Upcoming Shows
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...
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...
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...
FLOAT is a powerful one-woman show written and performed by Maryum “May May” Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali. In this deeply personal performance, Maryum...
FLOAT is a powerful one-woman show written and performed by Maryum “May May” Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali. In this deeply personal performance, Maryum...
FLOAT is a powerful one-woman show written and performed by Maryum “May May” Ali, daughter of the legendary Muhammad Ali. In this deeply personal performance, Maryum...
Past Shows
This reimagined production of Black Nativity, inspired by Langston Hughes, follows a family coming together to celebrate the holiday season while carrying the weight of...
August Wilson’s King Hedley II is a raw, lyrical, and unflinching portrait of Black life in 1980s Pittsburgh, part of Wilson’s legendary American Century Cycle....
A Dallas Hedda is Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s playwright-in-residence Franky D. Gonzalez's re-imagining of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler explored the psyche of a woman whose labyrinthine...
The Stamped Project is a collection of short plays penned by six local playwrights inspired by Jason Reynolds's searing book Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You....
Inspired by Langston Hughes’s 1960 Broadway production, Black Nativity returns with hand-clapping, toe-tapping, and finger-snapping theatrical wonderment for our 20th-year anniversary. This holiday favorite is...
Patches: A Black Gay Man’s Journey to the Moon is a captivating theatrical experience that seamlessly blends poetry, music, performance, and storytelling. This enchanting show...
Embark on an unforgettable journey through the world of elite sports with Amy Evans' groundbreaking new play. Inspired by the extraordinary tale of Olympic sprinter...
DTC Brierley Resident Acting Company member, Liz Mikel, returns to Dallas after a year performing on Broadway to play the legendary 1960’s civil rights activist,...
Our 3rd annual banned books festival continues with THE SUM OF US ONE-ACT FESTIVAL inspired by Heather McGhee's book that outlines what racism costs everyone...
BATC’s annual holiday production of Black Nativity inspired by Langston Hughes’s 1960 Broadway production, returns with hand-clapping, toe-tapping, and finger-snapping theatrical wonderment for our 19th...
Our season will open in October 2023 with Franky Gonzalez, BATC’s Playwright-In-Residence’s, adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello. This production will retain the original plot, but employ...
The world premiere of “One Year In Egypt” details the journey of writer and Oak Cliff native, Camika Spencer, during her first time abroad as...
The world premiere of “One Year In Egypt” details the journey of writer and Oak Cliff native, Camika Spencer, during her first time abroad as...
A moving and searing exploration of a family pushed to the brink over one night, World Classic takes the hallmarks of the quintessential American family drama and...
Join us for a night filled with Jazz at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center, featuring Kim and Kayla Waters.Proof of vaccination or a negative COVID...
Join us for a night filled with Jazz at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center, featuring Eric Darius and Rebecca Jade Proof of vaccination or a...
Julia Rodriguez has sacrificed everything for her family comprised of her alcoholic father, her miserable mother, her absentee older sister, and her lively little sister....
Based on a true story, Bars & Measures" is a beautiful play that centers around two brothers, both musicians. The classical pianist is Christian. The...
Commissioned by B Street Theatre, Bars and Measures is the fascinating tale of two brothers. One a classical pianist. The other a jazz bass player....
Join us for a night filled with Jazz at the Bishop Arts Theatre Center, featuring Peter White and Jazmin Ghent.Proof of vaccination or a negative...
Bishop Arts Theatre commissioned ten Black playwrights to pen a 0ne-act play inspired by and in conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendis book HOW TO...
Inspired by Southern African-American and Japanese folktales and playwright Andrew Saitos multicultural family, this radio play follows Momotaro, a magical Japanese boy born to an...
Now in its 17th year, Bishop Arts Theatre Center presents a digital version of our finger-tapping, hand-clapping, toe-tapping annual holiday production of Black Nativity. This...
Julia Rodriguez has sacrificed everything for her family comprised of her alcoholic father, her miserable mother, her absentee older sister and her lively little sister....
REGIONAL PREMIEREInspired by the true love story between Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple from Virginia, who were arrested in 1958 for being married,...
By Esmeralda RiosAdapted by Patricia UrbinaNo one dies alone. When you pass on, the first thing you see as you begin your journey to a...
By Esmeralda RiosAdapted by Patricia UrbinaNo one dies alone. When you pass on, the first thing you see as you begin your journey to a...
Decadence and excess are the life of the party in this jazzy 1920s musical juggernaut. Based on Joseph Moncure Marchs 1928 steamy love triangle of...
What happens when a Dominican boy in Queens—with an imagination far beyond his shell, who won’t go anywhere without his nerf gun and is obsessed...
Back for a fourth year, BATC’s Down for #TheCount is a one-act play festival featuring six dynamic female playwrights who come from diverse social and...
This holiday Gospel celebration has so captured the hearts of our audience that it returns for its 15th Anniversary as part of our season. Spoken...
Part ritual, part environmental theatre, RITUALÉ is a celebration of the Día de Muertos Mexican holiday. The multi-day celebration focuses on gatherings of family and...
Inspired by untold events in the life of music legend Nina Simone, The Champion is set in 1962 North Carolina where she and her band...
A collection of shows and scenes that have been banned or challenged from performances in schools or in the public sector featuring our TNT (Teenagers...
Tradition, superstition, & love collide in this story of American executive, Jeffery, and his pregnant wife, who find themselves in Mexico City moving into the...
The 3rd Annual Down for #TheCount, One-Act Play Festival, March 29-April 15, 2018, is back. Down for #TheCount is a call to action for American...
Actor Selmore Haines, III reprises his critically acclaimed role as the civil rights activist and social justice champion Thurgood Marshall. Thurgood, written by George Stevens,...
Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Oak Cliff’s premiere performing arts venue, will be presenting their annual, holiday spectacular Black Nativity by Langton Hughes, directed by Jiles...
The Monologue Project invites you to a special event that celebrates Women of the African Diaspora and their impact on theater and the world. The...
TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. presents an intimate evening of jazz at our beautiful home, the Bishop Arts Theatre Center. Enjoy complimentary cocktails with the artists...
TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. presents an intimate evening of jazz at our beautiful home, the Bishop Arts Theatre Center. Enjoy complimentary cocktails with the artists...
The harrowing true story about the murder of Shade Schuler, a 22 year old Dallas transgender woman whose body was found dumped in a field...
The song The World Turned Upside Down played in 1781 as English Lieutenant Major Cornwallis’s troops officially surrender to the Continental Army at Yorktown in...
TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. presents an intimate evening of jazz at our beautiful home, the Bishop Arts Theatre Center. Enjoy complimentary cocktails with the artists...
In honor of National Child Abuse Awareness Month, the BATC will present The Face of Emmett Till by Mamie Till-Mobley and David Barr III, the...
By popular demand this legendary holiday event, by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes’, returns to the BTT stage in a stunning new production. Black Nativity...
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