Up & Coming Theater

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  • Allen Contemporary Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, December 5-21, allencontemporarytheatre.net

  • American Chronicle Theatre Company: americanchronicletheatreco.com

  • Amphibian Stage: Next on the main stage: The Birds by Conor McPherson, October 17-November 9. Amphibian also presents comedy events, and films from National Theatre Live! 2026 Season: Bull in a China Shop by Bryna Turner, February 13-March 1, 2026; Did You Eat? by Zoe Kim March 27-April 12; The Shark is Broken, by Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon, July 24-August 16; Ajax, by Habib Yazdi, October 16-November 1. Stand-up Comic Residencies (more to come): Jay Jurden, May 1-2; Nora Davis, May 15-16. National Theatre Live events: Life of Pi, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, dates TBA. amphibianstage.com

  • Art Centre Theatre (Plano): Rocky Horror Show, October 24-November 15, artcentretheatre.com

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

  • Artstillery: Multi-use venue at 723 Fort Worth Avenue, Dallas, artstillery.org

  • ATTPAC: “Broadway at the Center” musicals, 2025-2026 season: A Christmas Story, November 21-23; Mrs. Doubtfire, December 26-28; The Music Man, March 12-14, 2026; Kinky Boots, April 23-25; Stereophonic, May 8-10; Monty Python’s Spamalot, July 9-12. Four season add-ons in 2026: Kimberly Akimbo, January 6-18, 2026; Ragtime, April 2-19, 2026; MOMIX: Botanica, June 6, 2026; Clue, June 16-28, 2026, attpac.org

  • Auriga Stage Productions: Richard III co-production; see Oct/Nov dates @ listing for L.I.P Service Productions, aurigaproductions

  • Bass Performance Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth): “Broadway at the Bass” 2025-2026 Season: A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, October 28-November 2; & Juliet, November 12-16; Six, February 10-15, 2026; Back to the Future: The Musical, March 24-29; Some Like It Hot, April 14-19; Monty Python’s Spamalot, April 28-May 3; The Notebook, June 23-28; Suffs, August 4-9. Four season add-on musicals in 2025-2026: The Addams Family: A Musical Comedy, October 24-26; A Christmas Story, December 5-7; Hadestown, June 6-7, 2026; Hamilton, July 15-26, 2026, basshall.com

  • Bishop Arts Theatre Center: bishopartstheatre.org

  • Blue Firebox Theater Company (Denton) bluefireboxtheatercompany.com

  • Broadway Dallas: [NOTE: Shows at Music Hall in Fair Park unless noted.] 2025-2026 Season: The Outsiders | November 4-16; Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, December 16, 2025-January 4, 2026; Kimberly Akimbo, January 6-18; Six, January 27-February 1, 2026; The Great Gatsby, February 17-March 1; A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, March 10-22; Some Like It Hot, March 31-April 12; Wicked, May 6-June 14; Clue, June 16-28,  broadwaydallas.org

  • Butterfield Stage (Gainesville): butterfieldstage.org

  • Cara Mia Theatre: caramiatheatre.org

  • Casa Manana: West Side Story, November 1-9, casamanana.org

  • CenterStage Theatre Works: You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, November 6-16 @ Frisco Discovery Center, cstheatreworks.com

  • Circle Theatre: Mac Beth by Erica Schmidt, October 9-November 1, circletheatre.com 

  • The Classics Theatre Project: theclassicstheatreproject.com

  • The Core Theatre (Richardson): The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, December 5-21 (also Dec. 31), thecoretheatre.org

  • Dallas Children’s Theater: dct.org

  • Dallas Theater Center: A Christmas Carol, November 28-December 28 (Wyly); Fat Ham, January 30-February 8, 2026 (Kalita Humphreys), co-pro with Stage West; Where We Stand, February 27-March 22 (Bryant Hall, on KH campus); Ragtime, March 27-April 19 (Wyly); Jonathan Norton’s Malcolm X & Redd Foxx Washing Dishes at Jimmy’s Chicken Shack in Harlem, May 8-June 7 (Wyly Studio), dallastheatercenter.org

  • Echo Theatre: echotheatre.org

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

  • Evil Eye Productions: buyticketshere

  • Fair Assembly:  fairassembly.com

  • Family Music Theatre: familymusictheatre.com

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

  • The Firehouse Theatre: Young Frankenstein, October 16-November 2, thefirehousetheatre.com

  • The Fleetwood Project (Mansfield): The Short on Drama Playfest, new/short plays by Texas writers, October 31-November 2. The 2026 season: May We All, February 8-15, 2026; Once Upon a Mattress, April 17-26; Lost (and Found) in IKEA, May 29-31; Catch Me If You Can, July 21-August 2; The Mousetrap, October 2-11; TBA, Nov/Dec dates, thefleetwoodproject.org

  • Fort Worth Fringe Festival: Watch for next year’s dates… texastheatres.org/fringe/

  • Garland Civic Theatre: garlandcivic.org

  • Garland Summer Musicals: garlandsummermusicals.org

  • Granbury Theatre Company: granburytheatrecompany.org

  • Grand Prairie Arts Council: artsgp.org

  • Greenville Theatre Works: gtwlive.com

  • Hip Pocket Theatre: 49th Season! Late summer/early fall shows at 8:15 p.m., live outdoor music before and after, hippocket.org

  • The Hopeful Theatre Project: hopefultheatreproject.com

  • Inkspark: Text-driven company… inksparktheatre.com

  • Jubilee Theatre: The Voices of Donny Hathaway, November 7-30, 2025 jubileetheatre.org

  • Junior Players: juniorplayers.org

  • Kitchen Dog Theater: kitchendogtheater.org

  • Lakeside Community Theatre (The Colony): The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath, December 5-20, lctthecolony.com

  • Lewisville Playhouse: Christmas Belles, December 5-21; Ordinary People, February 6-22, 2026; Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, April 10-26; Rent, June 11-28, lewisvilleplayhouse.org

  • Lip Service Productions: Richard III, October 30, 31, November 1, 6, 7, 8 @ Bath House Cultural Center, tickets from lipserviceproductions.info

  • Lyric Stage: Lyric’s 32nd season upcoming— Forever Plaid : Plaid Tidings, December 5-21; Dallas Divas (One-night concert @ Moody), February 11, 2026; Sweet Charity, April 17-May 3; Little Women, lyricstage.org

  • Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas: Season 2025-’26, mystery-thriller The Cat and the Canary, November 7-22; Alan Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Loves, January 16-31, 2026; Native Gardens by Karen Zacarias, March 6-21; Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy, June 12-27; Inherit the Wind, July 24-August 8, mainstageirving.com

  • Mainstage Classic Theatre (Mansfield): mainstageclassictheatre.org

  • McKinney Repertory Theatre: mckinneyrep.org

  • Mesquite Arts Theatre: Stephen King’s A Christmas Story, December 5-21, mesquiteartscenter.org

  • Mid-Cities Arts Collective: midcitiesartscollective.org

  • Musical.Writers.com: musicalwriters.com

  • NTPA Repertory Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show, October 24-November 2 (@ Rodenbaugh Theatre, Willow Bend Center of the Arts), ntparep.org

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

  • Onstage in Bedford: One Christmas Carol, December 4-21, onstageinbedford.com

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

  • Outcry Theatre: https://www.outcrytheatre.com/

  • Parker County Theatre Company (Aledo): parkercountytheatre.com

  • Pegasus Theatre: https://pegasustheatre.org

  • Plague Mask Players: plaguemaskplayers.org

  • Plaza Theatre (Cleburne): The Time Machine, October 24-November 15, plazatheatre.com

  • Pocket Sandwich Theatre: pocketsandwich.com

  • Repertory Company Theatre (Richardson): rcttheatre.com

  • Resolute Theatre Project: resolutetheatreproject.org

  • Richardson Theatre Centre: Let’s Murder Marsha, October 10-November 2; Holiday Radio Play, December 5-21, richardsontheatrecentre.com

  • Rockwall Community Playhouse: rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org

  • Rover Dramawerks (Plano): The Dingdong or Take Me, I’m Yours! by Mark Shanahan, adapted from Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau, November 6-22. (Cox Playhouse) Season announcement, 2026: The Lady Demands Satisfaction, January 15-February 1, 2026; All’s Fair in Love and Theatre, March 12-28; One Day Only 32, April 11; 10-Minute Comedies, July 30-August 15; A Texas Romance, September 10-26; Making God Laugh, November 5-21, roverdramawerks.com

  • Runway Theatre (Grapevine): runwaytheatre.com

  • SceneShop: artsfifthavenue.org

  • Second Thought Theatre: A season of plays by North TX playwrights! Incarnate by Parker Davis Gray, October 15-November 1, secondthoughttheatre.com

  • Shakespeare Dallas: MacBeth at Theatre Three (in the round), January 17-31, 2026, shakespearedallas.org

  • Shakespeare Everywhere: shakespeareeverywhere.com

  • Shakespeare LIVE!… (Arlington, FREE, outdoors @ Levitt Pavilion): New troupe led by former Shakespeare Dallas head Raphael Parry, shakespearelive.org

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

  • Soul Rep Theatre: soulrep.org

  • Stage West: Season 47 begins this fall, w/ six regional premieres coming up: Ride the Cyclone, October 16-November 2; All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, December 3-21; Where We Stand, January 29-February 15, 2026 (co-pro w/ Dallas Theater Center); A Case for the Existence of God, March 12-29; Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Ghost Machine, June 3=28; The Cottage, August 12-30; For more details on the season’s shows, go to: stagewest.org/season47 … Main website stagewest.org

  • Stolen Shakespeare Guild: Note NEW VENUE 3623 Decatur Avenue, Fort Worth…Festival 2025 “Masks of Deception”: Twelfth Night, October 10-November 11 (in rotation with) Richard III, October 17-November 1; A Christmas Carol, December 5-21, https://www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

  • Sundown Collaborative Theatre (Denton): sundowntheatre.org

  • Sweet Apple Productions: sweetappleproductions.com

  • Teatro Dallas: teatrodallas.org

  • Theatre Arlington: Holmes for the Holidays, December 5-21, plus two family musicals (Goldie & The Bears and Mary Poppins JR), theatrearlington.org

  • Theatre Coppell: Fruitcakes, December 5-21, theatrecoppell.com

  • Theatre Denton: Dial M for Murder, October 31-November 9; The Sound of Music, December 11-21, theatredenton.com

  • Theatre Frisco: Around the World in 80 Days, October 17-November 2, theatrefrisco.com

  • Theatre Off the Square (Weatherford): The Woman in Black, October 17-November 2; Dear Jack. Dear Louise. December 5-21, http://www.theatreoffthesquare.org

  • Theatre Rocks! (Ennis): theatrerocks.com

  • Theatre Three: The Trade: A Tragedy in Four Quarters (Dallas Mavs), October 9-November 2; Goblin Market (Theatre Too), November 13-December 7; The Lion in Winter, December 4-28; Deer (Theatre Too), January 29-February 22, 2026; Penelope (music & lyrics by Alex Bechtel), February 19-March 22; The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (adapted by Blake Hackler), April 16-May 10; Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, June 11-July 12, theatre3dallas.com

  • Undermain Theatre’s 42nd Season: The Season of Solace — Action by Sam Shephard, November 6-December 7; The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, February 12-March 8, 2026; Saturn Return by Gracie Gardner, April 30-May 24; The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner, June 11-28—plus a season extra, the premiere of Jiles King’s St. Miles, March 20-22, https://www.undermain.org

  • Upright Theatre Company (Euless, Adult & Youth productions): Young Frankenstein, October 3-November 2; Willy Wonka JR., November 15-December 20, uprighttheatre.org

  • Uptown Players: uptownplayers.org

  • Urban Arts Center: urbanartsonline.com

  • WaterTower Theatre: The Graduate, January 20-February 8, 2026; Goodnight Oscar, March 24-April 12; School of Rock, May 19-31; Wonderland, September 15-27, https://www.watertowertheatre.org/

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