As theater companies struggle nationally, North Texas troupes forge ahead

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Theater companies around the country, especially the well-established institutions we take for granted, are in trouble. The journalists who cover them have...

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, about alleged ax murderer Lizzie Borden. Vela and Schmidt are promoting the season with the optimistic motto “Theatre Three is Killing It.”, was the company’s biggest seller of the year, Schmidt says. Theatre Three also has attracted 40 first-time subscribers. Kitchen Dog reports its audience sizes grew over the course of 2022-23, too.Advertisement

”We’re never going to suddenly see that all of our seats are full,” Schmidt says. “It’s calling people back to the theater one-by-one because of good experiences and good shows. It’s all headed in the right direction. We’re not seeing declining attendance anymore or declining subscriptions. It’s just slow.”that so many theater companies rely on for a substantial share of the revenue that pays for productions. Sales of season passes have fallen in Dallas and elsewhere.

Seeds planted in the development of Dallas playwrights continue to bear fruit as Jonathan Norton , Erin Malone Turner and Janielle Kastner premiere new works., about four civil rights workers wondering whether women’s rights are included in the bargain, is underway through Sept. 30 at the Bath House Cultural Center in a co-production with Echo Theatre., about an enslaved African prince who led a successful rebellion in Mexico., a bilingual play about Cuban artists traveling to the U.S.

 

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