Founded in 2002, this company stresses Houston premieres and new works. It aims for hard-hitting fare, sometimes with a feminist tilt.
Deepening Houston's cultural life by creating a unique theater experience that draws from and develops the city´s existing artistic talent.
Who's Mildred? Where's the umbrella?
Mildred's Umbrella Theater Company makes you wonder. The small alternative theater is one of several local companies with a baffling name.
With the most unusual monikers, look to literary sources for explanations.
Launched in 2002, Mildred's Umbrella takes it title from a poem in Gertrude Stein's collection "Tender Buttons." Co-founder John Harvey was reading names of Stein poems to fellow co-founder Jennifer Decker.
"When he got to Mildred's Umbrella,'' Deckers recalls, "I said, 'That sounds good. It has a ring.' ''
This company stresses Houston premieres and new works. It aims for hard-hitting fare, sometimes with a feminist tilt.
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