Deborah Hope on Directing GLORIA: A LIFE, Opening Cypress Stage Inaugural Season

Cypress Stage launches its inaugural season with Emily Mann’s Gloria: A Life, running October 2 through October 18. Houston theater veteran Deborah Hope directs the production, which explores the life and work of feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Hope spoke with BroadwayWorld writer Brett Cullum about the new theater company, her personal connection to Steinem, her career in Houston theater, and why she believes the city’s theater community is so special.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/houston/article/Interview-Deborah-Hope-of-GLORIA-A-LIFE-at-Cypress-Stage-20260929)._