Constellations at first appears to be a complex, cerebral drama. British playwright Nick Payne’s two-hander about a theoretical physicist and a beekeeper in love doesn’t immediately scream “must-see,” but there’s something about this play that’s almost magical. It first appeared on Broadway in early 2015, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth…
The champion of Dallas theater festivals is at it again. Bishop Arts Theatre Center will present its third annual PlayPride LGBTQ Festival with a twist: six playwrights competing for cash prizes, American Idol-style. Winners are determined by audience vote. First prize receives $500, second is $250, with each place going home with…
If you’ve ever braved the trek out to Fort Worth’s Amphibian Stage Productions, you know the drive is worth it. A sleek, modern lobby with tallboys peppered throughout set the tone as you enter the space. Signature drinks, like The South Main Mule, local craft beer (buy a Martin House…
This year, the Tony awards introduced the world to something most had never seen before: a musical told entirely through sign language. Deaf West’s revival of Spring Awakening was performed by Deaf and Hard of Hearing performers, with some accompaniment for hearing audiences. The combination of signed and spoken words…
House Party Theatre wasn’t joking about the whole “theater in a house” thing: Their next show is going up at the residence of the CEO’s mother. “Coming back to its roots,” says CEO Chris McCreary, “House Party Theatre is returning to the very place where it had its first Dallas…
In May, WaterTower Theatre announced big news: Longtime artistic director Terry Martin would be leaving to accept a new position as the head of fine arts at the Greenhill School in Addison. In February, the school announced plans to open a $28 million facility for performing and fine arts, the…
Justin Locklear is on the threshold of turning 30, and he’s thinking about ambition. His new musical on the subject, Dreamless, will have its world premiere at Ochre House Theatre, where he’s the Artist in Residence. Dreamless traces the story of a brother and sister who have inherited their father’s restaurant…
Remember camp? I do. I remember calling my parents from a pay phone to pick me up because it was hot and the food tasted bad. Stewart Wedge probably didn’t go to band camp in 1995, though. He obviously has different ideas about camp. The 32-year-old San Antonio native did…
In the fourth grade I voted for George H.W. Bush in a mock election because I had a huge crush on the boy playing him. I didn’t watch the candidates on TV, read the paper or listen to talk radio. Like most kids, the extent of my relationship to politics…
For some people, creative writing is a luxury, Andrea Amosson says, but for her it was always a need. The Chilean-born journalist and author had few resources available to help her develop her writing when she was growing up, so now she’s made it her mission to provide those resources…
When Margo Jones opened a Dallas theater she wanted to establish a theater community outside of New York. Jones created much of what would become the regional theater model- theater that existed within a city’s own community and reflected its identity without just regurgitating Broadway hits. Jones wanted theater that…
The issue of parity (parity: the state or condition of being equal) is a hot one these days. As corporate America slowly comes around to the idea of giving women luxuries like equal pay and the privilege to have a room with a chair that’s not a toilet to pump…
DR Hanson is a busy man: he’s an actor, director, and most recently a feminist crusader. Hanson has been hired as a director by Bishop Arts Theatre Co., which is producing a One Act Festival of six plays- all written by female playwrights “I am consistently shocked at how few…
It’s probably not a coincidence that February, the worst month of the year, becomes the busy season in Dallas theater. The post holiday hangover has passed but it’s still not spring. We need something to do, to invigorate us into leaving the couch. New works and premieres are popping all…
Arts writer Katy Lemieux falls in love all over again with the actor playing Paris in Romeo & Juliet at Dallas Theater Center. Sure, he’s her husband and all, but based on his performance in this show she’d marry him twice. Wedding planning is super hard. Like, really hard. Sometimes…
