In the Ring: How performer Christopher Llewyn Ramirez brought lucha libre to Dallas stages
It can be argued that wrestling is a form of theater, with its dramatic storylines, thrilling choreography, and powerful characters.
Lindsey Wilson
Taking Flight: Dallas Black Dance Theatre forges new connections in its 45th anniversary season
“It’s surreal to think that the start of our 45th anniversary began with our Jacob’s Pillow debut,” says DBDT artistic director Melissa M. Young.
Straight to the Top: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project returns
Now in its 7th season, AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project is still an excellent launch-pad for the unique.
TITAS Leaps Into Live Performance
The name of TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND’s new season—its first full return to live performance since the pandemic—packs a punch.
TikTok Famous: Dallas’ Leos Ensemble Theatre is giving a 105-year-old Gertrude Stein play social-media relevance
Leos Ensemble Theatre decided to change that. The Dallas-based company, which was founded in 2019 by dancer and performer Nick Leos, is becoming the first theater group in the U.S. (and perhaps even the world) to create a piece expressly for TikTok.
Garden Party: With Pilobolus in the Garden, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND returns to live, in-person performance
The dance company Pilobolus has many missions: to tell stories with the human form, to test the limits of human physicality, to explore the beauty and power of connected bodies.
Texas Lens: Lily Cabatu Weiss Looks Ahead for the Dallas Arts District
Nearly one year to the day that the Dallas Arts District—and most of the world—shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACTX’s Lindsey Wilson interviewed its executive director, Lily Cabatu Weiss.
One STEP at a Time: Second Thought Theatre lifts the curtain
The new artistic director of Dallas’s Second Thought Theatre is addressing the virtual audience of STEP: Second Thought Emerging Playwrights.
How to be Flexible: TITAS explores new ideas while (safely) welcoming America’s top dance companies
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.
Back From the Grave: Teatro Dallas partners with Deep Vellum Publishing for outdoor literary theatrical event
Many things were on the cusp of happening when the COVID-19 shutdown occurred, including Teatro Dallas’ landmark production of Cement City.
Our Stories Onstage: How Dallas grew one of the nation’s biggest LGBTQ theater companies
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.
Life Is a Cabaret: The Legacy of Mama’s Party in Dallas-Fort Worth
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.