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2025/2026 Season
Ticket pricing – GA: $22, UTA Students, Faculty, Staff; Seniors (65+): $15.00, UTA Theatre Majors: $10
Seize the King
By Will Power
A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's Richard III seen through an Afrofuturist lens.
Directed By Jiles King
Studio Theatre
SEPTEMBER 19-28
Passage
By Christopher Chen
An adaptation of E. M. Forster’s 1924 novel, A Passage to India. In Chen’s adaptation, Country X and Country Y are not specifically India and England (as in the novel), but the play retains its critique of colonialism. Includes an innovative audience pre-show tour developed by assistant director, student Kate Thompson.
Directed By Sebastian Trainor
Studio Theatre
SEPTEMBER 20-27
A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder
By Robert L. Freedman & Steven Lutvak
The Hollywood Reporter said of its Broadway run that A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is “propelled by a rollicking story, humor of the most delectable amorality and the cleverest lyrics. . . . this bright little jewel is a legitimate treat.” And indeed, it was. The musical would receive ten 2014 Tony Award nominations and win four including Best Musical.
Directed By Anne Healy
Proscenium Theatre
OCTOBER 15-19
New Works Festival 2025: Between Us
The Directing 1 class of Fall 2025, featuring original works by the Playwriting class of Fall 2024.
13 Directors, 13 Plays. NOVEMBER 7, 2:15pm, Theatre Arts Teaching Lab, FA 143
Miss You Like Hell – A Staged Reading
By Quiara Alegría Hudes
Miss You Like Hell is a musical with book and lyrics by Quiara Alegría Hudes, and music and lyrics by Erin McKeown. The show follows a troubled teenage girl who embarks on a cross-country road trip with her estranged mother, who is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
Directed by Amanda Reyes
Proscenium Theatre
NOVEMBER 14-15 at 7:30pm and 16 at 2pm
Tickets not required; $10 suggested donation
Dance Deconstructed body/prosody
Dance Area Head: Laurie M. Taylor
Studio Theatre
NOVEMBER 21-23
The Beaux' Stratagem
By Georges Farquar
Adapted By Thornton Wilder And Ken Ludwig
A Restoration comedy that abounds with unrequited love, deception, misunderstanding and hilarity.
Directed By Libby Hawkins
Proscenium Theatre
FEBRUARY 20-MARCH 1
Ivories
By Riley Elton McCarthy
When 20-something Sloane faces selling their grandmother’s old house, the past comes back to haunt them—literally. Ivories is the DFW premiere of this queer horror comedy that just finished a run at London’s Old Red Lion Theatre.
Guest Directed by Evan Michael Woods of Amphibian Theatre
Proscenium Theatre
FEBRUARY 21-28
Hair
By Gerome Ragni, James Rado, And Galt MacDermot
Hair’s tribe of young people protest US involvement in the Vietnam War, rehearsing a topical array of such issues as racism, the ethics of war, and the need to listen to young people’s ideas. Premiering at the Public Theatre in 1967, Hair soon moved to Broadway and remains a favorite rock musical.
Directed By J. Austin Eyer And Kelley Smith
Studio Theatre
APRIL 2-12
Dance in Flux
Dance Area Head: Laurie M. Taylor
APRIL 24-26
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