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2. MAINSTAGE SEASON
Four exciting, entertaining plays and musicals that will bring classic
stories and history to life in thrilling new productions performed in the
Wyly Theatre and the Kalita Humphreys Theater.
Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®
1. FULL SEASON
Seven extraordinary plays
and musicals.
3. STUDIO SEASON
Three cutting-edge new plays in high-impact productions
performed in the intimate Wyly Studio Theatre.
GEROME RAGNI & JAMES RADO
GALT MACDERMOT
directed by KEVIN MORIARTY
choreography by ANN YEE
music direction by VONDA K. BOWLING
book and lyrics by
music by
WARNING: This production will include
Hippies cursing, smoking pot, getting
naked, mocking societal conventions,
meditating, taking LSD, flaunting
their sexuality, celebrating their race,
creating a happening, singing and
dancing. Also, there will be audience
participation.
Consider yourself warned, and come
to the Be-In.
DTC lets the sunshine in with a fullyimmersive, only-at-the-Wyly production of
the groundbreaking classic rock musical.
50 years after its premiere, Hair continues
to assault the status quo, while shining
a bright light on the power of love over
hate, peace over war, freedom over
repression, and hope over despair. At
once emblematic of its era and relevant
for a new generation of audiences today,
the story follows a group of young people
as they navigate their relationships
with their country and with each other.
Overflowing with free love, buzzing with
youthful energy, and pulsing with iconic
rock anthems, DTC’s Hair brings the Age
of Aquarius into the twenty-first century.
produced for the broadway stage by michael butler
originally produced by the new york shakespeare festival theatre
Sept 22–Oct 22, 2017
Wyly Theatre
part of the FULL SEASON and
MAINSTAGE SEASON Subscriptions
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by
NICK DEAR
MARY SHELLEY
JOEL FERRELL
adapted from the novel by
directed by
When Dr. Frankenstein’s experiment
goes horribly awry, he resolves to
destroy the terrifying creature he
has unleashed upon the world. But
can he kill his own creation without
becoming a monster himself? Mary
Shelley’s 200-year-old horror story,
widely regarded as the original science
fiction novel, continues to challenge
the modern imagination. And Nick
Dear’s electrifying new adaptation, full
of shocking twists and turns, is sure to
keep audiences on the edge of their
seats as it brings Frankenstein (and his
monster) to life.
Theatre
Division, Meadows School of the Arts /
Southern Methodist University.
produced in association with the
FRANKENSTEIN
“BET YOU’VE
NEVER
SEEN
BABYSchool
PICTURES
THESE”
Produced in association
with the Theatre
Division,
Meadows
of the ArtsLIKE
/ Southern
Methodist University.
Ben Brantley, The New York Times
DallasTheaterCenter.org
Feb 2–March 4, 2018
Kalita Humphreys Theater
part of the FULL SEASON and
MAINSTAGE SEASON Subscriptions
the
GREAT SOCIETY
“JOHNSON,
BY DINT OF
THEATRICAL
MAGIC,
LIVES
AGAIN.”
Charles McNulty,
LA Times
DallasTheaterCenter.org
by
ROBERT SCHENKKAN
KEVIN MORIARTY
directed by
Part 2 of
All the Way
The Great Society follows the success of
Dallas Theater Center’s 2016 production
of All the Way, continuing the story of
Lyndon Johnson’s turbulent presidency
in the second part of Robert Schenkkan’s
epic theatrical event. While the president
fights a “war on poverty” at home, his war
in Viet Nam begins to spiral out of control.
Besieged by political enemies, Johnson
desperately campaigns to pass civil
rights legislation and some of the most
important social programs in American
history, even while the country turns
against him and descends into chaos.
Filled with a cast of legendary characters
- from Martin Luther King, Jr. to Bobby
Kennedy and Richard Nixon - The Great
Society is an exhilarating examination of
power, morality and change.
a co-production with houston’s
Alley Theatre
Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson.
LBJ Library photo taken on 12/3/1963 by Yoichi Okamoto
in the Oval Office at the White House, W28-12.
March 9–April 1, 2018
Wyly Theatre
part of the FULL SEASON and
MAINSTAGE SEASON Subscriptions
“IN THE NAME OF
THE CONSTITUTION
OF TEXAS, WHICH
HAS BEEN TRAMPLED
UPON, I REFUSE TO
TAKE THIS OATH.”
Sam Houston
by
AARON LOEB
KEVIN MORIARTY
directed by
On the eve of the state’s secession in
1861, Governor Sam Houston is torn
between loyalty to Texas and loyalty
to the United States. As he weighs the
terrible choice he must make, certain
of the devastating cost of either path,
Houston tells Jeff Hamilton (his office
clerk and slave) of a time when he, and
the Union itself, stood trial. This searing,
world-premiere drama presents the true
story of some of America’s most famous
leaders – Andrew Jackson, Francis
Scott Key, and John Quincy Adams,
among others – and one man’s struggle
with what it means to be brave in the
land of the free.
April 20–May 13, 2018
Kalita Humphreys Theater
part of the FULL SEASON and
MAINSTAGE SEASON Subscriptions
Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®
directed by
by BOO KILLEBREW
LEE SUNDAY EVANS
In the South, tradition is sacred and
change is slow. So when the Civil
Rights movement comes to Jackson,
Mississippi, it’s in for a brutal fight.
Spanning the 1960s and 70s,
Miller, Mississippi tells the story of
one family that falls apart as the country
attempts to come together. In the classic
Southern Gothic tradition, the world
premiere of this tragic new play will
stun minds and break hearts, as the
personal and political combine to bring
about the Miller family’s undoing.
Aug 30-Oct 1, 2017
Wyly Studio Theatre
FULL SEASON and
STUDIO SEASON Subscriptions
part of the
Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®
“KILLEBREW’S
PERSPECTIVE
AS A WRITER
CAN BE TRACED
TO THE TENSION
BETWEEN HER
GENTEEL SOUTHERN
UPBRINGING AND
HER FREE-SPIRITED
SOUL.”
Christopher Wallenberg,
The Boston Globe
“SARACHO’S
DIALOGUE IS WITTY”
by
TANYA SARACHO
CHRISTIE VELA
directed by
When Lucia, a young Mexican born
novelist, begins her dream career as
a television writer in L.A, she finds
herself much more comfortable with
the only other Latino around, one of the
janitors, than with anyone in the writers’
room. This new comic-drama by Tanya
Saracho, a writer for HBO’s Girls and
ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder,
poses tricky questions about identity
and community, as Lucia struggles to
bridge the distance between where she
came from and where she’s going.
Dec 6, 2017–Jan 7, 2018
Wyly Studio Theatre
part of the FULL SEASON and
STUDIO SEASON Subscriptions
Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Alexis Soloski,
The New York Times
by
NASSIM SOLEIMANPOUR
THE PLAY YOU WILL SEE IS SEALED
INSIDE AN ENVELOPE. The actor who
will perform this play has never seen
it. In fact, there is a new actor every
performance, and they’ve only been told
what is absolutely necessary:
White Rabbit
“Do not Google this play. Prepare to
impersonate a XXX. Once you start, you
must finish... NO MATTER WHAT.”
WHITE RABBIT RED RABBIT has been
called a play. But it’s a lively, global
sensation that no one is allowed to talk
about. Its award-winning playwright
is Iranian. His words have escaped
censorship and are awaiting you,
the audience. Slyly humorous and
audaciously pointed, this ‘theater
entertainment meets social experiment’
is unlike anything, and will make you
question everything. Have fun!
May 30-July 1, 2018
Wyly Studio Theatre
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STUDIO SEASON Subscriptions
DallasTheaterCenter.org
“A DAZZLING, TRANSCENDENT
PIECE OF ALIVE-AND-KICKING
THEATER... I EXPERIENCED
A PLAY THAT NO ONE IN
THE WORLD WILL EVER
EXPERIENCE AGAIN... THE
WHOLE BUILDING FELT LIKE IT
WAS LIVING AND BREATHING.”
Entertainment Weekly,
Critics Grade: A
Red Rabbit
“SERVES UP
THE SPIRIT OF
THE SEASON
WITH GENUINE
HEART”
Jessica Fritsche
D Magazine
Holiday Add-On
CHARLES DICKENS
KEVIN MORIARTY
directed by LEE TRULL
by
adapted by
‘Tis the season to be jolly, when the
family-favorite, holiday production
of A Christmas Carol returns to the
Wyly Theatre. In this delightfully reimagined take on Dickens’ enduring
classic the audience is surrounded
by the actors, with magical ghosts
flying above, scary ghosts bursting
out of the floor, and snow falling on
everyone. Full of traditional Christmas
hymns and songs in fresh, toe-tapping
musical arrangements, joyful bursts of
choreography, and eye-popping special
effects, A Christmas Carol is Dallas’
favorite “must-see” holiday tradition.
featuring
BRAD LELAND from
Friday Night Lights as
Ebenezer Scrooge
A Christmas Carol 2014. photo by karen almond.
Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®
Nov 22-Dec 28, 2017
Wyly Theatre
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