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Stage Notes Calendar
Opening this week:
Second Thought Theatre: Healed, opened Wednesday-May 10.
Kitchen Dog Theater: The Grown-ups, opened Thursday-May 11 at Samuell-Grand Amphitheatre.
Theatre Three: The Mystery of Irma Vep, opened Thursday-May 18 in Theatre Too, pictured.
Ragamala Dance Company: Children of Dharma, 8 p.m. today at the Coppell Arts Center.
Ballet Papillon: Limitless: Fear Set Free, today and Saturday at Courtyard Theater.
Theatre Arlington: Club Cabaret: New Works Cabaret, 8 p.m. today and Saturday.
Fort Worth Opera: La Cenerentola, today and Sunday at Bass Hall.
Meadows Theatre: In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, today and Sunday at Greer Garson Theatre-SMU.
DSO Pops: The Princess Bride in Concert, today-Sunday.
Meadows Theatre: Everybody, today-May 3 at Greer Garson Theatre-SMU.
Uptown Players: Xanadu, today-May 3.
Garland Civic Theatre: Boeing Boeing, today-May 11.
Theatre Off the Square: Four Old Broads, today-May 11.
Rockwall Summer Musicals: Godspell, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Rockwall.
Soul Rep Theatre Co.: Madam Queen staged reading, 2 p.m. Saturday.
Basically Beethoven: Hallam Concerts, 3 p.m. Saturday at Central Commons.
TITAS: Command Performance Gala, 6 p.m. Saturday at the Winspear.
Chamber Music International: 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church.
Richardson Symphony Orchestra: Sibelius & Tchaikovsky, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Eisemann Center.
Plano Symphony Orchestra: Grand Finale, 8 p.m. Saturday at Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Dallas Chamber Symphony:Schumann: Symphony N° 1, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Moody Performance Hall.
Onstage now:
Broadway Dallas: Mamma Mia!, through Sunday.
The Elevator Project: Alice by Plague Mask Players, through Sunday at the Wyly Studio Theatre.
Mesquite Arts Theatre: The Fortune Cookie, through Sunday.
Lakeside Community Theatre: R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots, through May 3.
Art Centre Theatre: Reefer Madness: The Satire Musical, through May 4.
Richardson Theatre Centre: Run for Your Wife, through May 4.
Upright Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet, through May 4.
Circle Theatre: The Hatmaker’s Wife, through May 10, pictured.
Amphibian Stage: Rift, or White Lies, through May 11.
Jubilee Theater: Thunder Knocking on the Door, through May 11.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Romeo and Juliet – The Melodrama, through May 17.
Uptown Players kicks off the weekend with a new show and new season announcement
Today is a big day for Uptown Players. Early on Friday, the company released the show listing for its new 2025/26 season. This comes on the same day as it opens Xanadu: The Musical which you can read about in this week’s issue.
THis new sason will feature five shows that include world and regional premieres and reimagined favorites that celebrate “queer joy, resilience and theatrical rebellion.” Shows will be staged at the Kalita Humphreys Theater and at Theatre Three. The season will launch this December.
“Uptown’s latest offerings spotlight the voices and visions that challenge convention and champion community—proving once again why it remains a trailblazer in inclusive Dallas theater,” the company stated in today’s press release.
The season includes:
Dec. 5-14: Star of Wonder: A Carol Ann Christmas. This world premiere, by Mark Waldrop with additional material by B. J. Cleveland starring Micah Green, kicks off the season with the unforgettable Carol Ann Knipple—first seen in When Pigs Fly—for a holiday comeback. After her Melody Barn theater in Minnesota burns to the ground, Carol Ann refuses to give up her dream and relocates her Christmas spectacular to a Dallas stage. Casting chaos and theatrical surprises are all led by Carol Ann’s misguided vision and determination.
March 20-29: Pure Glitter. This Texas premiere is a new comedy by Chicken & Biscuits playwright Douglas Lyons. A love letter to the chaos of chosen family and queer friendship, the story unfolds during a surprise 10th anniversary bash thrown by Stan for his husband Tony—but when a handful of uninvited guests arrive, the night explodes into a whirlwind of secrets, sass and unexpected truths.
April 30-May 3: Broadway Our Way 2026: Fractured Fairy Tales. Written and directed by B.J. Cleveland, this annual fundraiser musical revue turns “happily ever after” on its rhinestone-covered head, blending Broadway’s biggest hits with a world of royals, witches, misfits, and rebels through a mashup of showtunes and fractured folklore.
July 10-19: Urinetown: The Musical. This Tony Award-winning satire by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis that skewers capitalism, bureaucracy, and environmental collapse. In a city where private restrooms are banned and a corporation controls the most basic human need, a rebellious uprising takes shape. Uptown Players brings this timely production to life with a sharp eye on justice, activism and the enduring power of community to challenge the status quo.
Aug. 21-30: Mother Play. This regional premiere is a new work by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel. Spanning from 1962 to the present, this semi-autobiographical drama follows Phyllis, a fiercely independent single mother, and her two children as they navigate evictions, emotional upheavals, and the fragile balance between love and self-preservation. As the children grow and define their identities—often in defiance of their mother’s expectations—the play paints a vivid portrait of resilience and generational conflict.
Performances held at Theatre Three.
Discounted premium and regular seating packages start at $135 and are available now at UptownPlayers.org. Sales for individual tickets go on sale Sept. 2.
Stolen Shakespeare Guild revised its 2025 season schedule
Due to an unexpected zoning issue with the City of Fort Worth, SSG had to adjust its opening timeline for the upcoming season. As a result, the Stolen Shakespeare Festival has been rescheduled for Fall 2025, and My Fair Lady will now happen in Summer 2025. The company announced this earlier this month.
“While this delay was not part of our original plan, we remain fully committed to ensuring a smooth and successful opening for our new theatre space. We sincerely appreciate your patience, understanding, and continued support during this transition,” SSG reps said in the press release.
Below are the revised performance dates.
July 11-27: Hairspray.
Aug. 8-24: My Fair Lady.
Sept. 19-28: A Murder is Announced.
Stolen Shakespeare Festival 2025: Masks of Deception
Oct. 10-Nov. 2: Twelfth Night.
Oct. 17-Nov. 1: Richard III.
Dec. 5-21: A Christmas Carol.
Recent headlines
Review: Plague Mask Players brings a dreamy minimalism to Alice
Review: Same Time, Next Year is a bittersweet romance done close to perfection
Michael Serrecchia directs Uptown Players’ Xanadu: The Musical