Arts and Culture Texas magazine

Representation in the Borderlands: UTEP Brings Latinx Theater to El Paso

Trevor Boffone·October 2, 2019

On August 3, 2019, El Paso entered the national zeitgeist when an active shooter killed 22 people at a Walmart. The shooter’s goal: to kill as many people of Mexican descent as possible.

El Paso Features Latinx Theater Theater West Texas

Hope through a Latinx Lens: ‘In the Heights’ at Dallas Theater Center

Trevor Boffone·October 2, 2019

In the Heights, with music and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, won four 2008 Tony Awards and has become the most recognizable Latinx musical.

Dallas/Ft Worth Features Theater

A State of Their Own: Latinx Playwrights Call Texas Home

Trevor Boffone·July 31, 2019

Texas is home to a growing cohort of Latinx playwrights working in all parts of the state who have chosen to remain here despite the unique challenges that they face as artists of color in the Lone Star State.

Austin Dallas/Ft Worth Houston Latinx Theater Lone Star Stories Theater

Immigration Remains Pressing Issue in Real Women Have Curves at Dallas Theater Center

Trevor Boffone·April 12, 2019

As soon as Dallas Theater Center (DTC) announced its 2018-19 season, my group text with Houston theater writers began buzzing with excitement over productions of The Wolves and Sweat.

Dallas/Ft Worth Latinx Theater Theater

Dream with Them: The Sin Fronteras Festival Brings Theater for Young Audiences to Austin

Trevor Boffone·February 11, 2019

What power do young people have to transform the very fabric of our nation? How can theater do this type of social justice work?

Austin Latinx Theater Theater

Watch Her Work: Suzan-Lori Parks Gives 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture

Trevor Boffone·September 21, 2018

In 2014, internationally renowned playwright Suzan-Lori Parks began her much-discussed “Watch Me Work,” an occasional performance on Monday evenings in which audiences can quite literally watch Parks working on her newest writing projects on the mezzanine of the Public Theater in New York.

Houston Theater

Latinx Roots in the Lone Star State: Cara Mía Theatre Co.’s 2018-19 Season

Trevor Boffone·August 2, 2018

Immigration, belonging, and identity are three of today’s most pressing issues; Dallas’s Cara Mia Theatre Co. is tackling them head-on.

Dallas/Ft Worth Latinx Theater Theater

Pausing on a Sunday in the Park with George at ZACH Theatre

Trevor Boffone·June 18, 2018

“Order, design, tension, balance, harmony.”

Austin Features Theater

TUTS Reinvents the Classics with Latina/o-Inspired Guys & Dolls

Trevor Boffone·May 30, 2018

When you think of Guys & Dolls, does the United States’ rising Latina/o population come to mind?

Houston Latinx Theater Theater

Fade to Black: Creating a Space for African-American Theater in Houston

Trevor Boffone·May 8, 2018

While Houston is routinely lauded as the most diverse city in the United States, this isn’t always apparent at the local level.

Houston Theater

Texas Studio: Jasminne Mendez

Trevor Boffone·May 2, 2018

For Houston-based writer Jasminne Mendez, writing allows her to fight against the erasure of Afro-Latina/o identities and experiences.

Texas Studio

Growing a Teatro Scene: Latina/o Theater in San Antonio

Trevor Boffone·October 23, 2017

From Oct. 29-Nov. 19, 2017, San Antonio’s Nicolás Valdez will travel to California to be in residence at the Los Angeles Theatre Center where his show, Conjunto Blues, will play in repertory alongside 12 other productions as part of the Encuentro de las Américas International Theatre Festival.

Editor's Picks Latinx Theater San Antonio Theater

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

Trevor Boffone

Representation in the Borderlands: UTEP Brings Latinx Theater to El Paso

Hope through a Latinx Lens: ‘In the Heights’ at Dallas Theater Center

A State of Their Own: Latinx Playwrights Call Texas Home

Immigration Remains Pressing Issue in Real Women Have Curves at Dallas Theater Center

Dream with Them: The Sin Fronteras Festival Brings Theater for Young Audiences to Austin

Watch Her Work: Suzan-Lori Parks Gives 2018 Mitchell Artist Lecture

Latinx Roots in the Lone Star State: Cara Mía Theatre Co.’s 2018-19 Season

Pausing on a Sunday in the Park with George at ZACH Theatre

TUTS Reinvents the Classics with Latina/o-Inspired Guys & Dolls

Fade to Black: Creating a Space for African-American Theater in Houston

Texas Studio: Jasminne Mendez

Growing a Teatro Scene: Latina/o Theater in San Antonio