Dallas Theater Center

Charter Review Commission Rejects Proposal to Eliminate Parks And Recreation Board Oversight

By April Towery / March 11, 2024 /

A charter change that would have moved the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department under the authority of the city manager was rejected by an oversight committee last week as dozens of Dallasites voiced concerns about the proposal.  The measure, referred to as Amendment 85, was submitted to Dallas’ Charter Review Commission by former Dallas City…

What’s Wrong With The Kalita Humphreys Theater Restoration Master Plan?

By April Towery / January 30, 2023 /

The Dallas Park and Recreation Board was supposed to hear a briefing Jan. 26 on the Kalita Humphreys Theater Master Plan — but that didn’t happen.  In fact, sources close to the project say such a meeting has been delayed until March at the earliest, and possibly as late as summer. District 14 Park Board…

Native Texan to Helm Renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Kalita Humphreys Theater

By Heather Hunter / February 25, 2020 /

The Dallas Theater Center announced Diller Scofidio + Renfro will helm the renovation of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater and nine-acre master plan.

DTC’s ‘penny candy’ Portrays Snapshot of Time in Pleasant Grove

By Bethany Erickson / June 5, 2019 /

The Pleasant Grove in playwright Jonathan Norton’s ‘penny candy’, suffice to say, is home, but fraught with the attendant turmoil of a neighborhood in transition. Norton, who grew up in the Grove, portrays a snapshot of time in the community in his latest work, “penny candy,” which hits the stage with its world premiere as…