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Stage Notes Calendar
Opening this week:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, opened Thursday-Saturday.
Resurrection of Freddy Chickan, opened Thursday-April 19 at University Theatre/UT Dallas.
Soul Rep Theatre Co.: Pretty Fire, opened Thursday-April 20.
TITAS: Whim W’him, 8 p.m. Friday at the Winspear.
Ballet North Texas: Don Quixote, Friday-Sunday at Moody Performance Hall.
Dallas Street Choir: Shelter Me, Friday-Sunday at the Eisemann Center.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra: Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, Friday-Sunday.
Company of Rowlett Perfomers: Rex’s Exes, Friday-April 19 at the Plaza Theater.
Art Centre Theatre: Reefer Madness: The Satire Musical, Friday-May 4.
Mesquite Arts Theatre: The Fortune Cookie, April 11-27.
Richardson Theatre Centre: Run for Your Wife, Friday-May 4.
Repertory Company Theatre: 9 to 5 the Musical, Friday-April 19 at the Courtyard Theater, pictured.
Ballet Ensemble of Texas: Gaîté Parisienne, Saturday at the Coppell Arts Center.
Irving Symphony Orchestra: Grand Finale with Take3, Saturday at the Irving Arts Center.
Rover Dramawerks: One Day Only 31, Saturday.
Dallas Chamber Music Society: Shanghai Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Monday at Caruth Auditorium.
Broadway Dallas: Mamma Mia!, Tuesday-April 27.
Onstage now:
Onstage in Bedford: Blithe Spirit, through Sunday.
Theatre Coppell: Almost Maine, through Sunday.
Theatre Denton: Jesus Christ Superstar, through Sunday.
The Firehouse Theatre: Godspell, through April 19.
Lyric Stage: Jekyll and Hyde, through April 19 at Lyric Stage Studio.
Dallas Theater Center: Waitress, through April 20, pictured.
Lewisville Playhouse: Uncle Vanya, through April 20.
Runway Theatre: Catch Me If You Can the Musical, through April 20.
Theatre Three: Intimate Apparel, opened through April 20.
Upright Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet, through May 4.
Jubilee Theater: Thunder Knocking on the Door, through May 11.
Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Romeo and Juliet – The Melodrama, through May 17.
Shakespeare Dallas teams with Play On Shakespeare for bilingual production this fall
Earlier this week, Shakespeare Dallas announced a new collaboration for this fall. The company has partnered with Play On Shakespeare to bring a reimagined, bilingual production of The Taming of the Shrew, translated by Pulitzer Prize finalist and playwright Amy Freed. The show, directed by Ryan Matthieu Smith, will run Sept. 19-Oct. 19, 2025 at the Samuell-Grand Amphitheater.
The production features a modern verse translation by acclaimed Freed (Freedomland, The Beard of Avon, Shrew!), commissioned through the Play On Shakespeare initiative. Freed’s version preserves the wit, structure and rhythm of Shakespeare’s original while making the language more immediately accessible to contemporary audiences.
“We’re thrilled to partner with Play On Shakespeare to bring this bold new translation of The Taming of the Shrew to life,” Jenni Stewart, Interim Executive and Artistic Director of Shakespeare Dallas said in a press release. “This play is a whirlwind of wit, wordplay, and wildly flawed characters. It’s Shakespeare with a twist: bilingual, mischievous, and more relevant than ever.”
From Shakespeare Dallas;
Set in the Texas borderlands of the 1880s, this production reframes the classic battle of wills between Katherine and Petruchio with cultural vibrancy and a contemporary lens. Told in both English and Spanish and featuring a cast of Latinx and Indigenous performers, this Shrew aims to ignite conversation around gender, identity, and power—while keeping the comedy and chaos audiences have loved for generations.
Play On Shakespeare is a nonprofit dedicated to promoting and creating contemporary modern English translations of Shakespeare’s plays. Through partnerships with artists and organizations worldwide, Play On Shakespeare delivers these translations via theatrical productions, workshops & trainings, podcasts, publications, and film. Learn more at playonshakespeare.org.
Tickets for the show are available now.
Season announcements
MainsStage Irving-Las Colinas revealed its new slate of shows for 2025/26
Earlier this week, MainStage ILC announced its 53rd season. For 2025/26, the company will present five productions beginning in November. All shows will be held at the Irving Arts Center.
The season includes:
Nov. 7-22: The Cat and the Canary. Twenty years after his death, the family of Ambrose West arrive to his castle on the Hudson to attend a reading of his will at midnight. His will designates Annabelle West as the sole heir assuming she’s of sound mine. The family endeavors to unbalance Annabelle with tales of lunatics, murders, and death strikes. Directed by Dennis Canright.
Jan. 16-31: How the Other Half Loves. A fast-paced farce where three couples suffer through marital mix-ups, mistaken identities and a chaotic dinner party. Directed by B.J. Cleveland.
March 6-21: Native Gardens. High-powered lawyer Pablo and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, realize the American dream when they purchase a house next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank. But a disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into a war of taste, class, privilege and entitlement. Directed by Lisa Devine.
June 12-27: Ken Ludwig’s The Gods of Comedy. Daphne and Ralph just made a discovery that’s sure to turn them into academic superstars. But when it goes wrong, Daphne cries out in a panic and the Greek gods appear. Directed by Kristal Seid.
July 24-Aug. 8: Inherit the Wind. A gripping courtroom drama inspired by the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which challenged the legality of teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom. Directed by Harry Friedman.
Season ticket renewals are available now. Season tickets and flex passes range will be available for purchase on July 8 and single tickets will go on sale Sept. 16 at IrvingArtsCenter.com.
Lewisville Playhouse posted its new season of shows via social media
Followers of LPH on social media got a nice surprise. The company dropped the schedule for its 2025/26 season on its Instagram and Facebook pages. Five shows make up the new season kicking off this Oct. LPH will end it current season this June with the production of Ragtime.
The season includes:
Oct. 2-19: Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein. Directed and music directed by Peg Waldschmidt.
Dec. 5-21: Christmas Belles. Directed by Wendy Barrett.
Feb. 6-22: Ordinary People. Directed by Kristal Seid.
April 10-26: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead. Directed by Chris-James Cognetta.
June 11-28: Rent. Directed and choreographed by Keith J. Warren.
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