Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre Reveals Lineup of Women-Led Classic Theatre For Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Dec 20, 2023
Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre has announced the company's 2024 season, providing 8 monthly opportunities to celebrate great female and non-binary playwrights. This year's programming includes partnerships with august New York and regional theater companies as well as a live podcast event. Learn more about the lineup here!
Bishop Arts Theatre Announces 10 Commission Awards To Local Writers
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2022
Bishop Arts Theatre Center will continue its 28th anniversary season with The HOW TO BE Project: Ten Plays for Racial Justice, a one-act festival scheduled for February 17 – March 5, 2022, at Bishop Arts Theatre Center with ten written commissions for Black-identified writers speaking to the current moment of the Black Lives Matter movement, disproportionate policing in communities of color, and the exploration of the America that Langston Hughes called “the dream it used to be.” Inspired by select chapters from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's book, How To Be An Anti-Racist, the festival seeks to present works that continue the dialogue in the enduring struggle for racial justice.
Winners of Columbia@Roundabout's 2021 New Play Reading Series Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2021
As part of the collaborative partnership between Roundabout Theatre Company and Columbia University, the reading series awards three playwrights from the current MFA program and recent alumni with a cash prize as well as a reading produced by Roundabout.
New Theatre Company Altered Shakespeare To Presents THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 4, 2019
The Two Gentlemen of Verona will be the first production by Altered Shakespeare, a new theatre company with a focus on an alternative look at William Shakespeare's texts. Directed by Shawn Gann, performances will take place November 11th at Lola's in Fort Worth and November 18th at Union in Dallas at 8:00PM.
Dallas' Newest Theatre Company Puts Females First
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 6, 2018
North Texas artists Erika Larsen and Emily Faith announced their Co-Founding of the newest Dallas-based theatre company, Lily & Joan, whose mission is to intentionally and inclusively highlight the female perspective.
Photo Flash: Theatre Three Presents CEDAR SPRINGS OR BIG SCARY ANIMALS
by Julie Musbach - Sep 10, 2017
An older white couple from the country unknowingly moves to the gayborhood in Dallas to be closer to their granddaughter. What begins as polite dinner conversation with their gay, multi-ethnic neighbors careens out of control. A hilarious collision of race, sex, guns and sports, playwright Matt Lyle examines shifting generational beliefs and just how hard it is to raise a child regardless of who you are and where you live.
Photo Flash: Theatre Too presents CEDAR SPRINGS OR BIG SCARY ANIMALS
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 21, 2017
An older white couple from the country unknowingly moves to the gayborhood in Dallas to be closer to their granddaughter. What begins as polite dinner conversation with their gay, multi-ethnic neighbors careens out of control. A hilarious collision of race, sex, guns and sports, playwright Matt Lyle examines shifting generational beliefs and just how hard it is to raise a child regardless of who you are and where you live.
Theatre Three presents the Classic American Comedy-Drama SUSAN AND GOD
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2017
Rachel Crothers' 1937 play-famously adapted into a 1940 film starring Joan Crawford-will receive a new production at Theatre Three beginning in April. The play follows Susan, a young wealthy New York socialite who lives only for Susan. When she discovers a new religious cult, she dives head first into her latest fad. Eager to spread the word of her transformation, Susan goes straight to her closest friends, who are, as usual, less than enthusiastic about her newest pastime.