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Bishop Arts Theatre Center

215 S Tyler St
Dallas, TX 75208

Bishop Arts Theatre Center is a theatre in Dallas, TX.

Upcoming Shows

FADE

Oct 29 – Nov 8, 2026

FADE by Tanya Saracho, directed by Dr. Marta Torres, follows Lucia, a Mexican-born novelist who lands her first television writing job in Los Angeles, and Abel, the Mexican American custodian working in her office building. As Lucia navigates a predominantly white Hollywood...

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

Dec 3 – Dec 20, 2026

A beloved holiday tradition returns to Bishop Arts Theatre Center this December. Black Nativity, written, adapted, and directed by Rickey Wax and inspired by Langston Hughes, returns to the BATC stage for the 2026 holiday season. Celebrate the season with this cherished...

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Review: I'LL BE DAMNED IF at Jubilee Theatre

Review: I'LL BE DAMNED IF at Jubilee Theatre

by Buster Spiller · October 9, 2026

When people hear about Idlewild, the first thing that comes to mind is the 2006 drama film with a musical score produced, written, and mostly performed by the Grammy award winning hip-hop duo Outkast. Set in fictional Idlewild, Georgia, the film focuses on the seedier side of the music business rath…

Past Shows

45 total · showing 21–30

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

Dec 10 – Dec 26, 2020

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 years performance features an award-winning cast from years past under the imaginative direction of...

The Curse of the Puerto Ricans

The Curse of the Puerto Ricans

Apr 30 – May 17, 2020

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. When the one that got away re-enters her life and asks her to run away with him to California, she begins to...

LOVING AND LOVING  By Beto O’Byrne  Developed with Meropi Peponides

LOVING AND LOVING By Beto O’Byrne Developed with Meropi Peponides

Feb 6 – Feb 23, 2020

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, this play examines the landmark Supreme Court Case, Loving v. Virginia. Beginning in the present day and...

A Dress for Lonely

A Dress for Lonely

Nov 1 – Nov 2, 2019

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 new life is an intense light that spreads from the dress of Death. As you contemplate the brilliant embroidery of the fine stitching of the...

A Dress for Lonely Death - A Day of the Dead Celebration

A Dress for Lonely Death - A Day of the Dead Celebration

Nov 1 – Nov 2, 2019

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 new life is an intense light that spreads from the dress of Death. As you contemplate the brilliant embroidery of the fine stitching of the...

The Wild Party

The Wild Party

Oct 10 – Oct 27, 2019

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 the same name, this darkly brilliant show features one of the most exciting, pulse-racing scores ever written. Its the party to end...

The Real James Bond Was Dominican

The Real James Bond Was Dominican

May 17 – May 19, 2019

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 with James Bond—finds out that the real James Bond was Dominican? This is a true story about Porfirio Rubirosa, Ian Fleming’s...

Down for #TheCount

Down for #TheCount

Mar 21 – Apr 7, 2019

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 ethnic backgrounds articulating the strong female voice in this #MeToo movement! This staged event breathes life into their...

Black Nativity

Black Nativity

Dec 6 – Dec 23, 2018

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 word, song, music, dance, and theatre combine to create this one of a kind Christmas pageant that has become one of the holiday...

RITUALE

RITUALE

Nov 1 – Nov 2, 2018

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 friends to remember those who have died and help support their spiritual journey. Traditions connected with the...

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