About the Theatre
FOUNDED IN 1959, DALLAS THEATER CENTER WAS ONE OF THE FIRST REGIONAL THEATERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND WAS MARKED BY THE BUILDING OF THE KALITA HUMPHREYS THEATER, DESIGNED BY THE LEGENDARY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT. Dallas Theater Center continues to grow in stature as one of the most exciting regional theaters in the country, while remaining fully responsive to the time and place in which we live; to the issues that shape our lives and thoughts; and to people who populate our diverse community.
Tutti Frutti - The Life and Music of Little Richard showcases the vibrant career of the iconic singer, with actor Dedrick Weathersby stepping into the ...
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Past Shows
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
10/11 - 11/3/2024
Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen, this laugh-out-loud, gender-bending romp is what happens when you take Bram Stoker’s legendary story and put it into ...
Into the Woods
4/7 - 4/30/2023
What happens after Happily Ever After? James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyones favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a rare modern classic. ...
Native Gardens
2/16 - 3/5/2023
You cant choose your neighbors. In this brilliant, contemporary comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and ...
A Christmas Carol
11/25 - 12/24/2022
Three spirits have come to visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, and to take him on a fantastic journey through Christmases past, present, and future that ...
Trouble In Mind
10/13 - 10/30/2022
Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childress’s funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, ...
Trouble in Mind
10/13 - 10/30/2022
Follow an experienced Black stage actress through rehearsals of a major Broadway production in Alice Childresss funny, moving, and ultimately shattering look at racism, identity, ...
Clue
9/8 - 9/25/2022
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce meets-murder mystery that will ...
Clue: On Stage
9/9 - 9/25/2022
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins ...
The Odyssey
7/8 - 7/10/2022
The season begins on DECEMBER 4 with the release of In the Bleak Midwinter: A Christmas Carol for Our Time. Written and directed by Moriarty, ...
Little Women
2/7 - 3/1/2020
Published in 1868, Louisa May Alcott''s novel Little Women is based on Alcott''s and her sisters'' coming of age in Civil War New England. With ...
A Christmas Carol
11/22 - 12/19/2019
From tiny tots to young-at-heart seniors, for a lot of North Texans it just wouldn’t be the holidays without DTC’s festive production of the Dickens ...
ANN
10/15 - 11/17/2019
Tough as nails. Funny as hell. Holland Taylor brings our brassy blue Governor Ann Richards back to vivid life in a tour-de-force performance direct from ...
Ann
10/15 - 11/10/2019
Holland Taylor Dallas Theater Center...
In the Heights
9/21 - 10/20/2019
In the Heights is a vibrant musical bursting with salsa, merengue, and hip-hop rhythms, transporting you to the heart of Washington Heights, a predominantly Dominican ...
Twelfth Night
3/29 - 4/28/2019
Potter Rose Performance Hall: William Shakespeare; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
The Wolves
3/6 - 4/14/2019
by Sarah DeLappe Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team ...
Sweat
1/18 - 2/10/2019
With warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs ...
Fetch Clay, Make Man
12/5 - 1/13/2019
Will Power; dir: Nataki Garrett....
Steel Magnolias
9/28 - 10/21/2018
The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped ...
Public Works Dallas - The Winter's Tale
8/30 - 9/3/2018
Potter Rose Performance Hall: William Shakespeare....
THE WINTER'S TALE
8/31 - 9/3/2018
Suspicious that his wife Hermione has been unfaithful, King Leontes of Sicilia imprisons the queen, orders the death of her suspected lover, and banishes his ...
White Rabbit Red Rabbit
5/30 - 7/1/2018
Studio Theatre: Nassim Soleimanpour....
The Great Society
3/9 - 4/1/2018
Robert Schenkkan. Potter Rose Performance Hall:...
Frankenstein
2/2 - 3/4/2018
Nick Dear; dir: Joel Ferrell....
Fade
12/6 - 1/7/2018
Tanya Saracho; dir: Christie Vela. Studio Theatre:...
HAIR
9/23 - 10/22/2017
From its stunning Broadway premiere in 1968, Hair defined the "rock musical," exuberantly celebrating the hippie counterculture, anti-war movement and sexual revolution of the 1960s ...
Hood
6/29 - 8/6/2017
Douglas Carter Beane; lyrics: Lewis Flinn; music: Lewis Flinn; dir: Douglas Carter Beane. World Premiere...
Inherit the Wind
5/16 - 6/18/2017
Inherit the Wind, a powerful courtroom drama written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, isn't a musical, but it's a gripping play nonetheless. Here's ...
Electra
4/4 - 5/28/2017
adapt: Kevin Moriarty from Sophocles ; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
THE TEMPEST
3/3 - 3/5/2017
There could scarcely be a more provocative start to the season—or a more vivid way to experience Shakespeare’s beloved final play. Unique staging that transports ...
The Christians
1/26 - 2/19/2017
Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms for Sunday ...
Gloria
12/7 - 1/22/2017
New York. A city that runs on ambition – and coffee. In the offices of a notorious Manhattan magazine, a group of ruthless editorial assistants ...
Gloria
12/7 - 1/22/2017
Style. Status. Success. A group of twentysomething editorial assistants are pursuing it all at one of New York’s most esteemed cultural magazines. When a seemingly ...
Bella: An American Tall Tale
9/22 - 10/22/2016
Kirsten Childs; lyrics: Kirsten Childs; music: Kirsten Childs; dir: Robert O'Hara. World Premiere...
Bella: An American Tall Tale
9/22 - 10/22/2016
Kirsten Childs; lyrics: Kirsten Childs; music: Kirsten Childs; dir: Robert O'Hara. World Premiere...
Constellations
8/24 - 10/9/2016
Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here anyway. One drink. And if you never want to see me again you ...
DREAMGIRLS
6/10 - 7/24/2016
Dreamgirls opened on Broadway on December 20, 1981 at the Imperial Theatre, where it played for 1521 performances. Through gospel, R&B, smooth pop, disco and ...
DEFERRED ACTION
4/20 - 5/14/2016
David Lozano, Lee Trull; dir: David Lozano....
ALL THE WAY
3/3 - 3/27/2016
Robert Schenkkan; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
ROMEO AND JULIET
1/31 - 2/28/2016
William Shakespeare; dir: Joel Ferrell....
CLARKSTON
12/3 - 1/31/2016
Samuel Hunter; dir: Davis McCallum....
Sense and Sensibility
4/23 - 5/24/2015
"Sense and Sensibility" by Jon Jory, adapted from the novel by Jane Austen (February 17 – March 18, 2012) Fortune lost to fate. Romance lost ...
COLOSSAL
4/2 - 5/3/2015
Andrew Hinderaker; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
MEDEA
2/19 - 3/29/2015
Euripedes ; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
THE SCHOOL FOR WIVES
2/20 - 3/29/2015
"Tied the knot with an older gentleman? Well start channelling your inner orphan. Think young, naïve – fresh from a nunnery. The more experienced man ...
STAGGER LEE
1/21 - 2/15/2015
book: Will Power; lyrics: Will Power; music: Justin Ellington, Will Power; dir: Patricia McGregor....
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
1/1 - 2/1/2015
Ana is a Type A personality living in a letter-perfect world: a husband who adores her, the perfect job, and her greatest passion, Book Club. ...
LES MISERABLES
6/20 - 8/17/2014
Cameron Mackintosh presents a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schönberg’s legendary musical, Les Misérables, with glorious new staging and spectacular reimagined scenery ...
Potter Rose Performance Hall:
6/27 - 8/10/2014
Les Miserables adapt: John Caird, Trevor Nunn from Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schonberg; lyrics: Herbert Kretzmer; music: Claude-Michel Schonberg; dir: Liesl Tommy....
LES MISERABLES
6/20 - 8/3/2014
This international smash-hit may be the most popular musical in the world. In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust ...
LES MISERABLES
6/19 - 8/3/2014
This international smash-hit may be the most popular musical in the world. In 19th century France, Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust ...
Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure
4/25 - 5/25/2014
Performances at BroadHollow at Elmont, 700 Hempstead Turnpike in El. For tickets and more information, please visit the website....
The Fortress of Solitude
3/7 - 4/6/2014
Potter Rose Performance Hall: Itamar Moses; lyrics: Michael Friedman; music: Michael Friedman; dir: Daniel Aukin....
Oedipus el Rey
1/16 - 3/2/2014
Studio Theatre: Luis Alfaro; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
A Christmas Carol
11/21 - 12/24/2013
A Christmas Carol is an adaptation of Charles Dickens' most well-known story, in which Ebenezer Scrooge is a wealthy curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth ...
A Raisin in the Sun
9/13 - 10/27/2013
Set on Chicago’s South Side, Lorraine Hansberry's celebrated play concerns the divergent dreams and conflicts in three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, ...
Clybourne Park
10/4 - 10/27/2013
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...
Fly
7/2 - 8/18/2013
Rajiv Joseph; music: Bill Sherman; dir: Jeffrey Seller....
Fly By Night
4/26 - 5/26/2013
Kalita Humphreys Theater: - Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, Kim Rosenstock; dir: Bill Fennelly....
The DRACULA Cycle
3/15 - 4/28/2013
Potter Rose Performance Hall: - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
Red
2/8 - 3/10/2013
Kalita Humphreys Theater: - John Logan; dir: Joel Ferrell....
King Lear
1/18 - 2/17/2013
Potter Rose Performance Hall: - William Shakespeare; dir: Kevin Moriarty....
God of Carnage
5/11 - 6/17/2012
Next Fall
4/13 - 5/6/2012
Tigers Be Still
3/2 - 4/15/2012
Giant
1/18 - 2/19/2012
Videos
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The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker
MBS Productions (12/5 - 12/29) HOLIDAY SHOW
PHOTOS
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Heartbreak Hotel
Plaza Theatre Company (12/31 - 1/25) | |
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Epic Proportions
Runway Theatre (5/30 - 6/15) | |
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Kodachrome
Runway Theatre (7/25 - 8/10) | |
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A Christmas Carol the Broadway Musical
Courtyard Theater (12/20 - 12/22) | |
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A Christmas Carol
Theatre Coppell (12/6 - 12/22) | |
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Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Cowan Center (1/21 - 1/21) | |
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Tutti Frutti- The Life and Music of Little Richard
Kalita Humphreys Theater (12/20 - 12/21) | |
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Peter Pan (Non-Equity)
Music Hall at Fair Park (12/25 - 1/5) | |
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