The Queensbury Theatre is excited to welcome new producing executive director Marley Singletary. Singletary helped start TUTS Underground and comes to the Queensbury Theatre poised to take it to the next level as a hub for theatre and the arts in West Houston.
Formerly the Country Playhouse, the theatre came into its new incarnation as the Queensbury Theatre with the opening of its stunning 21,000 square foot space in 2015. With a main stage and a black box, the intimate spaces and innovative design of the new Queensbury Theatre lend themselves to smaller, newer productions and musicals.
Singletary sees the Queensbury as a theatre for the community that supports local artists and actors and the community at large through efforts like its Harvey relief fundraiser that raised $18,000 for the Mayor’s Fund.
Singletary has always had a love for theatre. Growing up in rural Louisiana with lots of time and imagination, she used to write plays for her friends to put on. Those early beginnings led her to London and a masters in directing before coming to Houston to work with Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS).
As a director, Singletary loves crafting the overall vision of a story and delving into the people and places that help shape the visual and emotional experience for the audience.Like Striking 12 running through December 23. This one-act modern production inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Match Girl is full-on energy and vibrant music.
In February, catch the regional debut of Unlock’d. With an all-local cast, crew and designer, this musical -billed a “modern-ish fairytale”- “fuses baroque and classical with contemporary pop musical theatre in a story about the roles we are born into and people we secretly wish to become.”
Two more shows are planned for spring to finish out the full season.
For tickets or more information on the Queensbury Theatre, visit queensburytheatre.org.