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Fill the Shelves: A Community Book Drive for Eureka Day

What’s your favorite children’s book? For our final Surround Project PLAY DATE of 2026, we’re turning the Eureka Day set into a living library–filled with stories that will go on to support San Antonio families. 📚 How to Participate Bring a new or gently used children’s book to the performance on Saturday, May 2 Drop off … Continue reading Fill the Shelves: A Community Book Drive for Eureka Day

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Artist Spotlight: Karen Arredondo and the Art of the Native Gardens Micro-Set

By Eva Laporte One of the joys of producing Karen Zacarías’ Native Gardens is that the set is often an event in itself: two neighboring homes, lush gardens, fencing, flowers, grass, and the visible labor of transformation unfolding before the audience. It’s a world that usually asks for scale. For our PLAY DATE reading, I … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Karen Arredondo and the Art of the Native Gardens Micro-Set

Black Text reads "Let's Play" over a highlighter yellow swoosh. Images of a man and woman dressed in black with sunglasses dancing.
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Let’s Play! Relaunching Surround Project

Surround Project is a San Antonio–based theatre company creating connective experiences around contemporary American plays—stories that speak directly to the world we’re living in right now. We believe theatre can be more than watching a story unfold in the dark. It can be something we experience together. Something that sparks conversation, builds connection, and leaves … Continue reading Let’s Play! Relaunching Surround Project