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    Arts News

    Dallas Arts District Foundation awards $25K to a dozen arts nonprofits

    CultureMap Staff
    Jan 2, 2020 | 12:35 pm
    Bruce Wood Dance presents Love, Bruce: A Valentine Cabaret
    Bruce Wood Dance is one of the deserving recipients.
    Photo by Sharen Bradford

    The Dallas Arts District Foundation has awarded 12 arts and cultural organizations $25,000 for innovative projects in 2020.

     

    This is an annual ritual: Since 1997, the Dallas Arts District Foundation at Communities Foundation of Texas has awarded 452 grants to area organizations totaling $1,202,267.

     

    This year has an increase in funding, thanks to a partnership with Hall Group on their photography book, Through the Lens: Dallas Arts District.

     

    The 2020 grants are awarded for original, diverse, multidisciplinary programs that will be produced in the Dallas Arts District and reflect dance, music, theater, visual art, video/film, writing, and arts education. This is the widest array of organizations so far, and several are first-time recipients.

     

    And the envelope, please:

     

     Junior Players. January 2-5: Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, directed by Joel Farrell, Moody Performance Hall.

     

     Shakespeare Dallas. January 10-19: Indoor Winter Season, Jane Austen's classic, Pride and Prejudice, Moody Performance Hall.

     

     Make Art With Purpose. MAP2020: The Further We Roll, The More We Gain is commissioning 10 female artists to produce flags honoring a woman who has had an impact upon broader culture and society. A flag and reading space designed by Texas artist Beili Liu will be installed at the Crow Museum of Asian Art. The Crow and MAP will co-produce a public talk that includes artist Aram Han Sifuentes. Ms. Liu and Ms. Sifuentes' work addresses similar themes connected to women, motherhood, and immigration.

     

     The Women’s Chorus of Dallas. March 4: TWCD’s sixth annual Voices of Women concert, Travelin’ Voices, will showcase the transformative power of women’s voices in unity. This concert, taking place during Women’s History Month, will see TWCD onstage with local college choirs and high school singers from Dallas ISD, putting 300 young and adult women ages 15-70+ singing together onstage. Moody Performance Hall.

     

     Sammons Center for the Arts. April 8: Dallas Jazz Appreciation Month (D’JAM) includes more than 12 organizations and educational institutions who present jazz events and education. D’JAM’s goal is to increase public awareness of the legacy of jazz as part of the Smithsonian Institution’s national initiative celebrating jazz every April. Moody Performance Hall.

     

     Avant Chamber Ballet. April 17-18: "Beauty and Beyond," features the company premiere of Christopher Wheeldon’s "Five Movements, Three Repeats"; world premiere commissions by Kimi Nikaidoh and Jennifer Mabus as part of the 2020 Women’s Choreography Project; and Katie Cooper’s "Aurora’s Wedding: Sleeping Beauty Act III" with Tchaikovsky’s iconic score and the grandeur of classical ballet.

     

     Lone Star Wind Orchestra. April 26: "Bringing awareness to Alzheimer's focusing on brain health in music" is the goal of this concert, which will feature Grammy Award-winning soprano Hila Plitmann, guest composer John Mackey, and guest conductor Daniel Cook. Moody Performance Hall.

     

     Bruce Wood Dance. June 12-13: Ten Year Celebration. Artistic Director Bollinger has curated outstanding programming to recognize Wood's lineage and legacy. The mixed bill will feature the Dallas premiere of "Elemental Brubeck," by the great 20th century choreographer Lar Lubovitch; Wood's groundbreaking all-male, multigenerational work, "I'm My Brother's Keeper"; and the Dallas premiere of Wood's poignant work about the power of community, "Chichester Psalms," and set to the Leonard Bernstein choral score. Moody Performance Hall.

     

     ArtsVision. ArtsVision Performing & Visual Art Summer Programs 2020. During the two-week summer program, students receive an intensive arts experience. Professional teaching artists from as far away as New York come to the Dallas Arts District to teach acting, dance, voice, and instrumental music. Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts.

     

     The Writer’s Garret. Summer 2020: Rail Writers. Building on three successful previous summers, the teaching artists of Dallas Poetry Slam under executive director Sherrie “Candy” Zantea are slated to facilitate the majority of the rides, plus community partners such s the Dallas Museum of Art, Klyde Warren Park, and Nasher Sculpture Center.

     

     Cry Havoc Theater Company. October 30: “Satyam/Bias” is one of eight performances selected to participate in the 2019/2020 season of AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project. Presented by Indique Dance Company (IDC), CHTC will partner with the dance group to depict the progression of biases in each of us through the combined artistic mediums: theater and dance. AT&T Performing Arts Center.

     

     Video Association of Dallas. October 31: Two screenings of "What’s Opera Dallas." Dallas VideoFest will present iconic American cartoons with their classical music scores live performed by local musicians and actors from all ethnic and cultural backgrounds from around the city. Moody Performance Hall.

     

    For more info, visit www.cftexas.org/dad.

     
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    From Wilde to 'The Wiz': 8 unmissable July shows in North Texas

    Lindsey Wilson
    Jul 2, 2025 | 10:18 am
    Second Thought Theatre presents Your Wife’s Dead Body
    Photo courtesy of Second Thought Theatre
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    Your instinct during the summer might be to hide out in an air-conditioned theater, and there are plenty of options to do exactly this month. But we would be remiss if we didn't remind you about a North Texas tradition: Shakespeare under the stars. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket, and watch The Bard (and this year Oscar Wilde) at Samuell-Grand Amphitheater with Shakespeare Dallas. Both shows opened in June, but continue through most of July.

    Here are eight shows local shows, listed in order of start date:

    The Importance of Being Earnest
    Shakespeare Dallas, through July 18
    This witty romantic comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed in 1895, tells the story of two men who assume the identities of a fictional man named Ernest. This leads them to each fall in love and encounter an assortment of comical problems along the way.

    Othello
    Shakespeare Dallas, through July 20
    In this Shakespearean tragedy, Othello is at the peak of his powers: not only Venice's greatest general but also husband to the noble and beautiful Desdemona. But he does not know that in passing over his servant Iago for promotion, he has created a deadly but brilliant enemy. This production is set in an alternate-history version of the 1990s in which the Venetian empire is the predominant political, military, and economic power.

    King Kirby
    American Chronicle Theatre Co., July 4-12
    This is the story of Jack "King of Comics" Kirby. The play follows him from the tough Jewish ghetto of Hell’s Kitchen in New York, to the harrowing battlefields of Normandy during WWII, to tense Senate hearings in the 1950s. Watch as he creates some of the most iconic heroes in pop culture: Captain America, Thor, the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, Iron Man, the New Gods, and countless others.

    Your Wife’s Dead Body
    Second Thought Theatre, July 9-26
    Written by Second Though Theatre artistic associate Jenny Ledel in her playwriting premiere, the play takes place in the near future, as Jane takes advantage of a new AI technology that would extend her lifespan ... even if she's not around to see it for herself.

    The Wiz
    Broadway at the Bass, July 15-20
    This all-new production of the groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical returns “home” in an all-new pre-Broadway tour, the first one in 40 years. The groundbreaking twist on The Wizard of Oz changed the face of Broadway, from its iconic score packed with soul, gospel, rock, and finger-snapping '70s funk to its stirring tale of Dorothy’s journey to find her place in a contemporary world.

    Noises Off
    Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas, July 18-August 2
    This play-within-a-play captures a touring theater troupe’s production of Nothing On in three stages: dress rehearsal, the opening performance, and a performance towards the end of a debilitating run. Playwright Michael Frayn gives a window into the inner workings of theatre behind-the-scenes, progressing from flubbed lines and missed cues in the dress rehearsal to mounting friction between cast members in the final performance.

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie
    Uptown Players, July 18-August 3
    Inspired by true events, this musical tells the inspiring story of Jamie New, a 16-year-old boy from Sheffield who dreams of becoming a drag queen. His loving mom showers him with endless support but it's not all rainbows for Jamie as his deadbeat dad and some ignorant school kids attempt to rain on his sensational aspirations.

    Shucked
    Broadway at the Bass, July 29-August 3
    This Tony Award-winning musical comedy features a book by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score by the Grammy Award-winning songwriting team of Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction by Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien. The corn-fed, corn-bred American musical is sure to satisfy an appetite for great musical theater.

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