Up & Coming Theater

Shows playing NOW/SOON are highlighted in bright blue.

WP = world premiere; RP = regional premiere.

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  • Allen Contemporary Theatre: The Outsiders, May 2-18; Curtains, June 27-July 13; Sense and Sensibility (by Kate Hamill), August 15-31; Show TBA, October 3-19; The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, December 5-21, allencontemporarytheatre.net

  • Amphibian Stage: Rift, or White Lies by Gabriel Jason Dean, April 18-May 11 (rolling WP); The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh, August 1-17; The Birds by Conor McPherson, October 17-November 9. Amphibian also presents comedy events, and movies from National Theatre Live! amphibianstage.com

  • Art Centre Theatre (Plano): The Whale, March 21-April 6; Reefer Madness: The Satire Musical, April 11-22, artcentretheatre.com

  • Arts Mission Oak Cliff: Venue showcases various performers and companies. Calendar at: artsmissionoc.org

  • ATTPAC: ATTPAC’s 2024-25 Broadway season includes: Mean Girls, April 17-19, 2025; Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations, May 1-4; The Addams Family, June 26-28, attpac.org

  • Auriga Stage Productions: aurigaproductions

  • Bass Performance Hall (Performing Arts Fort Worth): “Broadway at the Bass” series: Clue, March 25-30; MJ, May 13-18; Moulin Rouge! The Musical, June 10-15; The Wiz, July 15-20; Shucked, July 27-August 3.) basshall.com

  • Bishop Arts Theatre Center: bishopartstheatre.org

  • Blue Firebox Theater Company (Denton) bluefireboxtheatercompany.com

  • Broadway Dallas: Back to the Future: The Musical, March 18-30; Mamma Mia!, April 15-27; Disney’s The Lion King, June 4-July 3; Life of Pi, August 5-17; The Wiz, September 9-21. All shows at Music Hall @ Fair Park except Come From Away and Life of Pi (@ Winspear Opera House), broadwaydallas.org

  • Butterfield Stage (Gainesville): The Play That Goes Wrong, April 4-13; 9 To 5 The Musical, June 19-29; Seussical Jr., July 24-August 3, butterfieldstage.org

  • Cara Mia Theatre: caramiatheatre.org

  • Casa Manana: The Little Mermaid, March 22-April 13; Cats, May 31-June 8; The Lightning Thief, August 1-3, casamanana.org

  • CenterStage Theatre Works:  cstheatreworks.com

  • Circle Theatre: Lauren Yee’s The Hatmaker’s Wife (RP), April 27-May 10; A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson (RP), The Last Five Years by Jason Robert Brown (RP), August 14-September 6; Mac Beth by Erica Schmidt (RP), October 9-November 1, circletheatre.com 

  • The Classics Theatre Project: theclassicstheatreproject.com

  • The Core Theatre (Richardson): The Glass Menagerie, March 14-30; thecoretheatre.org

  • Dallas Children’s Theater: Dino-Light: A Glow-in-the-Dark Adventure, March 28-30; James and the Giant Peach, April 19-May 24, dct.org

  • Dallas Theater Center: Waitress, March 29-April 20 (Wyly), dallastheatercenter.org

  • Echo Theatre: Open by Crystal Skillman, June 6-21; El Rey del Pollo by Anna Skidis Vargas, September 12-27 (Bath House Cultural Center), echotheatre.org

  • Eisemann Center for Performing Arts: Eclectic schedule of theater, music etc. eisemanncenter.com

  • Fair Assembly:  fairassembly.com

  • Family Music Theatre: familymusictheatre.com

  • FIT (Festival of Independent Theaters): theatre3dallas.com/fit-festival

  • The Firehouse Theatre: Godspell, April 3-16; The Wedding Singer, May 15-June 1; Oklahoma!, June 26-July 13; Rock of Ages, August 7-24; Young Frankenstein, October 16-November 2, thefirehousetheatre.com

  • The Fleetwood Project (Mansfield): fleetwoodproject.org

  • Fort Worth Fringe Festival (watch for 2025 dates and venue), texastheatres.org/fringe/

  • Garland Civic Theatre: Boeing, Boeing, April 25-May 11, 2025, garlandcivic.org

  • Garland Summer Musicals: garlandsummermusicals.org

  • Granbury Theatre Company: granburytheatrecompany.org

  • Grand Prairie Arts Council: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, June 13-22; artsgp.org

  • Hip Pocket Theatre: hippocket.org

  • The Hopeful Theatre Project: hopefultheatreproject.com

  • Jubilee Theatre: Thunder Knocking on the Door, April 4-May 11; The Fall of Heaven, June 6-July 13; Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, August 15-24, jubileetheatre.org

  • Junior Players: juniorplayers.org

  • Kitchen Dog Theater: kitchendogtheater.org

  • Lakeside Community Theatre (The Colony): R.U.R., April 18-May 3; Cry Havoc, June 13-28; Carrie The Musical, August 1-23; New Musical TBA (MusicalWriters.com), October 3-25; The Thin Place by Lucas Hnath, December 5-20, lctthecolony.com

  • Lewisville Playhouse: Uncle Vanya (adapted by Annie Baker), April 4-20; Ragtime, June 12-29, lewisvilleplayhouse.org

  • Lyric Stage: Lyric’s 31st season: Jekyll & Hyde, March 28-April 19; Guys & Dolls, August 15-17, lyricstage.org

  • Mainstage Irving-Las Colinas: The Sunshine Boys, May 2-17; Noises Off, July 18-August 2, mainstageirving.com

  • Mainstage Classic Theatre (Mansfield): mainstageclassictheatre.org

  • McKinney Repertory Theatre: Deliver Us From Mama!, May 2-10; Barefoot in the Park, August 1-16; The Game’s Afoot, October 4-12, mckinneyrep.org

  • Mesquite Arts Theatre: The Fortune Cookie, April 11-17; The Wizard of Oz, June 6-22; Grease, July 18-27; Stephen King’s Misery, October 3-19; A Christmas Story, December 5-21, mesquiteartscenter.org

  • Musical.Writers.com: musicalwriters.com

  • NTPA Repertory Theatre: Oklahoma!, June 13-22; Footloose, August 1-19; The Rocky Horror Show, October 24-November 2 (@ Rodenbaugh Theatre, Willow Bend Center of the Arts), ntparep.org

  • Ochre House Theater: https://www.ochrehousetheater.org/

  • Onstage in Bedford: 40th Anniversary Season! Blithe Spirit, March 28-April 13; Cry It Out, June 5-22; Sherwood, July 31-August 17; The 39 Steps, September 25-October 12; One Christmas Carol, December 4-21, onstageinbedford.com

  • Our Productions Theatre Company (Lewisville): ourproductionstheatreco.org

  • Outcry Theatre: Peter and the Starcatcher, May 1-4;Once Upon a Mattress, July 17-20; https://www.outcrytheatre.com/

  • Parker County Theatre Company (Aledo): parkercountytheatre.com

  • Pegasus Theatre: (@ Bath House Cultural Center): The Villains’ Supper Club, June 6-21; https://pegasustheatre.org

  • Plague Mask Players: ATTPAC Elevator Project 'Alice' a variation on Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' by playwright, Ara Vito and directed by Samantha Calatozzo Cobb, April 17-27, plaguemaskplayers.org

  • Plaza Theatre (Cleburne): Steel Magnolias, March 7-April 5; Happy Days (new musical), April 11-May 3; 1776 the Musical, June 13-July 12; Moriarty, July 18-August 9; Clue the Musical, August 15-September 13; Jane Austen’s Emma the Musical, September 19-October 18; The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, October 10-25; The Time Machine, October 24-November 15, plus other add-on shows, plazatheatre.com

  • Pocket Sandwich Theatre: Laughter on the 23rd Floor, February 21-March 29, pocketsandwich.com

  • Repertory Company Theatre (Richardson): Once upon a Mattress (Immersive!), Mar 21-30; Legally Blonde, April 11-19; 9 to 5 - June 20-29; South Pacific, July 18-Aug 3, rcttheatre.com

  • Resolute Theatre Project: resolutetheatreproject.org

  • Richardson Theatre Centre: Run For Your Wife, April 11-May May 4, richardsontheatrecentre

  • Rockwall Community Playhouse: All the World’s a Stage: A Celebration of Shakespeare, March 21-April 6, rockwallcommunityplayhouse.org

  • Rover Dramawerks (Plano): 25th Anniversary Season— One Day Only 31, Rover’s signature play festival (seven short plays go from concept to curtain in just one day, April 12; the popular 10-Minute Comedies, featuring the winners of Rover’s upcoming 10-minute comedy contest, June 5-21. Mystery/comedy Murder at the Orient Burlesque (the return of a very popular show from seasons past), July 31 – August 16; thriller Double Cut by Alfred Schaugnessy, September 11-27; and rounding out the season is a new farce, The Dingdong, or Take Me, I'm Yours!, by Mark Shanahan, adapted from Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau, November 6-22. (All performances @ the Cox Playhouse, 1517 H Avenue in Plano.) roverdramawerks.com

  • Runway Theatre (Grapevine): Catch Me If You Can (musical), April 4-20; Epic Proportions, May 30-June 15; Kodachrome, July 25-August 10, runwaytheatre.com

  • SceneShop: artsfifthavenue.org

  • Second Thought Theatre: THREE new (WP) plays by local playwrights! Healed by Blake Hackler, April 23-May 10; Your Wife’s Dead Body by Jenny Ledel, July 9-26; Incarnate by Parker Davis Gray, October 15-November 1, secondthoughttheatre.com

  • Shakespeare Dallas: Summer 2025 schedule— TBA — shakespearedallas.org

  • Shakespeare Everywhere: Watch for an all-male Twelfth Night and an all-female Taming of the Shrew (dates TBA) in 2025—a double bill performed on one night, we hear! shakespeareeverywhere.com

  • SheNYC Arts: shenycarts.org

  • Soul Rep Theatre: 30th season! Pretty Fire by Charlayne Woodard, April 11-19; Madam Queen by Dianne Tucker, April 26 staged reading; Ain’t No Mo’ by Jordan E. Cooper, June 5-8, soulrep.org

  • Stage West: The 46th season! Penelope, music & lyrics by Alec Bechtel, March 13-30; Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Souffle, June 12-29, 2025; Fat Ham, August 28-September 14, 2025, stagewest.org

  • Stolen Shakespeare Guild: Twelfth Night and Richard III, Shows rotate April 11-May 4 @ SSG’s new venue, 3623 Decatur Avenue, Fort Worth off I-35W near the Stockyards; Hairspray, July 18-August 3; My Fair Lady, October 10-26, https://www.stolenshakespeareguild.org

  • Sundown Collaborative Theatre (Denton): As Small as Stars by Will Murdock, March 21-30; Beans by Matthew Solomon (staged reading), May dates TBA; The Amphibians by Dan Caffrey, Summer dates TBA; sundowntheatre.org

  • Sweet Apple Productions: sweetappleproductions.com

  • Teatro Dallas: teatrodallas.org

  • Theatre Arlington: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, May 8-25; A Chorus Line, June 6-22; I’m Proud of You, August 8-24; You Can’t Take It With You, September 12-28; Holmes for the Holidays, December 5-21, plus two family musicals (Goldie & The Bears and Mary Poppins JR), theatrearlington.org

  • Theatre Coppell: Almost, Maine, March 28-April 13; Annie, June 13-29; The Trip To Bountiful, August 8-24; Neil Simon’s Rumors, October 10-26; Fruitcakes, December 5-21, theatrecoppell.com

  • Theatre Denton: Jesus Christ Superstar, March 28-April 13; The Marriage of Bette and Boo, May 30-June 8; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, July 11-27; Shakespeare in Hollywood, August 15-24; Carrie The Musical, September 12-28; Dial M for Murder, October 31-November 9; The Sound of Music, December 11-21, theatredenton.com

  • Theatre Frisco: Neil Simon’s The 39 Steps, May 2-18; Disaster! (musical), July 25-August 10; Around the World in 80 Days, October 17-November 2, theatrefrisco.com

  • Theatre Off the Square (Weatherford): http://www.theatreoffthesquare.org

  • Theatre Rocks! (Ennis): theatrerocks.com

  • Theatre Three: Intimate Apparel (by Lynn Nottage), March 27-April 20; The Mystery of Irma Vep, April 24-May 18; Xanadu, June 5-July 6, theatre3dallas.com

  • Undermain Theatre: h**lo k**ty syndrome by Brian Dang, May 1-25, 2025, https://www.undermain.org

  • Upright Theatre Company (Euless): Adult & Youth productions— Romeo and Juliet, April 4-May 4; Ghost the Musical, May 16-June 14; The Little Mermaid JR., June 28-August 2; City of Angels, August 22-September 21; Young Frankenstein, October 3-November 2; Willy Wonka JR., November 15-December 20, uprighttheatre.org

  • Uptown Players: 2024-2025 season- Broadway Our Way, March 27-30; Xanadu, March 25-May 4; Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, July 18-August 3, uptownplayers.org

  • Urban Arts Center: urbanartsonline.com

  • WaterTower Theatre: A Streetcar Named Desire, March 26-April 6, 2025; School of Rock, Summer 2025, https://www.watertowertheatre.org/

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