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Cry Havoc Theater Company's Final Performance ENDLINGS Happening In Partnership With Dallas Children's Theater This February


by A.A. Cristi - February 09, 2023

Dallas Children's Theater will present the final production of Cry Havoc Theater Company. ENDLINGS, running February 12 - February 19, at DCT, is a powerful play that challenges all of us to think about the world we are leaving to the young people. ...

Cry Havoc Theater Company Will Present its Final Performance ENDLINGS in Partnership With Dallas Children's Theater


by Stephi Wild - February 09, 2023

Dallas Children's Theater will present the final production of Cry Havoc Theater Company. ENDLINGS, running February 12 - February 19, at DCT, is a powerful play that challenges all of us to think about the world we are leaving to the young people. ...

Dallas Children's Theater Adds Six New Board Members


by A.A. Cristi - February 06, 2023

Dallas Children's Theater has announced six new members to their Board of Trustees who officially join the leadership group this month. Led by board president, Jim Markus, these new members will assist DCT in strategic planning and help establish policies and procedures that will ensure the best pos...

Harry Connick Jr.'s THE HAPPY ELF Stops On By Dallas Children's Theater


by Stephi Wild - November 16, 2022

The Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT) 2022-2023 Season dashes into the holidays with famous jazz artist Harry Connick Jr.’s THE HAPPY ELF running November 27 thru December 23. ...

JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL Opens On Dallas Children's Theater Stage Late September


by A.A. Cristi - September 19, 2022

Dallas Children's Theater (DCT) opens its 2022-2023 season with JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL, running from September 24 – October 30, 2022 at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts. ...

JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL Opens On Dallas Children's Theater Stage Late September


by A.A. Cristi - September 15, 2022

Dallas Children's Theater opens its 2022-2023 season with JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL, running from September 24 – October 30, 2022 at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts. ...

JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL Opens at Dallas Children's Theater This Month


by Stephi Wild - September 01, 2022

Dallas Children's Theater (DCT) opens its 2022-2023 season with JUNIE B.'s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL, running from September 24 – October 30, 2022 at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts. Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones books have been a staple on family shelves for years, but this family musi...

Dallas Children's Theater Announces 2022-2023 Season Of Plays


by Stephi Wild - June 23, 2022

Whether it is Junie B. Jones looking for the perfect advice to lead her class, a plucky pigeon that desperately wants to drive a school bus (in spite of his very short legs), an elf with a dream, or a spider determined to save the life of a friend; the “can-do” spirit that permeates these plays rein...

Dallas Children's Theater Presents 10 SECONDS


by A.A. Cristi - April 13, 2022

What does a complex situation look like when given time and a willingness to understand all perspectives? Dallas Children's Theater's newest play, 10 SECONDS, recommended for ages 13 and up, aims to encourage reflection and de-escalation in a world where deeply-rooted biases and misperceptions easil...

Fantasy and Heroism Abound in Dallas Children's Theater's Production of THE LION, TH E WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE


by A.A. Cristi - March 23, 2022

Dallas Children's Theater is taking audiences to Narnia in THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE running April 3 – May 15, 2022....

Past Shows

John Steptoe’s MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS: AN AFRICAN TALE


John Steptoe’s MUFARO’S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS: AN AFRICAN TALE Adapted for the stage by Karen Abbott Music and Lyrics by S-Ankh Rasa Directed by S-Ankh Rasa ...

JUNIE B.’s ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL


Listen up, I tell you! Junie B. Jones is back, and shes got some advice to giveeventually. It was her brilliant idea to put together ...

CIRCO METROPOLIS
CIRCO METROPOLIS
9/18 - 9/26/2021


DCT presentsCIRCO METROPOLISCreated by Dick Monday and Tiffany RileyProduced by Laughter League, Inc.September 18 September 26, 2021Recommended for ages 5 and upOh, how weve missed ...

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE!
1/25 - 2/23/2020


This award-winning musical teaches history, grammar, math, science and politics through clever, tuneful songs, instructing a whole new generation to “Do the Circulation,” “Unpack Your ...


adapt: Jonathan Rockefeller; dir: Douglass Burks....

LITTLE WOMEN: THE MUSICAL
12/7 - 12/22/2019


adapt: Louisa May Alcott; book: Allan Knee; lyrics: Mindi Dickstein; music: Jason Howland....


lyrics: Howard Ashman, Tim Rice; music: Alan Menken; dir: Nancy Schaeffer....

TUCK EVERLASTING
3/22 - 4/7/2019


What would you do if you had all eternity? Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not ...

ELLA ENCHANTED: THE MUSICAL
1/25 - 2/24/2019


As a baby Ella is given the “gift” of obedience by a misguided fairy, and cannot disobey any order. Now a teenager, the strong-willed Ella ...


Jerome Hairston; dir: Peter C. Brosius....

Lone Star Circus?? FOREVER
Lone Star Circus?? FOREVER
12/28 - 1/1/2019


World Premiere...

Lone Star Circus® FOREVER
12/28 - 1/1/2019


Baker Theater:...


Mary Pope Osborne; book: Jenny Laird, Will Osborne; lyrics: Randy Courts, Will Osborne; music: Randy Courts....

A WRINKLE IN TIME
10/19 - 10/28/2018


On a dark and stormy night…so begins the fantasy adventure sending three children across space and time. Along the way, they must rely on their ...

TREASURE ISLAND Reimagined!
9/23 - 10/21/2018


adapt: Jeffrey Colangelo, Robyn Flatt, Katy Tye. World Premiere...

How i Became a Pirate
6/15 - 7/8/2018


Baker Theater: Mark Friedman, Janet Yates Vogt; book: Mark Friedman, Janet Yates Vogt; lyrics: Mark Friedman, Janet Yates Vogt; music: Mark Friedman, Janet Janet....


Mar?_a F. Rocha, Roxanne Schroeder-Arce; music: H?ctor Mart?_nez Morales; dir: Robyn Flatt. Dallas Children's Theater:...


Eric Carle's strikingly bold images spring to life in the stage production of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which tells the tale of the hungry caterpillar's ...

Screen Play
2/9 - 2/18/2018


Linda Daugherty. Robyn Flatt Studio Theater:...


Baker Theater:...

Ghouls and Graveyards
10/13 - 10/29/2017


Philip Schaeffer....


Mysterious events befall the theater and no one can be sure if it’s just coincidence or the work of…The Phantom! Brooke and Zeke are excited ...


adapt: Karen Abbott; book: S-Ankh Rasa; lyrics: S-Ankh Rasa; music: S-Ankh Rasa....


adapt: David Wood....

BLUE
4/21 - 5/7/2017


Annie Cusick Wood....

REWIRE
4/8


Linda Daugherty. World Premiere...

TOMÁS AND THE LIBRARY LADY
3/24 - 4/2/2017


Tomás loves stories! Grandfather tells them every night during the summer when the family leaves Texas to pick crops in Iowa. But soon Tomas knows ...

JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK


The world's funniest kid is back! Junie B. Jones is taking the stage at Dallas Children's Theater for the regional premiere of JUNIE B. JONES ...

EAT (It's Not About Food)
2/10 - 2/19/2017


Linda Daugherty. Robyn Flatt Studio Theater:...


Emily Tarquin. Robyn Flatt Studio Theater:...

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
11/18 - 12/21/2016


All of your favorite peanut characters come to life in the this stage production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". When Charlie Brown complains about the ...

A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS
11/18 - 12/21/2016


All of your favorite peanut characters come to life in the this stage production of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". When Charlie Brown complains about the ...


adapt: B. Wolf; music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky....


adapt: B. Wolf; music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky....

DRACULA: THE VAMPIRE PLAY
10/14 - 10/29/2016


John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane....

DRACULA: THE VAMPIRE PLAY
10/14 - 10/29/2016


John L. Balderston, Hamilton Deane....

SEUSSICAL™
9/16 - 10/23/2016


adapt: Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Eric Idle; book: Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty; lyrics: Lynn Ahrens; music: Stephen Flaherty....

SEUSSICAL™
9/16 - 10/23/2016


adapt: Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Eric Idle; book: Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty; lyrics: Lynn Ahrens; music: Stephen Flaherty....


Roxanne Schroeder; dir: Robyn Flatt. World Premiere...

PINKALICIOUS
6/17 - 7/17/2016


Pinkalicious can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor’s office with Pinkititis, an affliction that ...

Pinkalicious, The Musical
6/17 - 7/17/2016


adapt: Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann from Elizabeth Kann, Victoria Kann; lyrics: John Gregor, Elizabeth Kann; music: John Gregor....


adapt: David Wood....


adapt: Dwayne Hartford....


adapt: B. Wolf from B. Wolf; lyrics: B. Wolf; music: B. Wolf....

A Year with Frog and Toad
1/29 - 2/28/2016


Spend The Summer With Frog and Toad Kids will love A Year With Frog and Toad, a musical based on Arnold Lobel’s popular children’s book ...

dont u luv me?
2/12 - 2/21/2016


Linda Daugherty....

Lone Star Circus Zingari
12/26 - 1/3/2016


The Ghosts of Sleepy Hollow
10/16 - 10/30/2015


Philip Schaeffer....

Fancy Nancy: The Musical
9/18 - 10/25/2015


Based on the bestselling children's book series by Jane O'Connor, FANCY NANCY and her friends are going to perform in their very first show. Nancy ...

JACKIE & ME
5/1 - 5/17/2015


Upperstage: - adapt: Steven Dietz; dir: Courtney Sale....

Balloonacy
4/10 - 4/19/2015


A solitary old man is steadfast in his silent routine until a mischievous balloon finds him and insists on becoming his friend. Through all the ...

TEEN BRAIN: THE MUSICAL
2/20 - 3/1/2015


book: Linda Daugherty; lyrics: Nick Martin; music: Nick Martin....

SKIPPYJON JONES
1/23 - 2/22/2015


adapt: Linda Daugherty; lyrics: Nick Martin; music: Nick Martin....

LONE STAR CIRCUS?
12/27 - 1/4/2015



Stuart Little adapt: Joseph Robinette; dir: K. Doug Miller....

Charlotte's Web
4/25 - 6/1/2014


adapt: Joseph Robinette; dir: Artie Olaisen....

Beauty and the Beast
3/7 - 3/30/2014


Robyn Flatt Studio Theater: adapt: B. Wolf; music: B. Wolf; dir: Douglass Burks, Sally Fiorello....

Mariachi Girl
3/21 - 3/30/2014


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: Roxanne Schroeder-Arce; lyrics: Hector Martinez Morales; music: Hector Martinez Morales; dir: Robyn Flatt....

Go, Dog. Go!
1/24 - 2/23/2014


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: adapt: Steven Dietz, Allison Gregory; lyrics: Michael Koerner; music: Michael Koerner; dir: Nancy Schaeffer....


Robyn Flatt Studio Theater: adapt: Linda Daugherty; lyrics: Linda Daugherty, B. Wolf; music: B. Wolf; dir: Nancy Schaeffer....

Charivari
12/27 - 1/5/2014


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: dir: Fanny Kerwich....


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: adapt: Jennifer Kirkeby; lyrics: Jennifer Kirkeby; music: Shirley Mier; dir: Robyn Flatt....

Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
9/20 - 10/27/2013


The National Theatre's adaptation of Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat is a lively, engaging play with sound effects* for performance by adults for ...


Robyn Flatt Studio Theater: dir: Artie Olaisen....


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: - adapt: Robert Kauzlaric; lyrics: S-Ankh Rasa; music: Paul Gilvary, S-Ankh Rasa, William Rush; dir: Doug Miller....


Paul and Kitty Baker Theater: - adapt: Timothy Allen McDonald; lyrics: Timothy Allen McDonald, Jonathan K. Waller; music: Stephen Gabriel, Timothy Allen McDonald, Jonathan K. ...

Boats
4/19 - 4/21/2013


Direct from Tasmania! (Get your maps!) Set sail with Jof and Nic, two life-long friends cast adrift on the open ocean. With their inventive puppetry, ...

A Wrinkle in Time
3/22 - 4/14/2013


On a dark and stormy night…so begins the fantasy adventure sending three children across space and time. Along the way, they must rely on their ...

Rumpelstiltskin
3/8 - 4/7/2013


Robyn Flatt Studio Theater: - B. Wolf; music: B. Wolf; dir: Kathy Burks....

Goodnight Moon
1/25 - 3/3/2013


Step into the Great Green Room as one of the most iconic children’s books of all time is brought to life. In this lively musical, ...

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
6/22 - 7/15/2012


Broward Center and Miramar Cultural Center present Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters - Family Fun Series. This modern-day Cinderella story starts when a great African King seeks ...


Newmark Theatre: Joan Cushing; book: Doreen Cronin; lyrics: Joan Cushing; music: Joan Cushing; dir: Francisco Garcia....

Anne of Green Gables
3/23 - 4/15/2012

Young King Arthur
3/9 - 4/7/2012


A kid who gets to be a king by pulling sword from a stonehow cool is that?! However, Arthur soon discovers that being in charge ...

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
1/20 - 2/26/2012


For tickets and more information, visit the website....

The Secret Life of Girls
2/10 - 2/26/2012

Madeline's Christmas
11/18 - 12/22/2011

The Nutcracker
11/18 - 12/22/2011


The heart is a child awakening to the magic of the season. Light the fire in a child’s heart (and spark your own childhood wonder) ...

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Repertory Company Theatre (9/6 - 9/15)
Little Shop of Horrors in Dallas Little Shop of Horrors
Repertory Company Theatre (10/11 - 10/27)
Silent Sky in Dallas Silent Sky
Runway Theatre (8/2 - 8/18)
A Christmas Carol the Broadway Musical in Dallas A Christmas Carol the Broadway Musical
Courtyard Theater (12/20 - 12/22)
& Juliet in Dallas & Juliet
Music Hall at Fair Park (1/28 - 2/9)
Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity) in Dallas Shrek the Musical (Non-Equity)
AT&T Performing Arts Center (7/18 - 7/18)
Cinderella in Dallas Cinderella
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