Dates: 2/19/2026 - 3/8/2026
📍 Theatre: Bishop Arts Theatre Center
215 S Tyler St
Dallas, TX 75208
Phone: 2149480716
Tickets: $21-36
Experience the transformative power of storytelling at Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s Banned Books Festival, an electrifying evening of theatre inspired by Ijeoma Oluo’s groundbreaking book So You Want to Talk About Race.
This year’s festival features six bold, original short plays penned by visionary local playwrights who dive fearlessly into the complexities of race, identity, and social justice. Each piece illuminates a different facet of Oluo’s work—sometimes with humor, sometimes with raw vulnerability, always with striking honesty.
More than a night at the theatre, the Banned Books Festival is a communal experience designed to spark dialogue, challenge assumptions, and ignite meaningful reflection. Audiences leave not just moved, but changed.
Bishop Arts Theatre Center will present the SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE BANNED BOOKS FESTIVAL, inspired by the book by Ijeoma Oluo. The festival features six original short plays commissioned from local playwrights and directed by Charles Jackson Jr.
Bishop Arts Theatre Center has revealed its 32nd Theatre Season, featuring King Hedley II by August Wilson, and more. See the full season here and learn how to purchase tickets!
Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) has announced that New York Times bestselling author Heather McGhee will be traveling to Dallas to attend BATC's banned books festival inspired by her book, The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together. Learn more about the festival here!
Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) has announced its 2023 - 2024 Season, which will include The Tragedy of Othello, Black Nativity, THE SUM OF US One-Act Festival, Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, and Jet Fuel.
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Spunk Bryant Hall (10/23-11/01) |
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And Then There Were None Plaza Theatre Company at Dudley Hall (9/18-10/10) |
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The Book of Will Allen Contemporary Theatre (10/02-10/18) |
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Jo Koy Bert Ogden Arena (10/04-10/04) |
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Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express Runway Theatre (1/22-2/07) |
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever A.D. Players at the George Theater (11/25-12/23) |
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Sprin Awakening Theatre Three (9/10-9/27) |
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The Rocky Horror Show North Texas Performing Arts Community Theatre (10/30-11/08) |
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El Exorcista Kalita Humphreys Theater (10/29-11/01) |
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Noir Hamlet Studio Theatre -- The Addison Performing Arts Centre (10/08-11/01) |
