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Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) will kick off its 30th Anniversary season with an adaptation of Othello by BATC’s playwright-in-residence Franky D. Gonzalez. Learn more about the play and how to get tickets 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.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center has announced the world premiere production of Camika Spencer's new play, One Year In Egypt, beginning August 11 – 27, 2023, for three consecutive weekends. 

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) has announced its 2023 - 2024 Season, including The Rocky Horror Show, I Am Delivered’t, Every Brilliant Thing, Dial M For Murder, Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer, and Disney’s The Little Mermaid.

High school students, teachers, parents, friends, arts advocates, celebrities and city officials celebrated as winners and scholarship recipients were announced at the 12th Annual Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards.

Concord Theatricals and The Dramatists Guild of America are relaunching their Playwrights Welcome program.

Broadway Dallas has announced the 2023 nominees for the 12th Annual Broadway Dallas High School Musical Theatre Awards (HSMTA). The awards ceremony will take place live at the Music Hall at Fair Park on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Tickets will go on sale May 3 at 10 a.m.   

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center has announced the upcoming production of World Classic by award-winning Puerto Rican-born playwright Nelson Diaz-Marcano, directed by Dr. Marta Torres beginning May 4 – 21, 2023.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) has commissioned nine local and nationally celebrated playwrights to pen a one-act play, no longer than 20 minutes, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling author Nikole Hannah-Jones' The 1619 Project.

​​​​​​​The Dallas Opera has announced the 2022/2023 class of its Linda and Mitch Hart Institute for Women Conductors. The program will begin virtual sessions, with two livestreams open to the public, the week of Monday, November 14, 2022

The building now known as the Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) was donated to TeCo Theatrical Productions, Inc. in 2005. At that time, the 10,000 sq. ft. building was a dilapidated photography studio with run-down lofts upstairs. Staff leadership and the board of directors raised $1.2M in private sector donations and a construction loan, brought in an architect, and completely revitalized the building.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center (BATC) will close its 28-year anniversary season with a world premiere production of Rosa Fernandez's hilarious new play, Curse of the Puerto Ricans. The play will be directed by Dr. Marta Torres and runs from August 11-28.

After celebrating its ten-year anniversary in 2021, HowlRound Theatre Commons announces its first published anthology, featuring essays from each year of the last decade, available for preorder now.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center has announced that one of the city's most talented artists and arts administrators, Morgana Wilborn, will be joining their team as the full-time Managing Director.

Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s  (DBDT) annual fundraising event, The BIG Dance, features a Boot Scootin’ Boogie: Hometown Salute to Charley Pride, the late country music icon honored with the 2020 CMA Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Dramatists Guild of America is presenting the third season of their podcast, The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, now available on all your favorite podcast platforms. The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK entertains frank conversations about diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center will open its 28th anniversary season with a world premiere production of Franky Gonzalez's new play, Before You Get Married, running October 14 - 30, 2021.

The Bishop Arts Theatre Center will open its 28th anniversary season with a world premiere production of Franky Gonzalez's new play, Before You Get Married. Gonzalez was recently named BATC's Playwright-in-Residence and will be primarily responsible for curating the season and developing workshops for local writers.

Bishop Arts Theatre Center was among the first arts and cultural institutions in the country to receive a Shuttered Venues Operating Grant (SVOG) administered by Small Business Association’s Office of Disaster Assistance.

In October 2020, Parent Artist Advocacy League (PAAL) and Blackboard Plays announced an open call for submissions to The Black Motherhood* and Parenting New Play Festival.