Bizarre and commanding: A look inside Danielle Georgiou’s boundary-crossing theater of dance
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.
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A new way of looking: Dallas Children’s Theater premieres a trans story for all teens
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.
Community’s Mirror: Denise Lee writes a play for the people in Dallas
As an admired and award-winning singer and actor in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Denise Lee is used to hearing accolades and raves.
Selecting the season: Stage West’s 2019-20 lineup
For the past 40 years, Fort Worth’s Stage West has been producing works that challenge, inspire, and entertain.
Acting in Texas: Shannon McGrann
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.
Going Up: AT&T Performing Arts Center’s Elevator Project keeps rising in its fifth year
If you’re wondering how the Dallas performing arts scene has changed over the past five years, just look at the Elevator Project.
Haley Nelson In Residence: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater’s In-House Producer
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.
Homegrown World Premiere: Blake Hackler at Second Thought and Circle Theatre
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.
Directing in Texas: Emily Scott Banks
In her decade of professional directing, the former dancer (and award-winning actor) has led more than her share of challenging shows.
A Playwright Rises: Jonathan Norton takes up residence at Dallas Theater Center
At the beginning of 2019, Dallas Theater Center announced Jonathan Norton as its new playwright in residence, but the history between the two actually goes back much farther:
Communication, context, and consent: Why more Texas theaters are hiring intimacy directors
As more instances of sexual harassment and abuse of power are being uncovered, especially in the theatrical community, more companies are realizing they need an important addition to their creative team: an intimacy director.
Dallas Onstage: Bishop Arts Theatre Center Strives to Remain a Neighborhood Resource
In May 2018, Teresa Coleman Walsh published an essay on HowlRound, the popular online platform for theater makers sponsored by Emerson College, titled “The Ugly Truth about Arts Institutions Led by Women of Color.”