Up & Coming Theater

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When possible, premieres are marked as WP (world) or RP (regional).

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  • Allen Contemporary Theatre:‍ The Book of Will, October 2-18; Company, December 4-20, allencontemporarytheatre.net

  • American Chronicle Theatre Company: americanchronicletheatreco.com

  • Amphibian Stage: Next on the main stage, Ajax by Habib Yazdi, October 16-November 1. Stand-up comic residencies and National Theatre Live events, watch website for dates, amphibianstage.com

  • Art Centre Theatre (Plano): Proof, September 18-27; Cannibal: The Musical, October 2-11; And Then There Were None, October 16-November 7; Don Juan Tenorio, November 13-22; A Tuna Christmas, December 5-20; Spamalot (TBA January 2027), artcentretheatre.com

  • Arts Mission Oak Cliff: Venue showcases various performers and companies. Calendar at: artsmissionoc.org

  • Artstillery: artstillery.org

  • ATTPAC: “Broadway at the Center” season 2026-2027— Mystic Pizza: A New Musical, November 20-22, 2026; Shucked, March 19-21, 2027; The Who’s Tommy, June 3-5, 2027; The Wiz, June 10-13; Add-on shows: Dance Me: The Music of Leonard Cohen, September 18-19, 2026; The Notebook, January 12-24, 2027; Hadestown, March 30-April 4, 2027, attpac.org

  • Auriga Stage Productions: aurigaproductions

  • Bass Performance Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth):‍ ‍Season 2026-2027: “Broadway at the Bass” series— Jersey Boys, November 5-8 [Add-on shows Mamma Mia!, December 1-6, and Waitress, January 22-23, 2027]; The Sound of Music, April 20-25, 2027; BOOP! The Musical, May 4-9; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, May 25-30; Buena Vista Social Club, June 22-27; Operation Mincemeat, July 20-25; The Outsiders, September 21-26, basshall.com

  • Bishop Arts Theatre Center: bishopartstheatre.org

  • Blackberry Theatre: https://blackberrytheatre.com/

  • Blue Firebox Theater Company (Denton) bluefireboxtheatercompany.com

  • Broadway Dallas: Shows @ Music Hall in Fair Park unless noted: The Sound of Music, September 8-20; Buena Vista Social Club, November 3-15; The Phantom of the Opera, December 16-January 3, 2027; The Notebook (Winspear), January 12-24; Hell’s Kitchen, February 3-14; Water for Elephants, April 13-25; Death Becomes Her, May 11-23; Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, June 15-27; Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical, November 25-29. [Add-on shows: Hadestown (Winspear), March 30-April 4, 2027; BEETLEJUICE, April 28-May 2, 2027 (Winspear); The Book of Mormon, June 1-6, 2027]. broadwaydallas.org

  • Butterfield Stage (Gainesville): butterfieldstage.org

  • Cara Mia Theatre: 7th Annual Latinidades Theatre Festival (international), September 26-October 11, caramiatheatre.org

  • Casa Manana: Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of theTemptations, September 12-20; Disney’s Frozen—The Musical, November 7-15; A Christmas Carol—The Musical, November 27-December 23, ‍casamanana.org

  • CenterStage Theatre Works:‍ ‍Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium, October 8-18, cstheatreworks.com

  • Circle Theatre: Season 45 this fall— Ain’t Misbehavin’, October 1-25; Scrooge in Rouge, November 19-December 12, circletheatre.com

  • The Classics Theatre Project: Macbeth, October 2-31, theclassicstheatreproject.com

  • The Core Theatre (Richardson): My Favorite Christmas, December 4-20, thecoretheatre.org

  • Dallas Children’s Theater: Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed, October 3-18; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, November 21-December 20, ‍dct.org

  • Dallas Theater Center: Season 2026-2027— Reykjavik86, September 11-27, 2026; Monsters, October 9-November 1, 2026; A Christmas Carol, November 27-December 27; The Lehman Trilogy, February 5-21, 2027; Kill Local, March 26-April 11, 2027; The Making of a Saint, May 14-June 6, dallastheatercenter.org

  • Echo Theatre: FREE ‘Echo Reads” Salon Series, each reading performed at two different venues (upcoming in June, July, September). For details, go to: echotheatre.org

  • Eisemann Center for Performing Arts: Eclectic schedule/calendar of theater, music, and more, eisemanncenter.com

  • The Elevator Project (ATTPAC): Selections have been made for the 2026/2027 season; dates/details TBA; tickets through attpac.org Selected artists and organizations are: Cole Vernon, Eleven 11 Productions, EMERGE Coalition, Inc., Marena Riyad, Pegasus Media Project, Prism Movement Theater, Second Chance Players, The HighArt Foundation https://attpac.org/learn/community-programs/elevator-project

  • Fair Assembly: fairassembly.com

  • Family Music Theatre: Annie, October 16-31, familymusictheatre.com

  • FIT (The Dallas-based Festival of Independent Theatres): theatre3dallas.com/fit-festival

  • The Firehouse Theatre: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, October 15-November 1; Disney’s Frozen! December 3-20, thefirehousetheatre.com

  • The Fleetwood Project (Mansfield): The Mousetrap, October 2-11; TBA, Nov/Dec dates, thefleetwoodproject.org

  • Fort Worth Fringe Festival: texastheatres.org/fringe/

  • Garland Civic Theatre:‍ Anything Goes, October 9-25; ‍The Best Christmas Pageant Ever‍, December 4-13; Mary Poppins Jr., January 8-10, 2027; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee‍, February 26-March 7; Four Old Broads, April 23-May 2, garlandcivic.org

  • Garland Summer Musicals:‍ ‍garlandsummermusicals.org

  • Ghostlight Theatre: https://www.ghostlighttheatretx.org/shows

  • Granbury Theatre Company:‍ ‍granburytheatrecompany.org

  • Grand Prairie Arts Council: Jekyll & Hyde — The Musical, September 18-27; Puffs, October 15-25; Annie, December 11-20, ‍artsgp.org

  • Greenville Theatre Works:‍ ‍gtwlive.com

  • GXR Productions: Artistic dir. George X Rodriguez—see his Facebook listing….

  • Hip Pocket Theatre: HPT’s 50th Season — Soul Notes From the Velvet Elk, September 11-27; Mega Python vs Gatoroid (the Musical), October 9-November 1; The 4th Annual Twilight Soiree, community open studio Oct. 21-28 (creating), Oct. 29-31 @ dusk (performing), for details: hippocket.org

  • The Hopeful Theatre Project: hopefultheatreproject.com

  • Inkspark: Text-driven company… inksparktheatre.com

  • Jubilee Theatre: Season 45: I’ll Be Damned If…, October 2-25; If Scrooge Was a Brotha, November 27-December 20, jubileetheatre.org

  • Junior Players: juniorplayers.org

  • Kitchen Dog Theater: In their new home @ 4774 Algiers, Dallas. Season 36: The Absentee by Julia Doolittle, September 10-October 4; Equivocation by Bill Cain, February 4-28, 2027; D-PAC PUP Fest, June 6; New Works Festival 2027, June 13 & June 27, kitchendogtheater.org

  • Lakeside Community Theatre (The Colony): Sam Shepard’s True West, October 2-17; 2027 season:‍ Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead, January 15-30, 2027; Grace, March 26-April 10; The Shark is Broken, June 4-19; Next to Normal, August 13-September 4; Rehearsal for Murder, October 29-November 23, lctthecolony.com

  • Lewisville Playhouse: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, October 1-18; The Game’s Afoot: Holmes for the Holidays, December 4-20; Dark of the Moon, February 5-21;‍ ‍Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, April 2-18; Cabaret‍, June 10-22, ‍lewisvilleplayhouse.org

  • Lip Service Productions: lipserviceproductions.info

  • Lyric Stage: Lyric’s 32nd season upcoming — lyricstage.org

  • Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas: A‍ season of “STAGE to SCREEN” classics: R&H’s Cinderella, November 6-22; Blithe Spirit‍, January 15-21, 2027; ‍ Murder on the Orient Express, March 5-21; Lost in Yonkers, May 7-23; Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, July 23-August 8, ‍mainstageirving.com

  • Mainstage Classic Theatre (Mansfield): mainstageclassictheatre.org

  • McKinney Repertory Theatre: mckinneyrep.org

  • Mesquite Arts Theatre: mesquiteartscenter.org

  • Mid-Cities Arts Collective: midcitiesartscollective.org

  • Musical Writers: musicalwriters.com

  • NTPA Repertory Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show, October 30-November 8, ntparep.org

  • Ochre House Theater:‍ ‍https://www.ochrehousetheater.org/‍ ‍

  • Onstage in Bedford: Rope, September 24-October 11; Every Christmas Story Ever Told, December 3-20, onstageinbedford.com

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

  • Outcry Theatre (youth & community productions): ‍ ‍https://www.outcrytheatre.com/

  • Parker CountyTheatre: parkercountytheatre.com

  • Pegasus Theatre: ‍ ‍https://pegasustheatre.org

  • Plague Mask Players: plaguemaskplayers.org

  • Plaza Theatre (Cleburne):‍ And Then There Were None, September 18-October 10; Singin’ in the Rain, October 16-November 14; A Christmas Carol, November 20-December 23, plazatheatre.com

  • Pocket Sandwich Theatre: It’s a Scream!, August 28-September 28; The Werewolf of London October 2-November 14; ‍Ebenezer Scrooge, November 27-December 23. Watch schedule for Improv, music, adult comedy nights, shows TBA, pocketsandwich.com

  • Repertory Company Theatre (Richardson): Shows September thru December will be announced in March. rcttheatre.com

  • Resolute Theatre Project: resolutetheatreproject.org

  • Richardson Theatre Centre: Night Watch, October 9-November 1, richardsontheatrecentre

  • Rockwall Community Playhouse: rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org

  • Rover Dramawerks (Plano): Rover’s annual A Texas Romance, September 10-26; Making God Laugh, November 5-22, roverdramawerks.com

  • Runway Theatre (Grapevine): runwaytheatre.com

  • SceneShop: artsfifthavenue.org‍ ‍

  • Second Chance Players: secondchanceplayers.org

  • Second Thought Theatre: A season of partnerships— w/ The Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Dance Nation by Claire Barron, September 16-October 5; w/ Dallas’ Watering Hole Collective, a play TBA, December 2-19, secondthoughttheatre.com

  • Shakespeare Dallas:‍ Titus Andronicus, directed by Dr. Danielle Georgiou, September 18-October 18; and SD’s “Shakespeare in the Round” offers Richard II this winter—and indoors. At Theatre Three’s arena stage space January 22-31, 2027, shakespearedallas.org

  • Shakespeare Everywhere:‍ ‍shakespeareeverywhere.com

  • Shakespeare LIVE!… Arlington, FREE, outdoors @ Levitt Pavilion, led by former Shakespeare Dallas head Raphael Parry. October show Macbeth, October 29-31 (Halloween!), shakespearelive.org

  • SHE-DFW Arts: for information go to: shenycarts.org/she-dfw/

  • Soul Rep Theatre: 2026-2027 season: George C. Wolfe’s Spunk (dir. by Anyika McMillan-Herod), October 16-November 1; Keli Goff’s The Glorious World of Crowns, Kinks and Curls (dir. by Guinea Bennett Price), January 29-February 14, 2027; Zora Howard’s Stew, (dir. by Khira Hailey), April 23-May 9, 2027, ‍soulrep.org

  • Stage West:Season 48, 2026-2027: Eureka Day (RP), October 22-November 8; All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 (a season extra, back by audience demand), December 2-20; Camp Siegfried, January 7-24, 2027; I, Will: A Late Romance (WP), January 28-February 14; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, March 11-27; Godspeed (RP), June 9-27; An Old-Fashioned Family Murder, August 11-29. For details on the shows, go to https://stagewest.org/season48 Website: stagewest.org

  • Stolen Shakespeare Guild: As You Like It, October 9-November 1, and (in rotating rep) King Lear, October 16-31; White Christmas, December 4-20. [3623 Decatur Avenue, Fort Worth]. https://www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

  • Sundown Collaborative Theatre (Denton):‍ ‍sundowntheatre.org

  • Sweet Apple Productions :sweetappleproductions.com

  • Teatro Dallas: teatrodallas.org

  • Texas Shakespeare Festival (summer annual event in Kilgore TX): For information: texasshakespeare.com

  • Theatre Arlington: The Great American Trailer Park Musical, October 23-November 8; Hooray for Holidays 3 by Steven D. Morris, December 4-20, theatrearlington.org

  • Theatre Coppell: theatrecoppell.com

  • Theatre Denton: The Addams Family Musical, October 8-18; The Mousetrap, November 6-15; A Christmas Carol, December 10-20, theatredenton.com

  • Theatre Frisco:‍ The Cottage, October 30-November 15, theatrefrisco.com

  • Theatre Off the Square (Weatherford): Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, October 16-November 7, http://www.theatreoffthesquare.org

  • Theatre Rocks! (Ennis): theatrerocks.com

  • Theatre Three: Season 2026-2027, on the main stage: Spring Awakening, September 10-27; Gremlins! (Mostly), December 3-20; Rumors, March 11-28, 2027; Teeth, June 3-26, 2027. Downstairs @ Theatre Too: I am My Own Wife, October 15-November 3; Dear Jack, Dear Louise, February 4-21; Miss Margarida’s Way, April 29-May 16, theatre3dallas.com

  • Undermain Theatre: Season 43, 2026-’27: Wallace Shawn’s Evening at the Talk House (RP), September 19-October 4; Erin Malone Turner’s for the rest of our lives, October 31-November 22; Jojo Jones Veal (RP), February 27-March 21, 2027; Tennessee Williams’ The Two-Character Play (Out Cry), May 22-June 6, 2027, https://www.undermain.org‍ ‍

  • Upright Theatre Company (adult & youth productions)…. Misery, October 2-25; Annie JR., November 14-December 19, uprighttheatre.org

  • Uptown Players:‍ Road to Carnegie: Me, Judy, and Myself, November 7/8; Designing Women, December 4-13; Broadway Our Way: No Passport Required, March 18-21; Come From Away, April 30-May 9, ‍uptownplayers.org

  • Urban Arts Center: urbanartsonline.com

  • Verdigris Ensemble: verdigrismusic.org

  • WaterTower Theatre: Songs for a New World, October 20-November 1; Biloxi Blues, February 2-14, 2027; Jeeves Takes Charge, March 23-April 4, 2027, https://www.watertowertheatre.org/

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