Wouldn't it be great if you could see comedy show in your favorite local restaurants!?

(Audience reactions during a performance at Little Italy)

Well, now you can!  The Company Theatre has teamed up with many of your favorite local San Antonio eateries to present Dinner Theatre with a twist!  Sometimes we perform in Party rooms, sometimes we take over the whole restaurant.  Bringing a new show every month and also bringing back our annual favorites like BAH HUMBUG, IRMA VEP & COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE (Abridged!)   Our family-friendly comedies are sure to please and our restaurants offer the best food in SA!!

See one of our many appearances on the morning show  Great Day SA HERE 

 

Read this article from the San Antonio Express News:

'Art' first performance of Dinner Box series

Deborah Martin - Express-News Staff Writer

Damian Gillen wants shows staged by The Company Theatre, the troupe he founded with a group of friends 14 years ago in Austin, to be honest-to-goodness events.
      That's why he does a one-night only show on Valentine's Day every year, and why the company tours across the state for limited engagements. With that idea in mind, he has been tinkering with the idea of dinner theater, but with a twist.

"What if you could see a show in your favorite restaurant?" he said. "It's an untapped market."

So, he's tapping it. The Company launches its Dinner Box theater series this weekend with "Art," which will be staged in an intimate storefront beside Ruben's Bakery and Café. Dinner will be served on the restaurant side, then the audience will move a few yards next door for the play.
"Art" seemed like a good choice to launch the series, Gillen said, partly because it's a good play, and partly because it only has three characters, making it ideal for a small space.   It also unfolds quickly. "The audience doesn't have time to get bored," he said.

Yasmina Reza's play is about three men whose friendship is seriouslythreatened when one of them sinks a huge amount of money into apainting that consists of a white canvas. One of his friends hates thepainting and what it represents so intensely, the third friend isautomatically shoved into the middle.

Gillen is directing and acting in the play along with Benji Regen and Jared Stephens.

Theydid the piece at the Stafford Opera House in Columbus last month,playing to 300 people. Plans are also in the works to do it at The Markrestaurant in Universal City on July 20.

If the idea goes overwell, Gillen envisions an entire season of Dinner Box shows. Casts willbe paid, and will be drawn from Company members as well as through openauditions.
 

Season tickets available!

The Dinnerbox Series can be seen EVERY month in our Flagship restaurant LITTLE ITALY

The Little Italy Dinnerbox menu includes: Pizza snacks, bread, salad and your choice of one of the following...

• Baked Lasagna w/ Meat - Pasta Sheets layered with Italian seasoned ground beef, cheese & marinara sauce.
  
• Baked Lasagna w/ Spinach - Fresh spinach sautee layered with pasta sheets, cheeses & marinara sauce.
  
• Chicken Parmigiana – Hand breaded chicken breast fried then baked and topped with marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese.
  
• Spaghetti with Meatballs – Homemade Italian seasoned ground beef Meatballs in tomato sauce over a bed of spaghetti.
• PIZZA - A personal-sized Pizza with one topping
  

-Beer & wine are available for purchase.
-Coffee & Dessert usually available at intermission.
-Gratuity not included...Please tip your waitstaff.
-Don't feed the actors...they might bite.

 And can be seen in some of these local San Antonio restaurants:

 

 

 

Testimonials:

“The Rotary Club of NorthCentral recently planned an evening of fellowship by inviting the Dinnerbox Series to present the play Blithe Spirit. The club members enjoyed theplay tremendously and it was a joy to see them laugh and take pleasure inseeing the play but most of all, they benefited from having the play performedat their regular scheduled Rotary meeting. By doing so, it gave themembers the opportunity to invite family, friends and prospective members foran evening of great performances and a great meal. Hats off for Damian Gillenfor assembling a great cast. Their performance was first rate.” --Yvonne S. Valdez, North Central Rotary Club