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2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®

Theater made in Dallas, for Dallas!

1. FULL SEASONSeven extraordinary plays and musicals.

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.

3. STUDIO SEASON Three cutting-edge new plays in high-impact productions

performed in the intimate Wyly Studio Theatre.

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Dallas Theater Center 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award®

DTC lets the sunshine in with a fully-immersive, 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.

Sept 22–Oct 22, 2017Wyly Theatre

book and lyrics by GEROME RAGNI & JAMES RADOmusic by GALT MACDERMOT directed by KEVIN MORIARTYchoreography by ANN YEEmusic direction by VONDA K. BOWLING

produced for the broadway stage by michael butleroriginally produced by the new york shakespeare festival theatre

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.

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Produced in association with the Theatre Division, Meadows School of the Arts / Southern Methodist University.

FRANKENSTEIN

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. produced in association with the Theatre Division, Meadows School of the Arts / Southern Methodist University.

Feb 2–March 4, 2018Kalita Humphreys Theater

by NICK DEAR adapted from the novel by MARY SHELLEY directed by JOEL FERRELL

“BET YOU’VE NEVER SEEN BABY PICTURES LIKE THESE”Ben Brantley, The New York Times




Part 2 of All the Waythe GREAT SOCIETY

“JOHNSON, BY DINT OF THEATRICAL MAGIC, LIVES AGAIN.”

Charles McNulty,LA Times

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.

by ROBERT SCHENKKANdirected by KEVIN MORIARTY

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.

March 9–April 1, 2018Wyly Theatre

a co-production with houston’s Alley Theatre


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.

by AARON LOEB directed by KEVIN MORIARTY

April 20–May 13, 2018Kalita Humphreys Theater

“IN THE NAME OF THE CONSTITUTION OF TEXAS, WHICH HAS BEEN TRAMPLED UPON, I REFUSE TO TAKE THIS OATH.”

Sam Houston



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.

by BOO KILLEBREWdirected by LEE SUNDAY EVANS

Aug 30-Oct 1, 2017Wyly Studio Theatre

“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


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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.

by TANYA SARACHOdirected by CHRISTIE VELA

Dec 6, 2017–Jan 7, 2018Wyly Studio Theatre

“SARACHO’S DIALOGUE IS WITTY”

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:

“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!

White Rabbit

Red Rabbit“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



May 30-July 1, 2018Wyly Studio Theatre

by CHARLES DICKENS adapted by KEVIN MORIARTYdirected by LEE TRULL

Nov 22-Dec 28, 2017Wyly Theatre

‘Tis the season to be jolly, when the family-favorite, holiday production of A Christmas Carol returns to the Wyly Theatre. In this delightfully re-imagined 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.

“SERVES UP THE SPIRIT OF

THE SEASON WITH GENUINE

HEART”

Jessica FritscheD Magazine

Holiday Add-On

A Christmas Carol 2014. photo by karen almond.


featuring BRAD LELAND from

Friday Night Lights as Ebenezer Scrooge

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clockwise, from top left: All the Way; Deferred Action; FLY; Giant; Les Misérables; Oedipus el Rey; Dreamgirls.photos by karen almond.

cover: Henry IV. photo by nan coulter.


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