Dallas Theater Center Announces 2013-2014 Season

Dallas Theater Center Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty announced today the theater's 2013-2014 season, which will take place at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. DTC's 55^th season will once again include a seven-play subscription season comprised of classic plays and musicals as well as new works, including a world premiere new musical and a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

"Our 2013-2014 season will take audiences on a journey that will offer fresh re-imaginings of beloved classics, a world premiere new musical, thought-provoking dramas and moving stories that will be filled with fresh ideas, bold performances and amazing theatricality," says Moriarty. "From a new production of one of the biggest smash-hits in musical theater history to an explosively funny Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winner, from a never-before-seen adaptation of a holiday classic to a modern-day retelling of one of the world's most enduring stories, next season will offer theatrical experiences that will speak to our community, celebrate our common experiences, spark conversations, and entertain audiences of all ages and backgrounds."

DTC's Classic Series of four plays will bring to life four beloved stories in fresh new productions, perfect for the entire family: LES MISERABLES, the most popular musical in the world will fill with Wyly stage with glorious music; the world's greatest detective will surprise audiences with danger, wit and intrigue in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure; A Christmas Carol, in a spectacular, new production, comes to the Wyly Theatre for the very first time; and the great American classic drama A Raisin in the Sun will demonstrate that it is still as powerful today as it was when it first premiered 50 years ago.

DTC will also produce a three-play Contemporary Series, featuring new plays and musicals that will make audiences think about the world in new ways: Clybourne Park, the award-winning, hit Broadway comedy; The Fortress of Solitude, a world premiere musical with an irresistible soul, funk and hip hop score, in a co-production with New York's The Public Theater; and Oedipus el Rey, an intense, sexy reboot of a legendary Greek tragedy.

The full seven-play Theater Lover's Subscription Series will be presented as follows: in the Potter Rose Performance Hall at the Wyly Theatre A Raisin in the Sun (Sept. 13 - Oct. 27) and Clybourne Park (Oct. 4 - Oct. 27) in rotating rep; and A Christmas Carol (Nov. 21 - Dec. 24) for the first time ever at the Wyly. In the Studio Theatre at the Wyly Theatre - Oedipus el Rey (Jan. 16 - March 2). In the Potter Rose Performance Hall - The Fortress of Solitude (March 7 - April 6); Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure (April 25 - May 25); and LES MISERABLES (June 27 - Aug. 10).

LES MISERABLES, by Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schönberg, is an epic award-winning musical on stage and screen and will be produced for the first time by a professional theater company in North Texas. With a large cast and orchestra, in the intimate Wyly Theatre, where every seat is close to the stage, this classic, powerful affirmation of the human spirit will thrill audiences with beautiful melodies (music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer) and an impassioned story of hope, redemption and forgiveness.

In Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, directed by Kevin Moriarty, the world's greatest detective is near the end of his remarkable career, when a case presents itself that is too tempting for him to ignore. With his trusted companion Doctor Watson at his side, Sherlock Holmes marches into the lair of his longtime adversary, Professor Moriarty. In the regional premiere of Steven Dietz's spirited adaptation of stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and based on the original 1899 play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this play features all the danger, humor and surprise Holmes' devoted fans have come to expect.

With a brand new adaptation and direction of the Charles Dickens classic by DTC Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, A Christmas Carol will fill the Wyly Theatre with music and special effects - from flying ghosts to falling snow - with the audience right in the middle of the action, in classic DTC style. This all-new version of the beloved holiday story, choreographed by Joel Ferrell, will put your entire family in the Christmas spirit. Join Scrooge and Tiny Tim in saying, "God bless us, everyone!"

The New York Times called it, "The play that changed American theater forever." First staged in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun provided the nation with a radically different portrayal of African-American life that was both authentic and deeply moving. Her story of an embattled Chicago family, directed for DTC by Tre Garrett, is an unflinching vision of what happens to people whose dreams are constantly deferred.

Clybourne Park, by Bruce Norris and directed by Joel Ferrell, is the wickedly funny and fiercely provocative play about race and real estate that won nearly every honor the theater has to give, including the Tony Award and the Pulitzer Prize. Act One takes place in 1959, as nervous community leaders try to stop the sale of a house to the black family depicted in A Raisin in the Sun. Act Two takes place today, when the African-American neighborhood battles to hold its ground in the face of gentrification.

Oedipus el Rey, a powerful, sexy reboot of the legendary classical Greek tragedy, is written by MacArthur Genius Grant winner, Luis Alfaro. In it, a young Chicano ex-con sets out on a journey to become the king of South Central L.A. - the explosively violent gang capital of America. The gripping story, directed by Kevin Moriarty, follows his family of ex-cons through the vicious cycle of fate and violence in which they find themselves trapped.

A new co-production with The Public Theater, The Fortress of Solitude, with book by Itamar Moses and music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, is a world premiere musical based on the best-selling novel by Jonathan Lethem. In The Fortress of Solitude, conceived and directed by Daniel Aukin, two motherless boys, Dylan and Mingus, become close friends in 1970s Brooklyn. They grow up in a world of soul and funk, superheroes and graffiti-tagging in this story of loyalty and friendship.

Full season subscriptions are on sale now for as little as $105; or choose our Classic Series for as little as $60 or our Contemporary Series for as little as $45. Subscriptions can be purchased online at DallasTheaterCenter.org or by phone at (214) 880-0202.

For those who want to take their theater-going experience to the next level, DTC's program, Friends@DTC, offers patrons a variety of exclusive benefits, including premium seats, a VIP intermission lounge, special invitations, complimentary drinks, free parking and much more. Visit DallasTheaterCenter.org/Friends or email Friends@DallasTheaterCenter.org for more information.

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