Lindsey Wilson is a Dallas-based arts writer and critic with a journalism master's from Syracuse University and an undying love for chips and salsa. When not at the theater (which is rare), she enjoys reading, playing with her dogs, and traveling. Photo by Jeffrey Hummel.

Lindsey Wilson

How to be Flexible: TITAS explores new ideas while (safely) welcoming America’s top dance companies

Lindsey Wilson·November 2, 2020

Since its founding in 1982, TITAS has been all about bringing the best of the arts to North Texas. The 2020-21 season had been planned to expand upon this mission by featuring, for the first time ever, an all-American lineup of visiting dance companies—until the coronavirus happened.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance

Back From the Grave: Teatro Dallas partners with Deep Vellum Publishing for outdoor literary theatrical event

Lindsey Wilson·October 22, 2020

Many things were on the cusp of happening when the COVID-19 shutdown occurred, including Teatro Dallas’ landmark production of Cement City.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Our Stories Onstage: How Dallas grew one of the nation’s biggest LGBTQ theater companies

Lindsey Wilson·March 11, 2020

Nearly 20 years ago, Craig Lynch and Jeff Rane took a look around Dallas and noticed a gap. Despite having the sixth-biggest population of LGBTQ people in the nation and a reputation as one of the country’s most gay-friendly cities, no theater company in Dallas was regularly producing theater that told this community’s stories.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music Theater

Life Is a Cabaret: The Legacy of Mama’s Party in Dallas-Fort Worth

Lindsey Wilson·February 13, 2020

Amy Stevenson, a performer and educator who founded and hosts a weekly cabaret called Mama’s Party, has been more than good to Dallas-Fort Worth for the last 14 years.

Dallas/Ft Worth Music Theater

Bizarre and commanding: A look inside Danielle Georgiou’s boundary-crossing theater of dance

Lindsey Wilson·February 12, 2020

If you’ve had any brush with dance, theater, or art in Dallas, you’ve probably seen Danielle Georgiou’s work in one form or another.

Art Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Theater

A new way of looking: Dallas Children’s Theater premieres a trans story for all teens

Lindsey Wilson·January 17, 2020

But as families and school administrators are beginning to acknowledge the journey that more and more young transgender people are recognizing, exploring, and living, so is Dallas Children’s Theater.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Community’s Mirror: Denise Lee writes a play for the people in Dallas

Lindsey Wilson·January 10, 2020

As an admired and award-winning singer and actor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Denise Lee is used to hearing accolades and raves.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Selecting the season: Stage West’s 2019-20 lineup

Lindsey Wilson·October 17, 2019

For the past 40 years, Fort Worth’s Stage West has been producing works that challenge, inspire, and entertain.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Acting in Texas: Shannon McGrann

Lindsey Wilson·September 16, 2019

What do Carrie Fisher, the Wicked Witch of the West, and a rabbit have in common? It’s not a trick question, but a sampling of the roles Shannon McGrann has played over her years onstage and in front of the camera.

Acting in Texas Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

Going Up: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project keeps rising in its fifth year

Lindsey Wilson·September 10, 2019

If you’re wondering how the Dallas performing arts scene has changed over the past five years, just look at the Elevator Project.

Dallas/Ft Worth Dance Music Theater

Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer

Lindsey Wilson·August 13, 2019

Since its founding in 1998, the National New Play Network has produced 85 rolling world premieres. Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater, formed in 1990, is one of NNPN’s founding core theaters, and hosts the longest-running new play festival in Texas.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

Homegrown World Premiere: Blake Hackler at Second Thought and Circle Theatre

Lindsey Wilson·August 7, 2019

When Blake Hackler handed over his newest play, What We Were, to Second Thought Theatre artistic director Alex Organ, he wasn’t expecting an offer to produce it.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

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Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

A Culture Examined: Kimbell Art Museum offers a window into Dutch art in the Global Age

Art on the Horizon: Exploring the Cultural Landscape of Corpus Christi

Gallery Row

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Dance

Engaging Audiences: Frame Dance’s 2024 Frame x Frame Festival Focuses on Screendance’s Unique Space in the Dance Ecology

Cheers to 15 Years: Bruce Wood Dance Dallas isn’t afraid to mix things up for 2025

A Charged Atmosphere: Bombshell Dance Project’s ‘Flies’ Packs with a Punch

Music

Kinetic at 10: Virtuosic Ensemble Grows Deep Roots in Houston

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Art Thrives on the South Plains: A Survey of Lubbock’s Cultural Scene

Theater

A Scandinavian Frozen Highlights the TUTS season

Through An Inclusive Lens: Diversity and divas populate Uptown Players’ 2024-25 season

Classical Theatre Company’s 24/25 Season Digs into Their Niche

Lindsey Wilson

How to be Flexible: TITAS explores new ideas while (safely) welcoming America’s top dance companies

Back From the Grave: Teatro Dallas partners with Deep Vellum Publishing for outdoor literary theatrical event

Our Stories Onstage: How Dallas grew one of the nation’s biggest LGBTQ theater companies

Life Is a Cabaret: The Legacy of Mama’s Party in Dallas-Fort Worth

Bizarre and commanding: A look inside Danielle Georgiou’s boundary-crossing theater of dance

A new way of looking: Dallas Children’s Theater premieres a trans story for all teens

Community’s Mirror: Denise Lee writes a play for the people in Dallas

Selecting the season: Stage West’s 2019-20 lineup

Acting in Texas: Shannon McGrann

Going Up: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project keeps rising in its fifth year

Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer

Homegrown World Premiere: Blake Hackler at Second Thought and Circle Theatre