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    Theater Critic Picks

    These are the 10 can't-miss shows in Dallas-Fort Worth theater for August

    Lindsey Wilson
    Aug 1, 2019 | 4:17 pm

     UPDATE: AT&T Performing Arts Center announced that Charlie & the Chocolate Factory will now have a shortened run, from August 22-25.

     

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    Do you like new work? Do you like lots of new work? Then August is a good month for you, as there are not one, but two, festivals showcasing pieces written by local and visiting playwrights and tackling everything from healthcare to the border crisis. There are also two new full-length plays written by locals, as well as beloved classics like the universal story of family that pays a visit to both Dallas and Fort Worth.

     

    Here are the 10 shows to see in order by start date:

     

     Kentucky
     Imprint Theatreworks, August 2-17
    Leah Nanako Winkler, recipient of the 2018 Yale Prize for Drama, explores identity, religion, and love in this coming-of-age story with a kick (complete with a chorus and a talking cat). Hiro is an Asian-American, self-made woman making it in New York. She is also estranged from her dysfunctional family in Kentucky. When her little sister, a born-again Christian, decides to marry at 22, Hiro takes it upon herself to do whatever she can to stop the wedding and salvage any shred of hope she had for her sister's future.

     

     Fiddler on the Roof
     Dallas Summer Musicals, August 7-18
    Broadway at the Bass, August 20-25

    Rich with musical hits you know and love, including "Tradition," "Sunrise, Sunset," "If I Were A Rich Man," "Matchmaker, Matchmaker," and "To Life (L'Chaim!)," this heartwarming story of fathers and daughters; husbands and wives; and life, love, and laughter has been a crowd-pleaser since 1964.

     

     Broadway or Bust
     Pegasus Theatre, August 8-24
    In a converted strip-mall carpet store somewhere in Dallas, The Plush Pile Players are primed to stage Dicky Steinberg's Off-Off-Broadway flop Broadway Glitz when director Jan Flaggit trips on a toaster and breaks her ankle. A lifeline comes in the shape of bona fide Broadway director Percy Scott, but Jan's eccentric ensemble soon learn that their new messiah may not be all he seems.

     

     One-Minute Play Festival
     Kitchen Dog Theater, August 10-12
    America's largest and longest running grassroots theater event investigates the zeitgeist of different communities through a performance of 50-100 short moments generated by local playwrights of all ages, genders, races, cultures, and points in career.

     

     The Cake
    Uptown Players, August 9-25

    Bekah Brunstetter's new comedy focuses on North Carolina baker Della, who is overjoyed when her best friend's daughter returns from New York to get married and asks Della to make her wedding cake. Della, a sweet-natured Christian, is forced to re-examine her deeply held beliefs and her own marriage when she realizes there is not one bride, but two.

     

     Latinidades: A Festival of Solo Shows
     Cara Mía Theatre Co., August 15-September 8
    The festival will open with Puerto Rican poet, singer, and actor Flaco Navaja's love letter to salsa and the Bronx, Evolution of a Sonero (August 15-18), and continues with Your Healing is Killing Me, a play about healthcare, nutrition, and traumatic stress for people of color by Virginia Grise (August 22-25). It finishes with Ursula, a border experience through the eyes of child by CMT artistic ensemble member Frida Espinosa-Müller (August 29-September 8).

     

     As You Like It
     Dallas Theater Center, August 16-18
    The Public Works collaboration with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts and AT&T Performing Arts Center is back with its groundbreaking community engagement and participatory theater project designed to deliberately blur the line between professional artists and Dallas community members. The production features 200 actors and community members, only five being professional actors. Featuring an original folk-pop score by Shaina Taub and running 90 minutes long, As You Like It is appropriate for all audiences and groups.

     

     A 3D Adventure
     Circle Theatre, August 15-September 14
    A small theater troupe's madcap production goes inexplicably, spectacularly off the rails in Matt Lyle's latest comedy. The actors find themselves cast into a strange, surreal world resembling some of your most beloved films.

     

     Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
     AT&T Performing Arts Center, August 20-September 1
    Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory to a lucky few, and that includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to burst with color and confection beyond his wildest dreams. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a mesmerizing joyride through a world of pure imagination. Get ready for Oompa Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper.

     

     What We Were
     Second Thought Theatre, August 28-September 21
    Following 2017's The Necessities and 2018's Enemies/People, Second Thought presents its third world premiere from acclaimed local playwright Blake Hackler. It tells the story of Carlin, Nell, and Tessa, three sisters who suffered a childhood of abuse. Now adults, each lives in some degree of denial, but the lies are starting to become more unbearable than the truth.

     

    The national tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sweetens up the Winspear.

    Touring cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
      
    Photo by Jeremy Daniel
    The national tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory sweetens up the Winspear.
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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
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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 extended to July 26
    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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