Blake Hackler

WAITRESS, PRIMARY TRUST & More Set for Dallas Theater Center 2024-2025 Season

Dallas Theater Center has revealed the titles for the 2024-2025 season. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Dallas Theater Center Announces WAITRESS And More For 2024-2025 Season

Dallas Theater Center has announced titles for the 2024-2025 season, including Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a fang-tastic comedy full of clever wordplay and quick-change antics; Shane, the Wild West story of heroism and family; Primary Trust, a story of friendship, healing and small chances; Waitress, serving satisfaction, one slice at a time; and Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, a reimagined biblical story for audiences of all ages. A Christmas Carol will return and dazzle as a holiday add-on.

Jerry Zaks Will Lead The Nation's Top Regional Theater Actors As Master Teacher For The 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program

Ten Chimneys Foundation has announced prominent director Jerry Zaks will serve as Master Teacher for the 2023 Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship Program, a national program to serve the future of American theater.

LIZZIE: THE MUSICAL, GOD OF CARNAGE & More Set for Theatre Three 2023/24 Season

Choose your weapon! Theatre Three’s passionate and bloody 2023/2024 Season will feature three musicals, three classic and award-winning plays, one hilarious play with music, and the world premiere of an adaption by a local playwright.

VIDEO: First Look At Dallas Theater Center's INTO THE WOODS

Get a first look at Dallas Theater Center (DTC Into the Woods at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre April 7- April 30, 2023.

Dallas Theater Center Presents INTO THE WOODS in April

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) presents Into the Woods at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre April 7- April 30, 2023. Adapted from the book by James Lapine with Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Directed by Joel Ferrell, Into the Woods is a whimsical, timeless classic, masterfully intertwining beloved fairy tales with contemporary challenges into a critically-acclaimed musical masterpiece.

Dallas Theater Center's CLUE is Now on Stage

Dallas Theater Center's Clue, the first production of the 2022-2023 season, begins performances at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. Clue is directed by Daytime Emmy Award-winning Alan Muraoka; who has appeared on Sesame Street, as well as directed, for more than 25 years. Viewers may recognize him as “Alan”, the beloved character who runs Mr. Hooper's store. 

Dallas Theater Center Welcomes New Resident Artists

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announced the addition of Olivia de Guzman and Gary Adler to the theater's staff of resident artists. Adler will join the theater as Resident Music Director and de Guzman will be the newest member of the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company as this year's Linda and Bill Custard SMU Meadows Actor. 

Theatre Three Announces New Dates for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?

At the request of Dallas Fire Rescue, Theatre Three will be cancelling preview performances of “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” this weekend and the Monday night performance (June 9-June 13).

World Premiere of FEEDING ON LIGHT & More Announced for Undermain Theatre's 2022/2023 Season

For its 39th season Undermain Theatre is returning to a full season of professional live performances with a diverse array of exciting productions to inspire and enrich the live theater experience in Dallas.

Undermain Theatre Presents WITHER GOEST THOU AMERICA:  A Festival of New American Play Readings

The Festival will feature readings by local playwrights, Parker Davis Gray, Erin Malone Turner, and Zander Pryor, along with Native American performance artist and activist Gregg Deal. Mr. Deal is the second recipient of The Katherine Owens/Undermain Theatre Fund for New Work and will close out the festival with his solo performance piece, The Punk Pan Indian Romantic Comedy. A selection of Mr. Deal's paintings and other work will be on display in our lobby as well. 

Dallas Theater Center Welcomes New Resident Artists

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists!

Dallas Theater Center Welcomes New Resident Artists

Dallas Theater Center has announced the addition of several full-time resident artists! Zachary J. Willis, Christina Austin Lopez, and Bob Hess join the Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company. while Jonathan Norton, DTC playwright-in-residence, has been promoted to a full-time staff member!

BWW Review: WHAT WE WERE at Pony World Theatre

Like so many companies, Pony World Theatre was in the middle of rehearsals back in March of 2020 when everything shut down due to the pandemic. Now cut to October of 2021 and things are starting to happen again in the theater community and among them is Pony World’s second shot at the West Coast Premiere of Blake Hackler’s harrowing play, “What We Were”. And while the play is a tad predictable, it’s no less hard hitting especially with the powerful performances from the small cast.

ST. NICHOLAS By Conor McPherson Announced at Undermain Theatre

Undermain Theatre will present the live production of St. Nicholas, its most widely viewed and nationally acclaimed streaming production last season.

Pony World Theatre Returns With WHAT WE WERE

Safely returning to live performance, Pony World Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of What We Were by Blake Hackler at 12th Ave Arts in Seattle's Capitol Hill district. 

BWW Feature: TRAVELING INTO THE UNKNOWN at Theatre Three

After a year of out-of-the-ordinary experiences, Theatre Three's next season is a mix of classic drama, new works, and a celebration of the local talent in DFW. Following a season of streaming, the critically-acclaimed success of the traveling production of The Music Man and because of the ongoing construction at The Quadrangle, the Theatre Three team plans to continue to break the mold with a fully nomadic season. All programming will take place outside of the Theatre Three building at various indoor and outdoor venues.

Undermain Theatre Announces 2021/2022 Season

For their 38th season at Undermain they are creating an exciting array of diverse performance opportunities to inspire and enrich our community and support artists in North Texas. They hope to be able to offer live performances in addition to the virtual streaming videos for each production. 

Undermain Theatre Presents Ibsen's HEDDA GABLER Adapted By Blake Hackler

Undermain Theatre presents the virtual production of Hedda Gabler, Ibsen's masterpiece of realism that permanently changed the face of world drama. Hedda Gabler is the story of an extraordinary woman trapped in a conventional life of secrets and lies that fuel her own personal explosion.

Theatre Three Announces 'Fund The Music, Man' Initiative and More

From April 26-30, Theatre Three will release a series of content specifically geared towards their upcoming production of Imagine Broadway on May 1 at 7:00 PM and ultimately, Meredith Willson's The Music Man directed by Joel Ferrell and music directed by Vonda K. Bowling! You can look forward to various opportunities to interact with the Theatre Three team in a Livestream on April 26 as well as a Silent Auction Telethon, a special podcast event, a T3-curated episode of Inebriated Musical History featuring a highly anticipated guest, and more!