Monica Smart
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2 years ago | Theater
In Remember Rudy, the latest original production from Dallas' Ochre House Theater, the self-described "alternative theater" asks audiences some intriguing questions. "Do you believe in ghosts?" reads the musical's promotional materials. "Do we cre...
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2 years ago | Festivals
Dallas’ Cara Mía Theatre began in 1996 and has grown into the largest Latinx theater in Texas. In their annual Teatro En Fuga: A Festival of New Works, Cara Mía will present minimally staged workshop productions of three experimental plays written...
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2 years ago | Theater
In 2011, a community group with a strong desire to promote and support theater arts got together and founded The Farmers Branch Community Theatre. Now in their eighth season, they are known as The Firehouse Theatre because, well, they perform thei...
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2 years ago | Theater
For the second show of their 2019 season, Second Thought Theatre will present the local premiere of Lela & Co. by Cordelia Lynn. First performed at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2015, Lynn's play explores sex trafficking, cross-border prosti...
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2 years ago | Classical Music
Celebrated French conductor Lionel Bringuier will makes his debut leading the Dallas Symphony Orchestra this week. Peter Czornyj, vice president of artistic operations at DSO, calls Bringuier “one of the most exciting young conductors of toda...
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2 years ago | Theater
Higher Love, a play written by novelist and playwright Germaine Shames, is based on the many love letters and relationship between poet Kahlil Gibran and his patron Mary Haskell. WingSpan Theatre Company will present a staged reading of ...