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    Count Your Blessings

    Why we should give thanks for the Dallas-Fort Worth theater scene

    Lindsey Wilson
    Nov 28, 2013 | 12:00 am

    It's not the same as posting daily on Facebook or saying what you're thankful for around the dinner table, but it's no less important that we give thanks this year for DFW's vibrant theater scene.

     

    Seriously, whenever November/December rolls around and it's time to start making year-end, best-of lists, it's astonishing to realize how much visceral, challenging and beautiful theater this city produces. Let us bow our heads and give thanks for these nine reasons why our theater scene rocks.

     

     1. We have troupes that delight in taking risks.
     Dead White Zombies performs original plays in former stash houses and abandoned warehouses. Ochre House produces truly unique shows — utilizing everything from flamenco to puppets — that spring from the inimitable mind of Matthew Posey. Second Thought Theatre challenges its audiences with intimate, often dark and controversial works.

     

    You can only appreciate the lightness of Neil Simon and Rodgers and Hammerstein when you have something to balance them against, and companies like these are doing an excellent job of pushing their audiences to explore and question.

     

     2. We believe in nourishing the next generation's love of the arts
    Michelle Obama recently presented Dallas Theater Center with the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award for its youth theater program, Project Discovery. Since 1986, Project Discovery has helped more than 265,000 students and teachers study and experience live theater (more than half for the first time in their lives).

     

    Kitchen Dog Theater, as part of the New Works Festival, partners every year with the local youth organization Junior Players to produce PUP Fest, a playwriting workshop and afternoon of staged readings written and performed by DFW high-schoolers.

     

    We've talked a lot about Fun House Theatre and Film before, and with good reason. By treating its young actors (and designers) like adult professionals, the company emerges with productions that are impressively high-quality. Adorable, of course, but also thought-provoking and resonant.

     

    WaterTower Theatre's upcoming The Adventures of Tom Sawyer will lead a double life as the Tom Sawyer Project. DISD high-schoolers auditioned for WaterTower's production, and now they will produce their own version of the show while the professional cast and crew act as mentors.

     

    In addition, organizations like Dallas Children's Theater, Theatre Britain and Pocket Sandwich Theatre all stage performances designed to engage and encourage kids to love live theater. And let’s be honest, throwing popcorn and hissing at the villain is just as much fun for adults as it is for the little ones.

     

     3. We have a lot of critics.
    Trust us, this is a good thing. With a profession that's shrinking by the minute, Dallas has somehow managed to maintain a healthy number of professional theater critics. This is great for so many reasons, chief among them that educated, experienced opinions are harder and harder to come by in today's Yelp culture.

     

    We may not all be full-time in pay, but we are full-time in spirit and commitment. To have this many varied voices, all passionate about the vast amount of theater Dallas is producing, is a valuable thing.

     

     4. We have the largest arts district in America.
    Not only is it big, but it's also gorgeous. Nestled in among world-class museums, the AT&T Performing Art Center is an architectural gem. The visually interesting façade and endlessly moveable interior of the Wyly Theatre encourage artists to have some fun, while the ruby-red prow of the Winspear Opera House juts toward the highway, beckoning passersby to enter and experience something amazing.

     

     5. We're a big tour stop.
    Between Dallas Summer Musicals, Lexus Broadway Series and Performing Arts Fort Worth at Bass Hall, we get just about every big musical and play that crisscrosses the country. You can't ever say that we're left out of the conversation.

     

     6. We are finally starting to get national cred.
    Not only are we in the conversation, sometimes we are the conversation. Earlier in the year, Dallas hosted the Theatre Communications Group's national conference. This was a big deal not only to the hardcore arts community, but it was a chance to show big-name companies from across the country the awesome work our own organizations have been doing.

     

    In addition, shows that have premiered or been workshopped in Dallas have gone on to play in New York (Broadway included!).

     

     7. We love our festivals.
     Festivals are great not only for allowing smaller, newer works to be seen, but also because they also bring with them a sense of camaraderie. From Uptown Players Pride Festival to WaterTower Theatre's Out of the Loop Fringe Festival to the Festival of Independent Theatres, there's plenty to choose from.

     

     8. We have a lot of big companies. We also have a lot of small and mid-sized companies.
    There seems to be room for everyone in Dallas. From established, long-running theaters like Theatre Three (founded in 1961) and Dallas Theater Center (going since 1959) to newer, more compact troupes like Dallas Actors Lab (behind the intense ensemble play Jailbait) and Upstart Productions (its production of The Aliens was pitch-perfect), everyone is allowed to flourish.

     

     9. We have some incredible talent.
    Onstage and off, Dallas is home to a wildly talented bunch of actors, directors, designers and producers. In 2014, we can't wait to see what you guys will come up with next.

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    Theater Critic Picks

    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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