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Undermain Theatre in Dallas will present the world premiere of SATURN RETURN, a new play by Gracie Gardner. Review performances are scheduled for May 2 and May 3.

Undermain Theatre will stage THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH, Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize–winning play, as part of its upcoming season. Directed by Stefan Novinski. Check out photos of the cast.

Undermain Theatre will launch its 42nd Season of Solace with Action by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard. Directed by Christina Cranshaw, the darkly funny and absurdist American classic runs November 6–December 7, 2025, at Undermain Theatre in Dallas.

Undermain Theatre will present a special encore presentation of  An Iliad by Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare from the Robert Fagles translation of Homer. This limited engagement runs June 12 through June 29, 2025. 

Undermain Theatre has announced its production of EXIT THE KING by Eugène Ionesco, exploring themes of mortality and power. The play will run from November 1 to December 10, 2023, in Dallas.

Undermain Theatre will present ATHENA by Gracie Gardner, a compelling play exploring the intense rivalry and friendship between two high school fencers.

This time by Brian Dang will come to Undermain Theatre this month. This workshop production runs February 29 through March 17, 2024. Learn more about the workshop here!

Undermain Theatre presents the regional premiere of No Man's Land by Harold Pinter. Don't miss this captivating production running from November 9 to December 3, 2023.

Undermain Theatre opens its 40th season with the regional premiere of Star Finch’s Bondage. Performances run September 28-October 15, 2023. Learn more about the show and how to purchase tickets here!

Undermain Theatre welcomes you to the world premiere of Feeding on Light by Lenora Champagne. This play is based on the playwright’s personal relationship and discussions with Undermain Theatre’s late Founding Artistic Director Katherine Owens, to whom the play is dedicated.

Undermain Theatre presents Lonesome Blues, Akin Babatundé and Alan Govenar’s solo-performer meditation on the life and songs of Blind Lemon Jefferson: born blind, but ultimately able to express his deepest emotions through music.

Undermain Theatre will present the live production of St. Nicholas, its most widely viewed and nationally acclaimed streaming production last season.

Undermain Theatre presents the virtual production of Hedda Gabler, Ibsen's masterpiece of realism that permanently changed the face of world drama. Hedda Gabler is the story of an extraordinary woman trapped in a conventional life of secrets and lies that fuel her own personal explosion.

A powerful 4 minute video of over 100 people singing a parody of, a??One Day Morea?? (from Les Miserables) has been released this week by members of ExcludedUKa??s Facebook community group.

Undermain Theatre is proud to present the first regional premiere of Madame Bovary, Adrienne Kennedy's new adaptation of Gustave Flaubert's classic novel. Flaubert's masterpiece Madame Bovary is the tragic, yet scintillating story of a woman who longed for a life she could never fully achieve. Emma Bovary desires the illustrious and romantic world she has only read about in books or observed from afar. As her desire grows Emma pursues it, whatever the cost, in an ultimate quest to fulfill her passion. Esteemed playwright, Adrienne Kennedy, a seminal writer of the American avant-garde, takes a fresh and exciting approach in her adaptation transforming this literary classic into a riveting and visionary work for the stage.

Undermain opens its 36th season with the world premiere science fiction thriller Red Chariot by James Tait Black prize winner Gordon Dahlquist.

Undermain opens its 36th season with the world premiere science fiction thriller Red Chariot by James Tait Black prize winner Gordon Dahlquist.

Theater visionary, artist, founding artistic director of Dallas's Undermain Theatre and Texas Woman of distinction Katherine Owens has died after a five-month prolonged illness. She was 61 and lived in Dallas with her husband and artistic partner Bruce DuBose. 

Undermain continues its exploration of the Classics with Ibsen's rarely seen The Lady from the Sea. Ellida, a lighthouse-keeper's daughter, is trapped on an island fjord and longs for the sea. The mermaid-like Ellida is caught between her loving devotion to her husband and her attraction to a mysterious, seagoing stranger from her past. A rarely seen Ibsen treasure.

The York Theatre Company in association with Documentary Arts, presents the world premiere of the new musical Lonesome Blues, based on the true story of legendary bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson, created by Alan Govenar (Texas in Paris) and Akin Babatundé (Blind Lemon Blues), directed by Katherine Owens (How Is It That We Live or Shakey Jake + Alice), performed by Akin Babatundé with David Weiss on guitar. Performances began June 12, 2018 for a three-week limited engagement through Sunday afternoon, July 1, 2018 at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter's (entrance on East 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue).