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Undermain Theatre to stream ambitious season of shows from its legendary Deep Ellum basement
The seven productions include a modern classic and the regional premiere of a play about Dallas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson. Lonesome Blues co-writer Akin Babatundé starred as musician Blind Lemon Jefferson in the 2018 off-Broadway premiere of his and Alan Govenar s play about the Deep Ellum bluesman. Undermain Theatre is mounting a new production, with a new cast, as part of its 2021 virtual spring season.(Katherine Owens)
You are forgiven for mistaking Undermain Theatre’s 2021 plans for another of the company’s eclectic, ambitious seasons of shows. The mix of productions sounds very Undermain: a classic, premieres of edgy new work by nationally renowned playwrights and fare of local interest animated by local talent.
As North Texas theater companies brace for more COVID complications, ‘The Cube’ dares to bring back live audiences
Plus, learn how local theater groups are adjusting their 2021 seasons and where to attend live, outdoor performances this spring.
A curtained-off square serves as projection screen and audience pod in The Cube at the Latino Cultural Center.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
The title character in
The Cube, a daring new piece of meta-theater inside the Latino Cultural Center, wonders why human beings need to examine their existence and long for connection to other people, unlike other members of the animal kingdom.
“Did you come to be entertained? Were you expecting music and dance?” the disembodied voice asks. “I hope I have not disappointed.”
Dallas’ Undermain Theatre’s latest dance-drama confronts what the COVID-19 pandemic has stolen from us all
‘Things Missing/Missed’ uses a couple’s dissolving relationship and missing household items to explore our times metaphorically.
Clockwise, from left: Justin Locklear, William Acker, Elaina Alspach and Colby Calhoun star in the play Things Missing/Missed created by Undermain Theatre associate artistic director Danielle Georgiou and her partner Justin Locklear.(Justin Locklear )
When Undermain Theatre set out to find the next play to film for its audience stuck at home, a piece produced long before the pandemic by another Dallas company came to mind.
Updated on December 22, 2020 at 2:17 pm
Kitchen Dog Theater
When Terry Loftis looks back at the arts community in 2020, three words come to mind: inspiring, endurance and optimism. Loftis, the President and Executive Director of The Arts Community Alliance (TACA), announced $200,500 in grants to 30 Dallas arts organizations persevering through the coronavirus pandemic.
2020 is Loftis’ first calendar year to serve as TACA’s president and executive director. When he officially took over the job in late 2019, his goals included making TACA relevant, putting the arts advocacy group in a position of leadership for the arts community and cultivating art.
The pandemic accelerated those goals. “COVID comes along and just says, ‘Everything that you have planned and everything you didn’t have planned is now in play. Ready, set, go!’” Loftis said. “We’ve been running a gauntlet, but the upside to that is a lot of the long-term objectives I had set for TACA, we’ve already