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    Theater Critic Picks

    Dallas-Fort Worth theater critics bestow honors on 2015-16 standouts

    Lindsey Wilson
    Sep 6, 2016 | 5:16 pm

    Members of the Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum convened on September 3 for their annual volley of voting, determining who deserves recognition for the 2015-16 season.

    In categories covering new works to stellar performances, the six critics fought for their favorites. Not everyone's picks made it through the voting process, which needed either 50 percent of the votes or a unanimous decision if only two or three critics had seen the production, so look out for personal favorites to pop up in those end-of-year lists.

    Dallas Theater Center had a stellar year, as did Stage West and Undermain Theatre. Some artists scored both on and off the stage, earning nods for their performances as well as directing and design contributions. Without further ado, here are the awards:

    Outstanding Direction

    • Akín Babatundé, Bootycandy, Stage West, and The Mountaintop, Dallas Theater Center
    • Emily Scott Banks, The Big Meal, WaterTower Theatre
    • David Lozano, Blood Wedding, Cara Mía Theatre Company
    • Katherine Owens, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Undermain Theatre
    • Artie Olaisen, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Dallas Children’s Theater
    • Len Pfluger, Grand Hotel, Lyric Stage
    • Susan Sargeant, Play, WingSpan Theatre Company
    • Ryan Mathieu Smith, Trainspotting, L.I.P. Service
    • Garret Storms, The Nether, Stage West
    • Regina Washington, Harriet Jacobs, African American Repertory Theater

    Outstanding New Play or Musical

    • Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter, Dallas Theater Center
    • Deferred Action by David Lozano and Lee Trull, Cara Mía Theatre Company and Dallas Theater Center
    • Faust by Michael Federico, Lydia Mackay, and Jeffrey Schmidt, The Drama Club
    • Stacy Has a Thing for Black Guys by Ruben Carrazana, The Tribe
    • Temple Spirit by Susan Felder, Echo Theatre

    Outstanding Touring Production

    • Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs, AT&T Performing Arts Center Off-Broadway on Flora Series
    • Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, AT&T Performing Arts Center Broadway Series
    • Eric Bogosian’s Bitter Honey: The Best of 100 (Monologues), AT&T Performing Arts Center Off-Broadway on Flora Series
    • Cabaret, AT&T Performing Arts Center Broadway Series
    • A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, AT&T Performing Arts Center Broadway Series
    • Ghost Quartet, AT&T Performing Arts Center Off-Broadway on Flora Series
    • The Sound of Music, Dallas Summer Musicals and Performing Arts Fort Worth

    Outstanding Performance by an Actor

    • Christopher J. Deaton, Grand Hotel, Lyric Stage
    • Bruce DuBose, The Night Alive, Undermain Theatre
    • Hassan El-Amin, A Christmas Carol, Dallas Theater Center, and The Mountaintop, Dallas Theater Center
    • Ivan Jasso, Deferred Action, Cara Mía Theatre Company and Dallas Theater Center
    • Jason Leyva, The Whale, L.I.P. Service
    • Barry Nash, I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard, Kitchen Dog Theater
    • Alex Organ, Constellations, Dallas Theater Center
    • Brandon Potter, Richard III, Shakespeare Dallas and Shakespeare in the Bar
    • Garret Storms, The Big Meal, WaterTower Theatre
    • Terry Vandivort, The Fantasticks, Theatre Three

    Outstanding Performance by an Actress

    • Emily Scott Banks, Jacob Marley’s A Christmas Carol, Stage West
    • Jessica Cavanagh, Outside Mullingar, WaterTower Theatre
    • Amber Devlin, Picnic, Theatre Three
    • Frida Espinosa-Muller, Blood Wedding, Cara Mía Theatre Company and Deferred Action, Cara Mía Theatre Company and Dallas Theater Center
    • Tiana Johnson, The Mountaintop, Dallas Theater Center
    • Jenny Ledel, I’m Gonna Pray for You So Hard, Kitchen Dog Theater
    • Denise Lee, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Jubilee Theatre
    • Janelle Lutz, End of the Rainbow, Uptown Players, and Miracle on 34th Street, Dallas Children’s Theater
    • Karen Parrish, Blackberry Winter, Kitchen Dog Theater
    • Allison Pistorius, Constellations, Dallas Theater Center
    • Joanna Schellenberg, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Undermain Theatre
    • Diane Worman, The Thrush and the Woodpecker, Kitchen Dog Theater

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast

    • The Big Meal, WaterTower Theatre
    • Bootycandy, Stage West
    • Faust, The Drama Club
    • Grand Hotel, Lyric Stage
    • Long Day’s Journey into Night, Undermain Theatre
    • The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, Dallas Children’s Theater
    • The Nether, Stage West
    • Play, WingSpan Theatre Company
    • The Toxic Avenger, Uptown Players
    • Under the Skin, Circle Theatre

    Outstanding Design or Creative Contribution

    • Jeffrey Colangelo, fight choreography, Christina Valentine, fight assistant, and Bobby Garcia, martial arts consultant, Animal vs. Machine, PrismCo
    • Design team, Faust, The Drama Club
    • Design team, Jonah, Undermain Theatre
    • Jay Dias, musical direction and orchestration restoration, Anything Goes, Lyric Stage
    • John M. Flores, sound design, The Thrush and the Woodpecker, Kitchen Dog Theater
    • Richard Gwozdz, orchestra conducting, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Artes de la Rosa
    • Kyle Igneczi, puppet design and direction, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Amphibian Stage Productions
    • Benjamin Lutz and Dillon White, video design, Trainspotting, L.I.P. Service
    • Lynn Mauldin and Rebekka Koepke, properties design, The Adventures of Flo and Greg, Echo Theatre
    • Scott Osborne, set design, The Fantasticks, Theatre Three
    • Karen Perry, costume design, Dreamgirls, Dallas Theater Center
    • Gil Pritchett, musical direction, Harriet Jacobs, African American Repertory Theater
    • Ryan Rumery, original music and sound design, Constellations, Dallas Theater Center
    • Garret Storms and Nate Davis, set design, The Nether, Stage West

    Special Citations

    • Rose Pearson, co-founder of Circle Theatre, for a lifetime of visionary leadership of professional theater in Fort Worth and support of female theater artists.
    • Kurt Kleinmann, for his creation of Pegasus Theatre’s Living Black & White productions and 30 years as bumbling noir detective Harry Hunsacker.
    • Dallas Children’s Theater for providing sensory friendly performances for kids with special needs.

    Critics

    Lindsey Wilson, CultureMap
    Nancy Churnin, Dallas Morning News
    Martha Heimberg, TheaterJones.com and Dallas Weekly
    Arnold Wayne Jones, Dallas Voice
    Mark Lowry, TheaterJones.com and Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Punch Shaw, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

    Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum is an organization of professional, paid critics that recognizes outstanding theatrical contributions in North Texas. Members see 50 or more productions per season (September 1-August 31) and are not practicing theater artists.

    The joint production between Dallas Theater Center and Cara Mía Theatre Company, Deferred Action, was one of the year's best new works.

    Deferred Action at Dallas Theater Center
      
    Photo by Karen Almond
    The joint production between Dallas Theater Center and Cara Mía Theatre Company, Deferred Action, was one of the year's best new works.
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    Ballet news

    Texas Ballet Theater executive director leaving for new gig in Northeast

    Stephanie Allmon Merry
    May 19, 2025 | 2:38 pm
    Vanessa Logan, Texas Ballet Theater
    Photo courtesy of Texas Ballet Theater
    Vanessa Logan joined Texas Ballet Theater in 2016.

    Vanessa Logan, who has served as Texas Ballet Theater executive director since 2016, is leaving TBT for a new role in the Northeast, the company says. Her final day with TBT will be June 30, 2025.

    The move will allow Logan to be closer to her family, the organization says. Her new position has not yet been announced.

    "While we will greatly miss Vanessa and her leadership at TBT, we support her decision to do what is best for her and her family and wish her well in her new pursuit," says TBT board of governors chair Anne T. Bass in a May 19 release. "Throughout her tenure at TBT, Vanessa has demonstrated the highest level of professionalism. It has been a delight to have worked closely with Vanessa over the last nine years, and I am most grateful for her unstinting efforts that have advanced TBT in so many respects."

    Logan joined North Texas' largest ballet company before the 2016-17 season; she previously had worked at the American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey and Boston Ballet.

    "Being part of TBT has been an immensely enriching and transformative experience. Partnering with Artistic Director Tim O’Keefe, working alongside such talented artists, and collaborating with a dedicated administrative and school staff has been a true privilege," Logan says in the release. "I am also deeply grateful for the unwavering support of our committed Board Chair and the Board of Governors, whose vision and leadership have been instrumental. Contributing to productions that bring beauty and artistry to our audiences and nurturing ballet education for countless children in Dallas-Fort Worth has been incredibly rewarding."

    During her tenure with TBT, Logan helped the company navigate through the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 followed by a catastrophic winter storm of 2021; she helped smooth the transition of artistic director from Ben Stevenson to Tim O'Keefe in 2023; and she oversaw new school facilities in Richardson and Dallas. TBT has also begun a 65,000-square-foot renovation of its Fort Worth facility to support future growth.

    "Vanessa’s support and partnership during the transition was phenomenal. I cannot imagine another leader better equipped to guide TBT seamlessly through such a transformational change," O’Keefe says. "Her steadfastness instilled confidence and built trust with staff, students and subscribers as she ensured that we held true to TBT’s mission of honoring classical ballet while embracing a new chapter of artistic evolution."

    TBT’s Board of Governors will immediately start searching for Logan’s successor and will quickly name an interim executive director to oversee operations until a permanent leader is in place, they say.

    Texas Ballet Theater, which is a resident company of both Winspear Opera House in Dallas and Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, just closed its 2024-25 season with O'Keefe's all-new staging of the beloved ballet Giselle.

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