Up & Coming Theater

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  • Allen Contemporary Theatre: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, May 3-19; Disaster! The Musical, June 28-July 14; Breakneck Comedy of Errors, August 16-September 1; Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike, October 4-20; My Favorite Year, November 20-December 5, allencontemporarytheatre.net

  • Amphibian Stage: Sparkfest, June 13-26 (focus on the Asian American Pacific Islander community); The Handless King, July 26-August 18; The Amazing, Fabulous, and Spectacular Untruths of Juan Garcia, October 11 – November 3; Watch for comedy events and movies from National Theatre Live!, amphibianstage.com

  • Art Centre Theatre (Plano): Escape to Margaritaville, May 31-June 16; Bat Boy: The Musical, August 2-18, artcentretheatre.com

  • Artisan Center Theater: Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, June 7-29; Smoke on the Mountain, August 2-24, artisanct.com

  • Arts Mission Oak Cliff: artsmissionoc.org

  • ATTPAC: Shrek the Musical, July 18-20. ATTPAC’s 2024-25 Broadway season includes: Company, September 25-29; Dear Evan Hansen, December 19-21; Mean Girls, April 17-19, 2025; Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, May 1-4; The Addams Family, June 26-28—plus four season add-ons: with Broadway Dallas, Come From Away, January 14-19, 2025 and Life of Pi, August 15-17; with TITAS/Dance Unbound and Ballet Hispanico, Carmen, maquia, January 24-25, 2025; and STOMP, May 31-June 1, attpac.org

  • Auriga Stage Productions: Hamlet, May10-19 (Fort Worth Community Arts Center); see website for details, aurigaproductions

  • Bass Performance Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth): Chicago the Musical, May 10-12; Hamilton, June 11-30; Mamma Mia!, July 16-21. (“Broadway at the Bass” 2024-25 season includes: Sister Act from Jubilee Theatre (season add-on), August 15-18; Company, October 1-6; Beetlejuice, October 29-November 3; Mrs. Doubtfire, November 5-19; Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical (season add-on), November 19-24; Ain’t Too Proud; The Life and Times of The Temptations, February 11-16, 2025; Les Miserables (season add-on), March 18-23; Clue, March 25-30; MJ, May 13-18; Moulin Rouge! The Musical, June 10-15; The Wiz, July 15-20; Shucked, July 27-August 3.) basshall.com

  • Belle Sauvage: bellesauvage.us

  • Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC): Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, May 2-19; Jet Fuel, August 8-28,  bishopartstheatre.org

  • Blue Firebox Theater Company (Denton) bluefireboxtheatercompany.com

  • Broadway Dallas: Hamilton, May 8-June 9; Hairspray, June 18-30; Funny Girl, August 6-18,  broadwaydallas.org

  • Cara Mia Theatre: caramiatheatre.org

  • Casa Manana: Grease, June 1-9; Pippin, August 2-4 (apprentice production), casamanana.org (Casa hosts cabaret-style evenings: https://casamanana.org/events_category/cabaret/ )

  • CenterStage Theatre Works:  cstheatreworks.com

  • Circle Theatre: Hundred Days, June 6-July 6 (musical); Imposter! Hypocrite! Tartuffe! (by Ashley H. White, based on Moliere’s play), August 1-24, circletheatre.com 

  • The Classics Theatre Project: Oleanna, May 5-June 17; True West, July 8-August 24; Hamlet, Late Fall 2024, theclassicstheatreproject.com

  • The Core Theatre (Richardson): Our Town, May 3-19; Poodles, Postmen and Pastrami, June 21-July 14, thecoretheatre.org

  • Dallas Children’s Theater: C.S. Lewis’ THE MAGICIAN’S NEPHEW, April 27-May 25, dct.org

  • Dallas Theater Center: Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer (with Bishop Arts Theatre Center), May 2-19, dallastheatercenter.org

  • Echo Theatre: Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper by Ann Timmons, May 10-25; the secret keepers by Erin Malone Turner, September 13-28, echotheatre.org

  • Eisemann Center for Performing Arts: Eclectic schedule of theater, music etc. eisemanncenter.com

  • Fair Assembly:  fairassembly.com

  • Family Music Theatre: familymusictheatre.com

  • FIT (Festival of Independent Theaters) returns to Dallas this summer, hosted by Theatre Three, August 1-17, 2024. theatre3dallas.com/fit-festival

  • The Firehouse Theatre: Footloose, May 16-June 2; Aladdin, June 20-July 7; Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville, August 8-25; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder, October 17-November 1; Holiday Family Musical (TBA), December 5-22, thefirehousetheatre.com

  • The Fleetwood Project (Mansfield): Holiday Inn, July 5-14, fleetwoodproject.org

  • Flexible Grey Theatre Company: flexiblegrey

  • Fort Worth Fringe Festival: (dates TBA) texastheatres.org/fringe/

  • Garland Civic Theatre: You Can’t Take It With You (directed by Joey Folsom), April 26-May 12, garlandcivic.org

  • Garland Summer Musicals: Singin’ in the Rain, June 14-23; Crazy for You, July 19-28; garlandsummermusicals.org

  • Granbury Theatre Company: granburytheatrecompany.org

  • Grand Prairie Arts Council: The Producers: A Mel Brooks Musical, June 21-30; Finding Nemo, Jr., July 26-27; Prairie Fest Film Showcase, August 31; Bonnie & Clyde, September 13-22; Nuncrackers, November 15-24; Newsies, The Broadway Musical, December 6-15, artsgp.org

  • Hip Pocket Theatre: 48th season! A Twisty Intergalactic Spectacle (puppetry/direction/design by legendary British artist Basil Twist), May 17-June 2, hippocket.org

  • The Hopeful Theatre Project: hopefultheatreproject.com

  • Jubilee Theatre: The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, March 29-May 5; Thoughts of a Colored Man, May 31-June 30; Sister Act, August 15-18, jubileetheatre.org

  • Kitchen Dog Theater: Love and Vinyl by Bob Bartlett, June 6-23, kitchendogtheater.org

  • Lakeside Community Theatre (The Colony): The Lieutenant of Inishmore, June 7-22; Rent, August 2-24; Lend Me a Chainsaw, October 4-25 (world premiere); Ashes of Aquitaine, December 6-21, lctthecolony.com

  • Lewisville Playhouse: Little Shop of Horrors, June 14-July 7, lewisvilleplayhouse.org

  • Lyric Stage: Guys and Dolls, May 9-12 (Majestic), lyricstage.org

  • Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas: Grand Hotel the Musical, May 3-18; The Children’s Hour, September 30-October 5, mainstageirving.com

  • Mainstage Classic Theatre (Mansfield): Fiddler On the Roof (June); Godspell (July), mainstageclassictheatre.org

  • McKinney Repertory Theatre: Catch Me If You Can, May 3-4 and 10-11, mckinneyrep.org

  • Mesquite Arts Theatre: Noises Off, June 7-23; Frankenstein, October 11-27; A Christmas Carol, December 6-22, mesquiteartscenter.org

  • mixtamotus: mixtamotus.com

  • NTPA Repertory Theatre (Plano): Anastasia, June 14-23, ntparep.org

  • Ochre House Theater: Patti & Theo (written and directed by Matt Posey), May 1-19, https://www.ochrehousetheater.org/

  • One + One Players: https://bathhouse.dallasculture.org/

  • Onstage in Bedford: Bright Ideas, June 7-16; Ann, August 9-18; Always, Patsy Cline, September 27-October 6, onstageinbedford.com

  • Our Productions Theatre Company (Lewisville): ourproductionstheatreco.org

  • Outcry Theatre: youth theater productions, Oliver! June 27-30, https://www.outcrytheatre.com/

  • Parker County Theatre Company (Aledo): These Shining Lives, May 24-25, parkercountytheatre.com

  • Pegasus Theatre: https://pegasustheatre.org

  • Plague Mask Players: plaguemaskplayers.org

  • Plaza Theatre (Cleburne): Fiddler on the Roof, April 12-May 11; Anastasia the Musical, May 17-June 8; plazatheatre.com

  • Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Sherlock Holmes the Melodrama, March 29-May 11; Four Weddings and an Elvis, May 17-June 22, pocketsandwich.com

  • Prism Movement Theater: prismmovementtheater.org

  • Repertory Company Theatre (Richardson): Cats, June 21-30; Sister Act, July 19-August 4. The 2024-25 season: Sherlock Holmes The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sept 6-15; Little Shop of Horrors, Oct 11-27; Miracle on 34th Street, Nov 29-Dec 1; A Christmas Carol the Musical, Dec 20-22, 2024; Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, Feb 14-16, 2025; Broadway's Best: Once upon a Mattress (Immersive!), Mar 21-30; Legally Blonde, April 11-19; 9 to 5 - June 20-29; South Pacific, July 18-Aug 3, https://www.rcttheatre.com/

  • Resolute Theatre Project: The Way He Looks At You (world premiere) by Trent Clifford, August 2-4 and 9-11, resolutetheatreproject.org

  • Richardson Theatre Centre: Lost in Yonkers, May 17-June 2; Lewis Black’s One Slight Hitch, July 12-28, richardsontheatrecentre

  • Rockwall Community Playhouse: Tuesdays With Morrie, May 10-26; Gentlemen’s Guide to Love and Murder, September 20-October 6, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, November 22-December 8, rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org

  • Rover Dramawerks (Plano): Tons of Money, May 30-June 15, roverdramawerks.com

  • Runway Theatre (Grapevine): Four Old Broads, June 7-23; Silent Sky (Lauren Gunderson), August 2-18, runwaytheatre.com

  • SceneShop: artsfifthavenue.org

  • Second Star Theatre Co.: secondstartheatre.org

  • Second Thought Theatre: Wink by Jen Silverman, June 25-July 13; Hang by Debbie Tucker Green, October 19-November 2, secondthoughttheatre.com

  • Shakespeare Dallas: The Odyssey (by Mary Zimmerman), June 12-July 19; Twelfth Night, June 19-July 21; Julius Caesar, September 11-October 13, shakespearedallas.org

  • Shakespeare Everywhere: shakespeareeverywhere.com

  • Soul Rep Theatre: soulrep.org

  • Stage West: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear, June 6-23; The Importance of Being Earnest, Sepember 5-22, stagewest.org

  • Stolen Shakespeare Guild: https://www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

  • Sundown Collaborative Theatre (Denton): sundowntheatre.org

  • Sweet Apple Productions: sweetappleproductions.com

  • Teatro Dallas: La Gran Tirana (with Aguijón Theater, Chicago), May 10-19; teatrodallas.org

  • Theatre Arlington: Steel Magnolias, May 3-19, 2024; Chicken and Biscuits, June 7-23; Big Fish, August 9-25; Visiting Mr. Green, September 13-29; Holiday Inn, December 6-22, theatrearlington.org

  • Theatre Coppell: Big Fish, June 7-23; Greater Tuna, July 26-August 11; The Diary of Anne Frank, September 20-October 6; A Christmas Carol, December 6-22, theatrecoppell.com

  • Theatre Denton: Crimes of the Heart, June 7-16, theatredenton.com

  • Theatre Frisco: Six Degrees of Separation, May 3-19; She Loves Me, July 26-August 11; Noises Off, November 8-24, theatrefrisco.com

  • Theatre Off the Square (Weatherford): Kong’s Night Out, April 26-May 12, http://www.theatreoffthesquare.org

  • Theatre Rocks! (Ennis): theatrerocks.com

  • Theatre Three: Pirates of Penzance, June 13-July 14, theatre3dallas.com

  • Undermain Theatre: The Persians (Aeschylus), May 2-26. The 2024-25 season: Athena by Gracie Gardner, September 5-29; Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, October 31-November 24; Box by Jarrett King, February 27-March 23, 2024; h**lo k**ty syndrome by Brian Dang, May 1-25, https://www.undermain.org

  • Upright Theatre Company (Euless): Bonnie & Clyde (musical), May17-June 15; Sister Act, August 23-September 22; Amityville ‘74 by Tommy Jamerson (regional premiere), October 4-November 2; uprighttheatre.org

  • Uptown Players: Broadway Our Way, May 5, uptownplayers.org

  • Urban Arts Center: urbanartsonline.com

  • WaterTower Theatre: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, May 3-12; Mary Poppins The Musical, July 17-28, https://www.watertowertheatre.org/

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