Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Theater
Homecoming: Jaime Castañeda returns to lead Dallas Theater Center
Since its founding in 1959, Dallas Theater Center has been led by only five artistic directors: Paul Baker, Adrian Hall, Ken Bryant, Richard Hamburger, and Kevin Moriarty. Now the Tony Award-winning regional theater can add one more name to the list: Jaime Castañeda, who officially assumes the position in July 2026.
Dancing with Bob, Breaking the Waves, a Set of Angels, a Breakout Hamlet, a Mountain and More!: The 2025 Season Wrap up
It’s that time of year again, when we gather on the page to consider all the shows that we have seen, what stood out, who wowed us, and more in 2025.
All The World’s Their Stage: Teatro Dallas celebrates 40 years
In 1985, Jeff Hurst and Cora Cardona founded Teatro Dallas, the city’s first Latinx stage company.
Texas Studio: Alexa Capareda Keeps Moving
Indefatigable Alexa. That’s the only way to describe Austin’s Alexa Capareda, whose professional artistic engagements include dancing, choreography, teaching, film, drawing, arts administration/organization, and now additionally, acting.
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Honoring the Past, Forging into the Future: Derek Charles Livingston Settles in at Houston’s Stages Theater
Derek Charles Livingston took his place as Stages artistic director a little over a year ago, but he lost little time immersing himself in Houston life and its theater community.
Texas Studio: Amanda Reyes is Working through It Onstage
On a warm Texas night, the cicadas buzz in harmony with the actors at Hip Pocket Theatre in Fort Worth.
Sharing the Same Rhythms: Cara Mía Theatre’s Latinidades Festival Returns to Dallas
This fall, Dallas once again becomes a crossroads of Latinx voices as Cara Mía Theatre launches its 2025–26 season with the sixth-annual Latinidades Festival & Symposium.
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Performania: A Spotlight on Texas Stages
Stage Left of Center: Four Texas Theaters Redefining Regional Performance
Texas is no stranger to theatrical prestige.
Innovation, Ingenuity and Intimacy: Texas Theater Designers Create Big Worlds in Small Spaces
“We can’t build sets in here. We have to build a real thing,” says Azizi of what he approximates is a 20 feet by 70 feet space, with half of that reserved for the audience.