Funny stuff: Dallas’ first nonprofit comedy theater proves laughter is the best medicine
In a newly rehabbed, 75-seat black box theater, tucked behind Peticolas Brewing Company in the Dallas Design District, two men are pretending to tour a home.
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Acting in Texas: Steph Garrett
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).
Standing Above the Noise: A Critic Explains
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.
From Stage to Screen: One of Dallas’ most original plays is becoming a homegrown movie.
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.
The Great Playwright Swap: Dallas’s Kitchen Dog Theater Helps Pilot Groundbreaking National Experiment
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.
Texas Studio: Maryam Obaidullah Baig
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.
Progressive Texan: The LBJ Legacy Continues at the Alley and DTC
War. Healthcare. Race. A divisive president in a tumultuous time. Self-destructive and unrestrained ego.
Making Their Mark: Imprint Theatreworks Launches in Dallas
Dallas does not want for theater companies.
What about Gender?: Creative Casting on Texas Stages
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
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.
Mainstreaming Latino Art: Artes de la Rosa’s Expanded Mission
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.
Fictional Nebraska: Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s The Totalitarians at Kitchen Dog Theater
A charismatic political candidate with memorable hair who relies more on passion than facts — sound familiar?