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

Acting in Texas: Steph Garrett

Lindsey Wilson·June 12, 2018

Steph Garrett is an actor, puppeteer, and voice actor in Dallas who is known for her versatility both with performance styles (her comedic roles are plentiful and popular, but her dramatic work has also drawn raves) and musicianship (she plays percussion, saxophone, oboe, and the ukulele).

Acting in Texas

Standing Above the Noise: A Critic Explains

Lindsey Wilson·June 12, 2018

Name an insult, and I’ll bet it has been lobbed at me — online, of course, because saying hateful things to someone’s face requires a level of energy that few people possess.

Texas Lens Theater

From Stage to Screen: One of Dallas’ most original plays is becoming a homegrown movie.

Lindsey Wilson·May 14, 2018

Ruben Carrazana has never made a movie before. Yet when he takes the stage at the Texas Theater one hot night in early May, it’s to introduce the first 37 minutes of his film Stacy Has a Thing For Black Guys.

Uncategorized

The Great Playwright Swap: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater Helps Pilot Groundbreaking National Experiment

Lindsey Wilson·April 16, 2018

For the past 20 years, the National New Play Network has connected nonprofit theaters across the U.S. through the cultural importance of new plays and living playwrights.

Theater

Texas Studio: Maryam Obaidullah Baig

Lindsey Wilson·April 5, 2018

How Maryam Obaidullah Baig came to be an interdisciplinary performance artist in North Texas can be traced back to one action: she stood in a line.

Texas Studio

Progressive Texan: The LBJ Legacy Continues at the Alley and DTC

Lindsey Wilson·February 8, 2018

War. Healthcare. Race. A divisive president in a tumultuous time. Self-destructive and unrestrained ego.

Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Theater

Making Their Mark: Imprint Theatreworks Launches in Dallas

Lindsey Wilson·November 29, 2017

Dallas does not want for theater companies.

Dallas/Ft Worth Editor's Picks Theater

What about Gender?: Creative Casting on Texas Stages

Lindsey Wilson·August 14, 2017

The hot-button issue of casting has recently received a lot of ink as directors, actors, and audiences try to grapple with how to even out a traditionally imbalanced art form.

Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

Lindsey Wilson·May 23, 2017

At first, the schoolchildren who are filing into Dallas City Performance Hall with wide eyes and the occasional giggly outburst might seem excited simply to be out of the classroom and on a field trip.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

Mainstreaming Latino Art: Artes de la Rosa’s Expanded Mission

Lindsey Wilson·January 25, 2016

Calling Artes de la Rosa “just a theater company” is like calling a certain Swiss tool “just a knife.” The Fort Worth organization actually defines itself as a cultural center for the arts, and it didn’t even encompass theater when it was originally founded.

Dallas/Ft Worth

Fictional Nebraska: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians at Kitchen Dog Theater

Lindsey Wilson·November 20, 2015

A charismatic political candidate with memorable hair who relies more on passion than facts — sound familiar?

Theater

Women First at WingSpan Theatre

Lindsey Wilson·September 14, 2015

If you really think about it, there aren’t that many juicy roles for women.

Dallas/Ft Worth Theater

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Visual Art

Infinity Returns: Yayoi Kusama shares her eternal love of the pumpkin at the Dallas Museum of Art

Gallery Row: A Seasonal Spotlight on Six Texas Galleries

Material Culture: Betsabée Romero at Blanton Museum of Art

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

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Reimagining a Classic: Houston Ballet’s Stanton Welch Breathes New Life into Raymonda

Dance Here: Agora Artists is Planting the Seeds to Make Dallas a Dance Town

Music

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Celebrating 125 Years, the Dallas Symphony Looks Back to its History

Triumph in Tragedy: Ars Lyrica Houston’s Luminous Theodora

Theater

Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages

Fade To Black: Week-Long Arts Festival Amplifies Black Voices in Houston

Leaping into the Unknown: The Risks and Rewards of World Premieres

Lindsey Wilson

Acting in Texas: Steph Garrett

Standing Above the Noise: A Critic Explains

From Stage to Screen: One of Dallas’ most original plays is becoming a homegrown movie.

The Great Playwright Swap: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater Helps Pilot Groundbreaking National Experiment

Texas Studio: Maryam Obaidullah Baig

Progressive Texan: The LBJ Legacy Continues at the Alley and DTC

Making Their Mark: Imprint Theatreworks Launches in Dallas

What about Gender?: Creative Casting on Texas Stages

Dallas Children’s Theater Mufaro Returns Home after National Tour

Mainstreaming Latino Art: Artes de la Rosa’s Expanded Mission

Fictional Nebraska: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians at Kitchen Dog Theater

Women First at WingSpan Theatre