25 Years of Classical Music

New Dallas Symphony season celebrates Meyerson milestone and adds new festival

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has announced the complete details of the forthcoming 2014-2015 season, and it's one that will include even more current popular programming, a tribute to the venue they call home and the start of a new festival tradition.

The biggest of those is the introduction of the inaugural Soluna: International Music and Arts Festival. Taking place from May 7-24, 2015, the festival features three separate concerts from the Dallas Symphony as well as performances by other visual and performing arts groups and individuals from around the world.

The theme of the festival will be Destination: America, and every performance will pay tribute in one way or another to artists who came to or were inspired by the United States and its freedoms in creating their art.

The Meyerson Symphony Center marks its 25th anniversary in September.

Also on the docket is a celebration of the elder performing arts building in the Dallas Arts District, the Meyerson Symphony Center, which marks its 25th anniversary in September 2014.

The DSO will hold a week-long celebration featuring an open house, special performances and more, ending with the annual DSO Gala on September 13.

The orchestra will bring back its ReMix series and expand it to three different weekends, including one during the Soluna festival. The ReMix concerts take place in Dallas City Performance Hall, which is a more intimate and relaxed atmosphere than the Meyerson.

Conrad Tao, who composed The World Is Very Different Now for the JFK Memorial Concert in 2013, has been appointed the DSO's artist-in-residence for the new season. His duties will include participating in the ReMix series and performing during Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini in January 2015.

Other concerts will include the U.S. premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Triple Concerto, a recital series designed to showcase the Meyerson's Lay Family Organ, a Rodgers & Hammerstein tribute and one featuring classic songs from Disney animated movies.

Season tickets for the 2014-2015 season are now on sale, while individual tickets will go on sale in late summer. For the first time, the DSO is offering a "Super Pops" package that includes all nine pops concerts, as well as five classical concerts. All subscriptions can be purchased by calling 214-692-0203 or going to www.dallassymphony.com.

19-year-old Conrad Tao has been named the DSO's artist-in-residence for the 2014-2015 season.

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19-year-old Conrad Tao has been named the DSO's artist-in-residence for the 2014-2015 season.

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Season Announcement

Kitchen Dog Theater unleashes immersive 2025 season in new Dallas space

Kitchen Dog Theater presents Safe at Home

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Seven years after announcing it had purchased a building in the Design District, Kitchen Dog Theater is finally ready to move into its new home.

The third and final production of its 2025 season — the theater company's 34th — will take place all around the new "Doghouse." The other two productions will follow the immersive format at non-traditional performance spaces that was established last season.

With three fully produced events that each run the gambit from captivating and gutsy to heartfelt and hilarious, the monthly New Works Festival Staged Readings Series returns, as does the 23rd annual PUP Fest, nurturing high school talent from all over DFW.

First up is the area premiere of Will Eno's Wakey, Wakey, directed by KDT's artistic director Tina Parker and starring KDT co-artistic director Christopher Carlos.

"Is it now? I thought I had more time." These first words in Will Eno's play are spoken by Guy, a man who knows, like all of us on some level, that he is about to die. The play questions why we are here and the journeys that everyone takes to eventually get to the same place. Performances will take place at Expo Park, 840 Exposition Avenue, and run February 7-23, 2025.

Production No. 2 is full of mystery: The title and performance location will be announced soon and run in March/April 2025.

The Happiness Gymby Ken Weitzman closes out the season in August 2025 (exact dates TBA).

This regional premiere is a joyous, experiential event based on the science of well-being. Participants take part in a curated theatrical experience meant to boost their sense of happiness, joy, and feelings of connection. This one-of-a-kind project will be the soft opening to Kitchen Dog’s new theater and will take place all over the entire facility, giving patrons unparalleled access to KDT’s new home.

From March to July 2025, the 26th annual 2025 New Works Festival will showcase four-to-five staged readings of the newest and most exciting local and regional playwrights working in contemporary theater today. Each reading will feature some of DFW's most accomplished actors and directors and will take place at different venues across DFW.

For its 23rd annual event, PUP Fest will feature six staged readings of jury-selected plays written by DFW high school students, featuring student actors directed by area professional directors. PUP Fest is the culminating event of Dallas Playwriting Arts Collective (D-PAC), a partnership with Dallas ISD and Junior Players. Performance location is TBA, but the event will happen June 7, 2025.

For more information, visit kitchendogtheater.org or call 214-953-1055.

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