Season Fourteen (2025-2026)

Cone Man Running Productions and Boiling Point Players present

AN IDEAL MAN

A World Premiere Adaptation

AN IDEAL MAN is a world premiere adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, set in Houston, 1985, adapted and directed by Ruth S. McCleskey.

Synopsis

Houston, 1985. A senator’s spotless reputation, a wife’s unshakable ideals, and a glamorous socialite with a dangerous secret. In Texas, oil isn’t the only thing that can blow.

Reimagined from Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband, this adaptation places the story firmly in the world of Texas politics, oil money, and Houston’s elite social scene.

Cast

Gertrude Chiltern — Katherine Rinaldi
Senator Robert Chiltern — Mark Stanley
Mabel Chiltern — Mary Mink
Arthur Goring Caversham — Dano Colón
Colonel Caversham — John Raley
Mrs. Margaret Markby — Alice Rhoades
Olivia Basildon — Kelsi Gallagher
Margaret Marchmont — Joan Hodges
Mrs. Laura Cheveley — Autumn Clack
Vicente de Nanjarro / Mason / Phipps — Renata Santoro Smith

Creative Team

Adapted & Directed by: Ruth S. McCleskey
Stage Manager: Erin Fergerson
Set Designer: Debra Schultz
Costume Designer: Katherine Rinaldi
Sound Designer: moontangdaydream (Sandra Peck Ramsey)

Performance Dates

April 10–25, 2026

Friday, April 10 — 8:00pm
Saturday, April 11 — 8:00pm
Friday, April 17 — 8:00pm
Saturday, April 18 — 8:00pm
Monday, April 20 — 8:00pm
Thursday, April 23 — 8:00pm
Friday, April 24 — 8:00pm
Saturday, April 25 — 3:00pm
Saturday, April 25 — 8:00pm

Location

Spring Street Studios, 1824 Spring St #233 Houston, TX 7700

Program

Cone Man Running Productions presents the World Premiere of

A Long Night

by Matt Elliott & Debra Schultz

"A Long Night” is the story of a family harboring relationship-ending secrets and other truths they've hidden from each other. But when unexpected visitors arrive on Christmas Eve, the façade begins to crack… and what spills out is anything but festive.

This gripping psychological horror play explores the terrifying cost of silence, the wrenching consequences of greed, and the perverse danger of trust. Twisted, intense, and darkly compelling, "A Long Night" is not your usual feel-good Christmas play—it’s a chilling story that will stay with you long after the lights go down.

Houston on the Cheap - Fun Thing to do this Weekend!

🎭CAST

Sam Martinez - Devon

Kalin Coates Black - Mia

Kelsi Gallagher - Barbara

Jody Koster - Jay

Bryan Maynard - Billy

Ashley Shaunte - Kat

Matt Elliott - Bo

📅 Performance Dates:

Friday, December 5 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 6 – 8:00 PM
Sunday, December 7 – 7:00 PM
Friday, December 12 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 13 – 8:00 PM
Sunday, December 14 – 7:00 PM
Monday, December 15 – 8:00 PM
Thursday, December 18 – 8:00 PM
Friday, December 19 – 8:00 PM
Saturday, December 20 – 8:00 PM

📍 Studio 233, Spring Street Studios
1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX 77007

Cone Man Running Productions Presents
From the novel by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Adapted by Christopher Sergel

Directed by Christine Weems

July 11–26, 2025 • Studio 101, Spring Street Studios, Houston, TX

Cone Man Running Productions proudly presents the poignant and powerful stage adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird, running July 11 through 26, 2025, at Studio 101 in Spring Street Studios.Directed by Christine Weems, this production features a cast composed entirely of members of Houston’s legal community—including judges, attorneys, law students, and clerks—along with some of their children, bringing Harper Lee’s enduring story to life with a unique and personal perspective.

Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird opens in a sleepy Alabama town in the midst of the Great Depression, where Scout and her brother, Jem, live with their widowed father, Atticus Finch. Reminiscent of a bygone era, the play immerses us in a simpler time as the children play outside in the summer, act out stories, and muse about their mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. The facade of the seemingly peaceful town begins to crack when a young Black man is accused of a terrible crime. Driven by an unshakeable moral conviction, local lawyer Atticus defends the man in a trial that sends violent waves through the community. Timeless and lingering, this hard-hitting work explores prejudice, compassion, and the courage to do what is right.

CLE Credit - Lawyers are eligible to receive two (2) hours of ethics Texas CLE credit for attending this production.

Warning: This play contains offensize language, graphic content and violence. There will be no script alteration from the original content.

CAST

Atticus Finch – John Raley
Scout – Courtney Murray
Jem – Alexander Wilson
Dill Harris – Theo Stefanides
Calpurnia – Joy Thomas
Tom Robinson – Cawlyn Robinson
Bob Ewell – Arthuro Garza
Heck Tate – Mathew Mendoza
Judge Taylor – Mark Lapidus
Horace Gilmer – Corey Fawcett
Mayella Ewell – Blake Hetherington
Miss Maudie – Peach Ray Choules (07/12, 07/14, 07/18,07/20, 07/25 and 07/26) / Barbara Rice Stalder (07/11, 07/19, 07/24)
Miss Stephanie – Megan Fawcett
Mrs. DuBose – Patrice McKinney
Reverend Sykes – Paul Shanklin
Walter Cunningham – Nick Perez
Boo Radley – Jedrick Burgos

CREATIVE TEAM

Director - Christine Weems
Assistant Director - Barbara Stalder
Set Design - Debra Schultz
Costume Design - LeeAnne Denny

Sound Design - Jon Harvey

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

Friday, July 11 – 8:00 PM

Saturday, July 12 – 8:00 PM - Limited Seating
Monday, July 14 – 7:30 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, July 18 – 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, July 19 – 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Sunday, July 20 – 3:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Thursday, July 24 – 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Friday, July 25 – 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT
Saturday, July 26 – 8:00 PM - SOLD OUT

Venue: Studio 101, Spring Street Studios,
1824 Spring Street, Houston, TX