Lone Star Lyric
Opera Cabaret Broadway
THE SAM HOUSTON MUSICAL
A MUSIC & LYRICS BY GARY MOORE
Our story begins in 1854 at Rocky Creek in Independence, Texas, where 61-year-old Sam Houston is baptized before the congregation of First Baptist Church—the answer to 16 years of prayer by his devoted wife, Margaret.
Houston’s journey to faith had been marked by pain, scandal, and self-doubt. Wounded as a young soldier under Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, he later turned to alcohol for relief and believed himself unworthy of redemption—until a pastor assured him salvation was meant for the undeserving. Relieved, Houston replied, “I can do that!”
The action flashes back to 1832. After the collapse of his brief marriage and a painful public disgrace, Houston leaves Tennessee for Stephen F. Austin’s colony in Coahuila y Tejas, joining thousands seeking new beginnings in the land soon known simply as Texas.
As settlers pour in, Mexican authorities grow wary. In Gonzales, their attempt to reclaim a small cannon spark open resistance. The defiant cry of “Come and Take It” ignites the Texas Revolution.
President-General Santa Anna declares war and marches north after the defeat of General Cos at Béxar. In San Antonio, nearly 190 defenders gather inside the Alamo, joined by volunteers including David Crockett and spirited Tejano residents who lift morale with music and dance.
Under Colonel William Barrett Travis’s command, the defenders face impossible odds. Santa Anna refuses mercy, and the Alamo falls. All its defenders are killed, their bodies burned. Susanna Dickinson is spared and sent to Sam Houston with a warning: surrender or share their fate. The curtain falls on Act I.
Act II opens with Houston retreating east, outnumbered and criticized by men eager to fight. But Santa Anna, overconfident, divides his army and personally pursues Houston. When Santa Anna’s plans fall into Texan hands in a pouch once belonging to Travis, Houston sees his chance and turns toward San Jacinto.
In a stunning 18-minute surprise attack, Houston’s army defeats Santa Anna and wins Texas independence. Houston becomes President of the Republic of Texas, later serving as U.S. Senator and Governor.
His final public stand comes when he refuses to support Texas’s secession from the Union and is removed from office. After Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, Houston frees the people he had enslaved from the steps of his Steamboat House in Huntsville.
On July 26, 1863, Sam Houston dies in Margaret’s arms. His final words are: “Texas… Texas… Margaret!”
THE GEORGE THEATER
Cast - TBA