Looking Back at Third

THIRD by Wendy Wasserstein made its Houston Premiere at Main Street Theater on September 4, 2008. Not to be undone by Hurricane Ike, THIRD persevered through storm, power outages and last minute venue changes. Here is a look back at the start of the MainStage season...

Laurie (Rebecca Greene Udden) introduces her class to King Lear.


Laurie learns that Nancy's (Rachel Dickson) cancer has returned.


Laurie confronts Third (Joshua Taylor) about plagiarizing his mid-term paper on Lear.


Third defends his paper to the committee.


Third meets Laurie's daughter Emily (Mollie Meagher) by chance in a townie bar.



Laurie and her father Jack (David Parker) dance under the stars.

Set by Jodi Bobrovsky
Lighting by Kent Arneson
Costumes by Troy Scheid
Props by McKay Talley

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