2022-2023 THEATRE SEASON
WORLD CLASSIC
Written by Nelson Diaz-Mercano
Directed by Dr. Marta Torres
May 4 – 21, 2023
A reinterpretation of the American domestic drama, World Classic grapples with large questions in the most intimate settings as a Puerto Rican family’s long simmering resentments, sorrows, and feelings come to the surface over a single fateful night. World Premiere.
ONE YEAR IN EGYPT
Written by Camika Spencer
Directed by Tonya Holloway
August 10 – 27, 2023
The world premiere of “One Year In Egypt” details the journey of writer and Oak Cliff native, Camika Spencer, during her first time abroad as a middle school ESL teacher in Al Giza, Egypt, during the same year she turned 50. This show is frank, funny, emotional, and informative, as she narrates her personal transformation while deconstructing the myths associated with how she romanticized Africa as a “woke” woman who’d never been to the Motherland – thus a wake-up call.
One Year in Egypt is a brief look at race, colorism, geography, history, sexism, class, and education being brought to the front and dealt with in a wonderful technologically enhanced moment on stage.
FAIRVIEW
by Jackie Sibblies Drury
Directed by Jiles King
In association with Undermain Theatre
October 21 – November 6, 2022
At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to ensure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems. A regional premiere, Fairview is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas, and the insidiousness of white supremacy.
13+: Some adult language (moderate), may contain mild references to adult topics.
*Subscribers/Donors to Undermain Theatre, please reach out to Undermain Theatre directly for your ticket reservations*
BLACK NATIVITY
Directed by Sheridan Singleton
Choreographed by J. Alexander Langley
December 1 – December 18, 2022
This hand-clapping, toe-tapping, finger-snapping theatrical wonderment, inspired by Langston Hughes’ retelling of the Nativity story, returns to the BATC stage for its 18th anniversary. Black Nativity is a holiday favorite enjoyed by the entire family.
Sponsored by Frost Bank
1619 PROJECT, ONE-ACT FESTIVAL
Directed by Gabrielle Kurlander
February 9 – 26, 2023
In late August 1619, a ship arrived in the British colony of Virginia with a cargo of twenty to thirty enslaved people from Africa. Their arrival led to the barbaric and unprecedented system of American chattel slavery that would last for the next 250 years. This is sometimes referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the source of so much that still defines the United States.
This one-act festival features 8 commissions by local and national playwrights that weave together stories that explore the legacy of slavery in present-day America.
Presented by The All Stars Project & Dallas Truth Racial Healing and Transformation
