GLORIA to Make Regional Premiere at Dallas Theater Center This Winter

Dallas Theater Center announced today complete details for the regional premiere of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize nominated Gloria at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre Studio Theatre. Directed by Christie Vela, Gloria begins on Wednesday, Dec. 7 with a Pay-What-You-Can performance and runs through Sunday, Jan. 22. Press Night will be Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets to Gloria are on sale now at www.DallasTheaterCenter.org and by phone at (214) 880-0202.

"I'm so happy and humbled to be directing Gloria at Dallas Theater Center," said Vela. "Gloria will shock audiences through a twisted turn of events; but this play is not about that. One of the things that Gloria is about is who owns a story, who has the right to tell it and how our experiences define us moving forward. I am so excited for the audience to experience the story of Gloria in the intimate atmosphere of the Studio Theatre."

Written by 2016 MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Gloria is the story of the cutthroat, dog-eat-dog world of the magazine industry, where one must fight to survive. Winning means fame, fortune and a book deal; losing means being stuck in cubicle purgatory forever. This hilariously dark and timely play follows a group of upwardly mobile editorial assistants at an infamous Manhattan magazine. But when an average workday suddenly takes a shocking and unexpected turn, survival takes on a whole new meaning as the stakes for who will get to tell their story become higher than ever.

In the title role of Gloria and also playing Nan is Leah Spillman (All the Way, 365 Days/365 Plays) joined by Satomi Blair as Kendra/Jenna, Michael Federico as Lorin, Grace Montie as Ana/Sasha/Callie, Drew Wall as Dean/Devin and Southern Methodist University student Ryan Woods as Shawn/Miles/Rashaad.

This production takes place in the intimate Studio Theatre amidst a set that transforms for multiple scenes. Bringing the show to life is Set Designer Dahlia Al-Habieli, Costume Designer Patrick Johnson, Sound Designer John Flores (Clybourne Park), Lighting Designer Aaron Johansen (A Christmas Carol, Driving Miss. Daisy, Oedipus el Rey) and Wig and Makeup Designer Leah Loukas.

DTC's Come Early sponsored by Wells Fargo will take place one hour before every performance and DTC's Stay Late will take place after each performance.

One of the leading regional theaters in the country, Dallas Theater Center (DTC) performs to an audience of more than 100,000 North Texas residents annually. Founded in 1959, DTC is now a resident company of the AT&T Performing Arts Center and presents its Mainstage season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, designed by REX/OMA, Joshua Prince-Ramus and Rem Koolhaas and at its original home, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the only freestanding theater designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright. DTC is one of only two theaters in Texas that is a member of the League of Resident Theatres, the largest and most prestigious non-profit professional theater association in the country. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty and Managing Director Jeffrey Woodward, DTC produces a seven-play subscription series of classics, musicals and new plays and an annual production of A Christmas Carol; extensive education programs, including the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award-winning Project Discovery, SummerStage and partnerships with Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and South Oak Cliff High School; and community collaboration efforts with the Sixth Floor Museum, the City of Dallas, North Texas Food Bank, the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Public Library, Dallas Holocaust Museum, Dallas Opera, Dallas Black Dance Theater, and leading the DFW Foote Festival. Throughout its history, DTC has produced many new works, including The Texas Trilogy by Preston Jones in 1978, Robert Penn Warren's All the King's Men, adapted by Adrian Hall, in 1986, and recent premieres of Deferred Action by Lee Trull and David Lozano, Clarkston by Samuel D. Hunter; Moonshine: That Hee Haw Musical by Robert Horn, BRandy Clark, and Shane McAnally; FLY by Rajiv Joseph, Bill Sherman and Kirsten Childs; Fly by Night by Kim Rosenstock, Michael Mitnick and Will Connolly; Giant by Michael John LaChiusa and Sybille Pearson; The Trinity River Plays by ReGina Taylor; the revised It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Charles Strouse and Lee Adams; Give It Up! (now titled Lysistrata Jones and recently on Broadway) by Douglas Carter Beane and Lewis Flinn; Sarah, Plain and Tall by Julia Jordan, Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin; and The Good Negro by Tracey Scott Wilson. Dallas Theater Center gratefully acknowledges the support of our season sponsors: Texas Instruments, American Airlines, Lexus, City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, Time Warner Cable and WFAA.

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