for the performance.
For your part, we encourage you to tip generously and be a gracious guest of our show sponsor, Rail & Rye. Please help us thank Rail & Rye for being our signature show sponsor by enjoying dinner at the restaurant prior to the performance. We know you’ll be delighted with the attention to detail Rail & Rye is becoming known for. Click the link below to purchase your Dinner Package Ticket!
For the winter show, NTA will produce Eurydice, written by Sarah Ruhl and directed by Kathryn Sutton. The play is a modern-day retelling of the classic story of Orpheus, the greatest musician in the world, and his wife, Eurydice.
Audition Dates
October 23rd - 24th 2023
Performances Dates
February 9th - 25th 2024
NTA’s spring production will feature two different one-act plays by James McLure, directed by Jim Lawrence. The first act features three actresses on a front porch set in Maynard, Texas in the play, Laundry and Bourbon. Act two will feature three actors in a Texas backyard for the play Lone Star. Both shows feature comedic scripts that deal with the timeless themes of friendship, loyalty, and dealing with life’s surprises.
Audition Dates
February 26th 2024
Call Backs on February 28th 2024
Performances Dates
April 19th - May 5th 2024