Up & Coming Theater

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  • Allen Contemporary Theatre: 2026 season: Men on Boats, January 23-February 8; Escanaba in the Moonlight, March 13-29; Our Town, May 1-17; 1776, June 26-July 12; Laughter on the 23rd Floor, August 4-30; 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: 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): Popovich Comedy Pet Theatre, January 27(“direct from Las Vegas!”); The Vagina Monologues, February 7-21; Suite Surrender, February 13-March 1; Masquerade of Shadows (murder mystery / dinner theatre), March 27-April 5; The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, April 17-May 3; The Monkey’s Paw, May 8-16; The Outsiders, May 8-17; The Golden Girls Musical, May 22-June 7; The Princess Bride: The Parody, June 12-July 5; 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: The Music Man, March 12-14; Kinky Boots, April 23-25; Stereophonic, May 8-10; Monty Python’s Spamalot, July 9-12. Add-on shows: Ragtime, April 2-19; MOMIX: Botanica, June 6; Clue, June 16-28, attpac.org

  • Auriga Stage Productions: aurigaproductions

  • Bass Performance Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth): “Broadway at the Bass” series— Six, February 10-15; 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. Add-on shows: Hadestown, June 6-7; Hamilton, July 15-26, basshall.com

  • Bishop Arts Theatre Center: Banned Books Festival, February 19-March 8 (original short plays by local playwright, centered around Ijeoma Oluo’s book So You Want to Talk About Race). bishopartstheatre.org

  • Blue Firebox Theater Company (Denton) bluefireboxtheatercompany.com

  • Broadway Dallas: [Shows at Music Hall in Fair Park unless noted.] Kimberly Akimbo, January 6-18 (@ Winspear); 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: World premiere of Medea/Liturgia by award-winning Colombian playwright Fernando Montoya, February 7-22; Staged reading of play Mariachi, a co-project of Cara Mia and UT Austin, July 19; caramiatheatre.org

  • Casa Manana: The Wizard of Oz, January 23-February 15; Aretha: The Queen of Soul (Reid Cabaret), January 27-February 22; Hairspray, February 28-March 8; You Don’t Own Me: The Fearless Females of the 1960s (Reid), March 10-15; The Sponge Bob Musical (youth edition), March 21-April 12; The Music of Fleetwood Mac (Reid), March 31-April 24; 100 Years of Sammy Davis, Jr., May 12-17; Come From Away, May 30-June 7; Yacht Rock: It Rocks…But Not Too Hard (Reid), June 9-28; Rent, July 30-August 2, casamanana.org

  • CenterStage Theatre Works: cstheatreworks.com

  • Circle Theatre:”ICONIC” 45th season— A Night With Janis Joplin, January 22-February 14; King James by Rajiv Joseph, March 2-28; Rent, April 23-May 16; Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill, June 25-July 18; I’m Gonna Marry You, Tobey Maguire, August 20-September 12; The Leopard Play, or, old songs for lost boys, October 15-November 2, circletheatre.com 

  • The Classics Theatre Project: The Maids, February 6-March 8; theclassicstheatreproject.com

  • The Core Theatre (Richardson): To Kill a Mockingbird, January 15-February 15; Charley’s Aunt, March 10-April 12; Everynight Live (sketch comedy), May 8-21; Ruby Tuesday (Mike Byham), June 26-July 9; Tennessee Rub (Kim E. Ruyle), August 7-30; My Favorite Christmas, December -20, thecoretheatre.org

  • Dallas Children’s Theater: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show, January 24-February 28; Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey, March 27-29; dct.org

  • Dallas Theater Center: Fat Ham, January 30-February 8, 2026 (Kalita Humphreys); 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: You Must Wear a Hat, February 27-March 14; The Roommate, June 19-July 4, echotheatre.org

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

  • Fair Assembly:  fairassembly.com

  • Family Music Theatre: Disney’s Frozen, February 27-March 14; Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, dates TBA; Annie, dates TBA, familymusictheatre.com

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

  • The Firehouse Theatre: Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash), January 29-February 15; The Producers, March 12-29; Sister Act, May 14-31; Shrek the Musical! June 25-July 12; Grease!, August 6-23; Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, October 15-November 1; Disney’s Frozen! December 3-20, thefirehousetheatre.com

  • The Fleetwood Project (Mansfield): May We All, February 8-15; 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: Curtains, The Musical Comedy Whodunit, January 30-February 15; Neil Simon’s Rumors, March 13-29; garlandcivic.org

  • Garland Summer Musicals: Fiddler on the Roof, June 12-21; Hello, Dolly!, July 17-26, garlandsummermusicals.org

  • Granbury Theatre Company: Sherlock Holmes story Baskerville, January 23-February 8; Take Me Home: The Music of John Denver, February 13-14; Beginnings: A Celebration of the Music of Chicago, February 20-21; Anything Goes, February 27-March 22, granburytheatrecompany.org

  • Grand Prairie Arts Council: The Prince of Egypt: The Musical, March 13-22; artsgp.org

  • Greenville Theatre Works: The Lion in Winter, March 6-8, 13-15; musical 9 To 5, June 12-14,19-21; The Cottage, September 4-6, 11-13; gtwlive.com

  • Hip Pocket Theatre: HPT’s 50th Season starts this summer! hippocket.org

  • The Hopeful Theatre Project: Something Rotten!, March 6-21; hopefultheatreproject.com

  • Inkspark: Text-driven company… inksparktheatre.com

  • Jubilee Theatre: Season 45: Hype Man: A Break Beat Play, January 30-February 27; Test to Testimony: Adaptation of God’s Trombones, March 27-April 26; Reunion at Bartlesville, May 29-June 28; Klook and Vinette, July 31-August 21; 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. Pompei!!! by Cameron Cobb, Michael Federico, and Max Hartman, February 5-March 1; Dream Hou$e by Eliana Pipes, April 9-May 3; Venus by Steve Yockey, June 5-28; New Works Festival (Staged Reading Series), June 13 and June 27, kitchendogtheater.org

  • Lakeside Community Theatre (The Colony): August: Osage County, February 13-28; The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), April 17-May 2; Steel Magnolias, June 12-27; Little Shop of Horrors, August 7-27; Sam Shepard’s True West, October 2-17, lctthecolony.com

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

  • Lip Service Productions: lipserviceproductions.info

  • Lyric Stage: Lyric’s 32nd season upcoming — Little Women, February 6-22; Dallas Divas (One-night concert @ Moody), February 11, 2026; Sweet Charity, April 17-May 3, lyricstage.org

  • Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas: Alan Ayckbourn’s How the Other Half Loves, January 16-31; 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): Summer Musical, June 11-14, info TBA; Hadestown (teen edition), July 17-18, mainstageclassictheatre.org

  • McKinney Repertory Theatre: The McKinney New Works Play Reading Festival (young playwrights), February 12, 19, 26, mckinneyrep.org

  • Mesquite Arts Theatre: Murder on the Orient Express, February 6-22, mesquiteartscenter.org

  • Mid-Cities Arts Collective: Anne of Green Gables, March 14-22, midcitiesartscollective.org

  • Musical.Writers.com: musicalwriters.com

  • NTPA Repertory Theatre: Hello, Dolly!, March 27-April 4, ntparep.org

  • Ochre House Theater: Play by resident artist Justin Locklear TBA, https://www.ochrehousetheater.org/

  • Onstage in Bedford: Greater Tuna, February 5-22; Sylvia, March 22-April 12; The Emperor’s New Clothes (musical), June 4-21; Crimes of the Heart, July 30-August 16; Rope, September 24-October 11; Every Christmas Story Ever Told, December 3-20, onstageinbedford.com

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

  • Outcry Theatre: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, January 16-25 (youth production); Shrek: The Musical, June 18-21 (community production); https://www.outcrytheatre.com/

  • Parker County Theatre Company (Aledo): A Midsummer Night’s Dream, April 4, 5, 6; parkercountytheatre.com

  • Pegasus Theatre: https://pegasustheatre.org

  • Plague Mask Players: plaguemaskplayers.org

  • Plaza Theatre (Cleburne): Million Dollar Quartet, December 31-January 31; Man With the Pointed Toes (western comedy), February 6-28; The Wizard of Oz, March 6-April 4; Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, April 10-May 9; The Foreigner, May 15-June 6; Titanic the Musical, June 12-July 11; Jane Eyre (musical), July 17-August 8; Hallmark’ed, August 14-September 12; 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: pocketsandwich.com

  • Repertory Company Theatre (Richardson): The Hunchback of Notre Dame, February 13-15; Curtains the Musical, March 13-22; The Producers, April 10-19; Grease, June 19-28; Kiss Me Kate, July 17-August 2. Shows September--December will be announced in March. rcttheatre.com

  • Resolute Theatre Project: resolutetheatreproject.org

  • Richardson Theatre Centre: Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced, February 6-March 1; Over the River and Through the Woods, April 10-May 3; Kong’s Night Out, June 5-28; See How They Run, August 7-30; Night Watch, October 9-November 1, richardsontheatrecentre

  • Rockwall Community Playhouse: rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org

  • Rover Dramawerks (Plano): 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: secondthoughttheatre.com

  • Shakespeare Dallas: MacBeth at Theatre Three, January 17-31. Summer/Fall 2026: The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Jenni Stewart, June 12-July 19; Alice in Wonderland directed by Natalie Young, June 19-July 17; Titus Andronicus directed by Dr. Danielle Georgiou, September 18-October 18. 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: August Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean (directed by Jemal McNeil) February 5-22; Madam Queen, April 3-19; Ted Shine New Play Festival 2026, June 5-22, soulrep.org

  • Stage West: Season 47: Where We Stand, January 29-February 15 (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: [NEW VENUE 3623 Decatur Avenue, Fort Worth]. Sense and Sensibility, February 6-22; Oklahoma!, April 10-26; Footloose The Musical, July 10-28; Steel Magnolias, August 7-16; As You Like It, October 9-November 1, and (in rotating rep) King Lear, October 16-31; White Christmas, December 4-20, https://www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

  • Sundown Collaborative Theatre (Denton): sundowntheatre.org

  • Sweet Apple Productions: sweetappleproductions.com

  • Teatro Dallas: 22nd International Theatre Festival, February 7-21 (Latino Cultural Center), teatrodallas.org

  • Theatre Arlington: Damn Yankees, February 13-March 1; Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, May 1-17; The Wiz, June 5-21; 33 Variations by Moses Kaufman, August 14-30; 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: The Fantasticks, February 6-22; Esther; For Such a Time As This, February 13-14; Mama Won’t Fly, March 27-April 12 theatrecoppell.com

  • Theatre Denton: The Revolutionists, January 30-February 8; You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, February 20-March 1; Calvin Berger, The Musical, March 20-29; To Kill a Mockingbird, April 10-19; Annie, May 1-3; The Importance of Being Earnest, May 22-31; I Hate Hamlet, June 19-28; Oklahoma!, July 17-August 2; The Diary of Anne Frank, August 21-30; When Hitchcock Met Addams, September 11-13; The Addams Family Musical, October 8-18; The Mousetrap, November 6-15; A Christmas Carol, December 10-20, theatredenton.com

  • Theatre Frisco: Working: A Musical, February 13-March 1; Sylvia, May 1-17; Big Fish (musical), July 23-August 9; The Cottage, October 30-November 15, theatrefrisco.com

  • Theatre Off the Square (Weatherford): http://www.theatreoffthesquare.org

  • Theatre Rocks! (Ennis): Winter, by Mark Scharf, February 6-22 (Fr/Sat/Sun) theatrerocks.com

  • Theatre Three: Deer (Theatre Too), January 29-February 22; 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 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 (adult & youth productions): Seussical, February 20-March 27; The Play That Goes Wrong, April 10-May 3; Camelot, May 15-June 14; Peter Pan JR., June 27-August 1; In the Heights, August 14-September 13; Misery, October 2-25; Annie JR., November 14-December 19, uprighttheatre.org

  • Uptown Players: Pure Glitter by Douglas Lyons, March 20-29, 2026; Broadway Our Way: Fractured Fairy Tales, April 30-May 3; Bonus show Together (Uptown + Bruce Wood Dance!), June 20-21; Urinetown the Musical, June 10-19; Application Pending, August 20-20; Paula Vogel’s Mother Play (regional premiere), August 21-30; uptownplayers.org

  • Urban Arts Center: Stage Black: a Festival of New Plays, February 6, 7, 8, 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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