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
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
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
Resources – Accessibility in the Arts Seminar: ASL Services
San Antonio, Texas - On January 29, 2018, The Surround Project partnered with the Barshop JCC and their Special Needs & Inclusion Department to host a free seminar for cultural arts administrators in San Antonio. The first of a series in cultural accessibility, this seminar focused on utilizing ASL Interpretation at events. Both professionals and … Continue reading Resources – Accessibility in the Arts Seminar: ASL Services
A New Year for The Surround: Thank You!
Welcome to 2018! At this time last year The Surround was born and we were hosting auditions for our first production, Bill Cain's 9 Circles. What a year it was! Throughout 2017, The Surround partnered with so many fantastic organizations, raised funds at our production to support our friends at Heel the Heroes, and hosted author … Continue reading A New Year for The Surround: Thank You!