A Christmas Carol 2025
December 4 – 27, 2025
Celebrate the holiday season with A Christmas Carol, a heartwarming production that reminds us of the joy, generosity, and togetherness of the holiday season.
Vera Conrad
Assistant Stage Manager
Fall 2025 Season:
Assistant Stage Manager for Romeo & Juliet, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Pirate Ballad of Bonny & Read.
PREVIOUS ASC CREDITS:
Assistant Stage Manager for A Christmas Carol (2024); Assistant Stage Manager, Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth (Summer/Fall 2024)
OTHER THEATRE:
Stage Manager, The Turn of The Screw (Catastrophic Theatre Co); Stage Manager, Grease, Catch Me If You Can (Mountain Theatre Company); Assistant Stage Manager, Rock of Ages (Mountain Theatre Company); Assistant Stage Manager, Godspell (Brenham Unity Theatre); Assistant Stage Manager, The Sound of Music, Footloose (Totem Pole Playhouse); Production Assistant, The Emporium (Alley Theatre)
EDUCATION:
BFA in Stage Management from the University of Houston
Events featuring Vera Conrad
The Pirate Ballad of Bonny and Read 2025
October 16, 2025 – November 16, 2025
Two legendary pirate queens come to life in a museum, crash through the fourth wall, and pull one teen into a story of rebellion, sea shanties, and charting your own course. The Pirate Ballad of Bonny & Read is bold, brash, and ready to set sail.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2025
September 11, 2025 – November 15, 2025
How far would you go for love - and would your best friend forgive you? In The Two Gentlemen of Verona, friendship collides with romance in a fast-paced tale of loyalty, love, and the foolish choices we make along the way.
Romeo and Juliet 2025
August 28, 2025 – November 15, 2025
Fall into the rush of first love in the early 2000s with Romeo and Juliet—Shakespeare’s iconic story of passion, defiance, and connection that can’t be stopped. When two young hearts find each other at the turn of a new millennium in a world built on hate, they risk everything to hold on to what feels true.
A Christmas Carol 2024
December 5-29
The ultimate tale of transformation, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol transports miserly Ebenezer Scrooge high above the streets of Victorian London, where Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future haunt his dreams…accomplishing, in one fateful night, what a lifetime of grasping and greed could not do: the warming of his cold, cold heart. Join a holiday tradition beloved by families and friends of all ages!
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
October 17, 2024 – November 24, 2024
In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known: Count Dracula! Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a Bram-new comedy by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen filled with clever wordplay and anything-goes pop culture references. This 90-minute, gender-bending, quick-changing, laugh-out-loud take on Bram Stoker’s iconic story is perfect for audiences of all blood types.
The Merry Wives of Windsor 2024
September 12 – November 23
In this uproarious comedy, Sir John Falstaff finds himself entangled in the shrewd schemes of two clever Windsor wives who unite to outwit one of Shakespeare's most endearing scoundrels. Set against the backdrop of Elizabethan domestic life and featuring an eclectic ensemble of zany characters, this irresistible comic confection weaves together romance and farce to create a joyful story of community and family.
The Importance of Being Earnest 2024
July 25 - October 20, 2024
Oscar Wilde's brilliant and wicked The Importance of Being Earnest, is a comedic masterpiece that unravels a web of mistaken identities, romantic entanglements, and clever deceptions. When two young gentlemen decide to adopt fictitious personas to escape the constraints of societal expectations, a whirlwind of hilarious misunderstandings ensues. As love interests collide and secret pasts are revealed, Wilde weaves a delightful tapestry of wit, absurdity, and biting satire.
Macbeth 2024
July 18, 2024 – November 23, 2024
Step into an ominous world of witches, warfare, murder, and madness this season at the Blackfriars Playhouse with Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a relentless examination of the darkest depths of the human condition. This twisted tale begins with a supernatural prophecy that sets in motion a bloody course of events for Macbeth and his Lady as they descend into treachery and turmoil.