DTC Announces Kevin Moriarty Contract Extension

Dallas Theater Center's Board of Trustees announced today the extension of Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty's contract until August 2014. Moriarty joine DTC in 2007 as the theater's sixth artistic director. Since his arrival, he has led the formation of a resident Acting Company, an expansion of the theater's programming to include nationally recognized world premieres and large scale musicals, and the creation of many collaborations within the community, including partnerships with Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and the Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the He has also directed six productions, including the much-acclaimed inaugural production at the Wyly Theatre, A Midsummer Night's Dream.

"We are beyond thrilled to have Kevin Moriarty as artistic director for at least another four years," said Board Chairman Frank A. Risch. "Kevin is a wonderfully tanented artist and inspiring leader who has had an enormous impact on the company's many successes since his arrival. We are truly fortunate to have an artistic director with the vision, ambition and creative energy that is evident in his work, and we look forward to continuing this artistic journey with Kevin for many years to come."

The theater also announces that it concluded its first season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Tehatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center with a budget surplus. "This is the eighth time in the last ten years that the company has ended its fiscal year in the black, a remarkable achievement in American regional theater," said Risch. "As we look back on the past year and a half, it is exciting to witness the tremendous growth of the company in both artistic achievement and fiscal responsibility. This is a testament to DTC's steadfast financial discipline and its commitment to producing an artistic product of the highest quality. Dallas Theater Center would not have been able to do this without the dedicated leadership of the board of trustees, the continued support of our donors and sponsors, and the tireless efforts of our staff."

About Dallas Theater Center:

One of the leading regional theaters in the country, Dallas Theater Center (DTC) performs to an audience of more than 90,000 North Texas residents annually. Founded in 1959, DTC is now a resident company of the AT&T Performing ARts Center and presents its mainstage season at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. DTC also presents productions at its original home, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, the only freestanding theater designed and built by Frank Lloyd Wright. The mission of the DTC is to engage, entertain and inspire our diverse community by creating experiences that stimulate new ways of thinking and living. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Kevin Moriarty, DTC is committed to consistently producing plays, educational programs ad community initiatives that are of the highest quality and reach the broadest possible constituency.

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