Main Street Theater presents Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue, written by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Tony-nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes, at in Rice Village. Elliot Ortiz is a young soldier, like his pop was before him, like his abuelo before that. But despite the things they share—their love of music, their love for each other, and their experiences

In this Houston premiere of Pass Over that’s a mash-up of Waiting for Godot and the Exodus saga, two young black men talk about their dreams for a life that may or may not come. The Hollywood Reporter called it a “powerfully imaginative drama,” and its Chicago showing at the famed Steppenwolf Theatre was filmed

Inspired by Victor Hugo Green’s “The Negro Motorist Green Book,” The Green Book explores what happens when an African-American family, preparing for an important visitor, has a white, Jewish Holocaust survivor turn up at their door. An exploration of how anti-Semitism and racism cannot be ignored, this show sheds light on historic –and contemporary– issues.

Stages Repertory Theatre presents this second play in the trio of pieces by Pulitzer Prize winner and Tony Award nominee Quiara Alegría Hudes, telling the story of an Iraq War veteran named Elliot. Here, we find the struggling addict attempting to connect with his mother, who is also a former heroin addict. Called “ combination poem,