Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT) is a professional theater organization based in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, that focuses on producing theater for youth and families. DCT reaches an audience of 270,000 youth annually with its 11 main stage productions, national touring company, and education programs. In 2004, TIME Magazine named Dallas Children's Theater one of the Top 5 theaters in the country performing for youth.

Description

Robyn Flatt and Dennis Vincent founded Dallas Children's Theater, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization, in 1984. Since its opening, DCT has become the largest not-for-profit family theater in the Southwest, operating on an annual budget of more than $3 million. DCT’s 11 annual productions are staged in the Rosewood Center for Family Arts. The Rosewood Center also houses DCT’s youth programming, including its theater academy and education programs such as “Curtains Up on Reading.”

DCT’s staff works to increase the body of theater for youth. The DCT artistic staff has written, adapted, and/or staged more than 40 world premier plays and musicals since its opening in 1984 (titles listed in “Production History.”) In addition to new works, DCT’s repertoire also includes well-known literary works, histories, biographies, fables, and other familiar stories.

Dallas Children’s Theater has been recognized by both TIME (magazine)

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 and American Theater Magazines as one of the leading professional theaters in the United States. The theater is supported and endorsed by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Hearst Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation.

DCT is affiliated with the Actors’ Equity Association, the Theater Communication Group, ASSITEJ International (Theater for Young Audiences/USA), and the American Alliance for Theater and Education (AATE).

Dallas Children's Theater offers educational and enrichment programs for children and teens in the Dallas Community. Programs include an annual national touring production that visits more than 50 cities every year; a student matinee performance series that allows underprivileged children and school programs to attend theatre performances at a reduced rate; an arts-in-education program entitled "Curtains Up on Reading;" academy classes for kids and teens; after school programs; and programs created for teens.

Executive Artistic Director Robyn Flatt

Robyn Flatt has served as the Executive Artistic Director of Dallas Children’s Theater since she co-founded the organization in 1984. In November 2008, she established the Baker Idea Institute, which holds annual symposia to address creativity and artistic expression in education.

Mrs. Flatt earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Baylor University. She served as a member of the Resident Professional Company of the Dallas Theater Center for twenty years before founding Dallas Children’s Theater.

Flatt has served on the boards of the American Alliance for Theatre Education and the USA branch of the International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People (ASSITEJ/USA). She has received many honors and awards, including induction in to the College of Fellows of American Theatre in 2007.

DCT Programs

DCT on Tour is Dallas Children's Theater's annual touring production, which travels to more than 50 U.S. cities every year. DCT's first touring production premiered in 1996. Recent touring productions include "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters" and "Most Valuable Player." In 2009, DCT was designated as an NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) American Masterpieces Touring Artist for that year.

DCT's Student Matinee Performance Series provides discounted tickets for students who attend weekday morning performances of the theater's main stage productions. DCT provides online study guides for each production so that teachers may integrate their students' field trip experience with what they are learning in the classroom.

The DCT Academy for Theater Arts provides year-round theater classes and workshops for children and teens. DCT's four artists-in-residence as well as additional theater professionals teach the classes.

Curtains Up on Reading is an initiative to integrate the arts in to academic curricula in Dallas area schools. DCT artists-in-residence travel to local elementary and middle schools and teach hands-on, interdisciplinary units in an attempt to increase students' understanding of academic subjects. Curtains Up on Reading currently reaches 25 campuses in the Dallas area.

Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts

Founded in 1973, the Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts has been affiliated with DCT since 1996. The theater stages two original puppet plays per year on the DCT stage and uses all styles of puppetry, including traditional bridge and cabaret marionettes, hand puppets, shadow puppets, and Black Theatre rod puppets. Kathy Burks’ puppets are often featured in other DCT mainstage productions.

The Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts stores its collection of over 1,000 puppets, both new and antique, at DCT’s Rosewood Center for Family Arts.

Venues

DCT productions began running at El Centro Community College

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 in 1984, and continued to do so continuously until 2003. In 1987, with the support of The Rosewood Corporation and the Meadows Foundation

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, they moved their administrative offices and some performances to the Crescent Theater in Dallas.

In 2003 DCT moved from the Crescent Theater into the 58,000 sq. ft. Rosewood Center for Family Arts with the Baker Theater (seats 400) and Studio Theater (seats 150), five classrooms, community gathering room and space for costume, scenic, shops and storage.

Awards and recognition

• 1986: DCT is awarded Winifred Ward Award for “Outstanding New Children’s Theater” by American Association of Theater for Youth
• 1992: DCT is ranked #1 among Dallas cultural institutions by Cultural Affairs Commission review
• 1993: “Come Into the Light” awarded Best New Play for Young People by the Southwest Theater Association awards
• 1996: DCT is ranked #1 by Texas Commission for the Arts in both Institutional and Arts Education categories
• 1996: DCT is named “Best Family Entertainment” by Dallas Observer
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• 2000: DCT’s Linda Daugherty, resident playwright, is awarded the Bondermann Award for her play Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, and Tommy Tune.
• 2000: DCT receives Critics Forum Award from the Dallas Morning News for Best New Play, Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, and Tommy Tune by Linda Daugherty
• 2000: DCT is awarded a Special Recognition Award by the Dallas Morning News for Outstanding Achievement
• 2001: DCT is nominated for 11 Leon Rabin awards by the Dallas Theatre League
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• 2006: DCT named “Best Theater” by Dallas Observer
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• 2007: DCT actress Emily Lockhart wins Leon Rabin award for “Best Actress” for Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business
• 2009: DCT named “Best Tween Theater” by Dallas Observer

Production history

1984-1985

• Babes in Toyland, directed by Dennis W. Vincent and John R. Stevens
• A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Hobbit, directed by Lee Lowrimore
• Pinocchio, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• The Play Called Noah’s Floor, directed by Karl Schaeffer

1985-1986

• Treasure Island, directed by Joe Calk
• The Wizard of Oz, directed by John R. Stevens
• The Legend of the Bluebonnet & the Ice Wolf, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Long Winter, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• Raggedy Ann and Andy, directed by John R. Stevens
• The Revenge of the Space Pandas, directed by Karl Schaeffer

1986-1987

• The Outlaw Robin Hood, directed by Karl Schaeffer
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Most Valuable Player, directed by Cecilia Flores (Southwest Premiere)
• A Wind in the food, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• Peter Pan, directed by John R. Stevens
• James and the Giant Peach, directed by Robyn Flatt

1987-1988

• The Miracle Worker, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Kegger, directed by John R. Stevens
• Doors, directed by Jenna Worthen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Velveteen Rabbit & The Wild Things, directed by Dennis W. Vincent & Nancy Schaeffer
• The Secret Garden, directed by Robyn Flatt & Artie Olaisen
• Tom Sawyer, directed by John R. Stevens
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Dennis W. Vincent

1988-1989

• Kabuki Sleeping Beauty, directed by Rick Ney
• The Woods at Bear Bottom, directed by Paul Baker (World Premiere)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• Merry Christmas, Strega Nona, directed by John R. Stevens
• To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• Prodigy, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Cinderella, or Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother, directed by Dennis W. Vincent & Linda Daugherty (World Premiere)
• The Ransom of Red Chief, directed by Karl Schaeffer
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Robyn Flatt & Mark Gruber

1989-1990

• Babar, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Christmas Dreams, directed by John R. Stevens
• The Snow Queen, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Dragon, directed by Yuli Gusman (American Premiere)
• Ghosts of Japan, directed by Rick Ney
• The Odyssey, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Phantom Tollboth, directed by Elly Lindsay
• Winnie the Pooh, directed by Jerry Ayers
• Sherlock Holms and the Baker Street Irregulars, directed by Robyn Flatt

1990-1991

• Snow White, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Frankenstein, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Santa’s Alive and Well and Momma’s Got Him in the Kitchen, directed by Dennis W. Vincent (World Premiere)
• The Frog Princess & Peter and the Wolf, directed by Dennis W. Vincent & Nancy Schaeffer
• Sisters, directed by Cecilia Flores
• African Tales of Ananse the Spider Man, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• Charlotte’s Web, directed by Beverly Renquist
• Whale, directed by Robyn Flatt (associate: Karl Schaeffer)
• The Magician’s Nephew, directed by Elly Lindsay
• Treasure Island, directed by Artie Olaisen

1991-1992

• The Little Mermaid, directed by Dennis W. Vincent (World Premiere)
• Dracula, the Vampire Play, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Daughter of St. Nicholas, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Jungalbook, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Most Valuable Player, directed by Cecilia Flores
• Maggie Magalita, directed by Elly Lindsay (Southwest Premiere)
• The Reluctant Dragon, directed by Robyn Flatt
• A Tale of Twelfth Night, directed by Paul Munger
• Pinocchio 2142: A Space Adventure, directed by Dennis W. Vincent (World Premiere)
• The Adventures of Oliver Twist, directed by Robyn Flatt

1992-1993

• Beauty and the Beast, directed by Steve Peterson
• The Canterville Ghost, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Come Into the Light, directed by Dennis W. Vincent (World Premiere)
• Anne of Green Gables, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Ananse’s Tales of Africa, directed by Rob Hubbard
• Dinosaurs, directed by Sally Fiorello
• A Wrinkle in Time, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Fiesta Mexicana: Tales from the Lad of the Feathered Serpent, directed by Dolores Godinez
• Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Island of the Skog, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)

1993-1994

• Ramona Quimby, directed by Elly Lindsay
• The Curse of Castle Mongrew, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Kringle’s Window, directed by Dennis W. Vincent & Brent Hasty
• The Prince and the Pauper, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Apollo: To the Moon, directed by Cecilia Flores & Karl Schaeffer
• Bridge to Terabithia, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Secret Garden, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Make Me Pele for a Day, directed by Clay Houston
• The Wizard of Oz, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Sleeping Beauty: The Hundred Year Adventure, directed by Dennis W. Vincent (World Premiere)

1994-1995

• Charlotte’s Web, directed by Andre du Broc
• The Mummy’s Claw, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Just in the Nick of Time, directed by Andre du Broc (World Premiere)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• A Woman Called Truth, directed by Ptosha Storey (Southwest Premiere)
• Beauty and the Beast, directed by David Fisher
• The Rememberer, directed by Robyn Flatt (Southwest Premiere)
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, directed by Artie Olaisen
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, directed by Dennis W. Vincent
• Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Cinderella or Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother, directed by Nancy Schaeffer

1995-1996

• Winnie-the-Pooh, directed by Trudy Wheeler
• Little Women, directed by Pamela Sterling
• Come into the Light, directed by John Hanby
• The Christmas Witch, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• Lyle the Crocodile, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• A Woman Called Truth, directed by Ptosha Storey
• Star Path Moon Stop, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• Little Women, directed by Andrew Gaupp & Pamela Sterling
• Tuck Everlasting, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Jack and the Giant Bean Stalk, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• Snow White, directed by Artie Olaisen

1996-1997

• Cinderella or Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother, directed by Cheryl Denson
• The Boy Who Drew Cats and Other Tales, directed by Danny Tamez
• Frankenstein, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Dinosaur, directed by Pam Myers-Morgan
• To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Yellow Boat, directed by Andrew Gaupp
• Pecos Bill, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• A Little Princess, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Peter Pan, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Rumplestilskin, directed by Artie Olaisen (World Premiere)

1997-1998

• Jack and the Giant Beanstalk, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, directed by Andy Long
• The Hound of the Baskervilles, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Not a Creature was Stirring, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• The Christmas Witch, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• A Glory Over Everything, directed by Ptosha Storey
• Bunnicula, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Miracle Worker, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Young King Arthur, directed by Artie Olaisen (World Premiere)
• The Emperor’s New Clothes, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Island of the Skog, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)

1998-1999

• The Island of the Skog, directed by Robyn Flatt (National Tour)
• Babe, the Sheep Pig, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (US Premiere)
• Dracula, the Vampire Play, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Most Valuable Player, directed by Guinea Lada Bennett
• The Princess and the Pea, directed by Robyn Flatt & Andy Long
• Shakespeare Out of Pocket, directed by Tony Medlin
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Heidi, directed by Andrew Gaupp (World Premiere)
• You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, directed by Peppy Biddy
• The Hobbit, directed by Artie Olaisen

1999-2000

• Young King Arthur, directed by Sally Fiorello & Douglass Burks (National Tour)
• Miss Nelson is Missing, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Canterville Ghost, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• Miracle on 34th Street, directed by Robyn Flatt
• If You Give a Moose a Muffin, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, directed by Guinea Lada Bennett
• Island of the Blue Dolphins, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Charlotte’s Web, directed by Andy Long
• Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste, and Tommy Tune, directed by Robyn Flatt (Southwest Premiere)
• The Surprising Story of the Three Little Pigs, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)

2000-2001

• Heidi, directed by Kathy Byrne (National Tour)
• The Boxcar Children, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Mummy’s Claw, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Not a Creature was Stirring, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• The Three Sillies, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• My Lord What a Morning, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Great Gilly Hopkins, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Tom Sawyer, directed by Andrew Gaupp
• The BFG-Big Friendly Giant, directed by Artie Olaisen
• African Tales of Earth and Sky, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)

2001-2002

• The Three Sillies, directed by Andy Long (National Tour)
• Honk!, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Gatherings in Graveyards, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, directed by Cheryl Denson (World Premiere)
• African Tales of Earth and Sky, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Sideways Stories from Wayside School, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Deadly Weapons, directed by Graham Whitehead
• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• And Then They Came for Me, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, directed by Peppy Biddu

2002-2003

• African Tales of Earth and Sky, directed by Robyn Flatt (National Tour)
• Amelia Bedelia, directed by Andy Long
• Grimm Tales, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Miss Nelson is Back!, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Holes, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Johnny Tremaine, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, directed by Peppy Biddy
• Coyote Tales, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• The Jungal Book, directed by Artie Olaisen

2003-2004

• And Then They Came for Me, directed by Robyn Flatt (National Tour)
• The Island of the Skog, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Hoot Owl Hootenanny, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts, directed by Doug Burks
• Frankenstein, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Not a Creature was Stirring, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates, directed by Cheryl Denson
• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Outsiders, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Sarah Plain and Tall, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Go, Dog, Go!, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Treasure Island, directed by Artie Olaisen

2004-2005

• To Kill a Mockingbird, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Rumplestilskin, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• The Velveteen Rabbit, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• A Midnight Cry, directed by Sally Fiorello
• The Frog Prince, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• The Magician’s Nephew, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Wrestling Season, directed by Rene Moreno
• Coyote Tales, directed by Andy Long (National Tour)
• Stuart Little, directed by Nancy Schaeffer

2005-2006

• Charlotte’s Web, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Everyday Heroes, directed by Andy Long
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Junie B. Jones & a Little Monkey Business, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Ananse the Spider Man, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Winnie the Pooh, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• The Secret Garden, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Music Lesson, directed by J. Daniel Herring
• The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (National Tour)
• The Emperor’s New Clothes, directed by Artie Olaisen
• When I was a Child, directed by Ted Perry

2006-2007

• If You Give a Pig a Party, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• Night of the Living Dead, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Velveteen Rabbit, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Miracle Worker, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Carnival of the Animals, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• Sleeping Beauty, directed by Andy Long
• James and the Giant Peach, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Secret Life of Girls, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• A Midnight Cry, directed by Sally Fiorello (National Tour)
• Pinkerton!!!, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)

2007-2008

• Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, directed by Matt Lyle
• Night of the Living Dead, directed by Artie Olaisen
• The Nutcracker, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• A Little House Christmas, directed by Robyn Flatt
• Goodnight Moon, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, directed by Robyn Flatt
• House at Pooh Corner, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts, directed by Doug Burks
• The Giver, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Eat: It’s Not About the Food, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• If You Give a Pig a Party, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (National Tour)
• A Year with Frog and Toad, directed by Cheryl Denson

2008-2009

• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Mummy’s Claw, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Madeline’s Christmas, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Santa’s Holiday for Strings, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts, directed by Doug Burks & Sally Fiorello
• Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, directed by Robyn Flatt (National Tour)
• Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type, directed by Doug Miller
• Honus and Me, directed by Andy Long
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Kathy Burks Theater for Puppetry Arts
• don’t u luv me?, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (World Premiere)
• And Then They Came for Me, directed by Robyn Flatt
• The Neverending Story, directed by Artie Olaisen

2009-2010

• Junie B. Jones & a Little Monkey Business, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Nancy Schaeffer
• Santa’s Holiday for Strings, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• How I Became a Pirate, directed by Nancy Schaeffer (Regional Premiere)
• Hansel and Gretel, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, directed by Artie Olaisen
• Hard 2 Spel Dad, directed by Robyn Flatt (World Premiere)
• Carnival of the Animals, Kathy Burks Theater of Puppetry Arts
• Most Valuable Player, directed by Andy Long
• Giggle, Giggle, Quack, directed by Doug Miller (Regional Premiere)

Sources

• Churnin, Nancy. "Dallas Children's Theater celebrates its 25th Anniversary." Dallas Morning News, 13 May 2009. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/ent/columnists/nchurnin/stories/DN-kidbeatlead_0515gui.State.Edition1.2e6a308.html.
• Zoglin, Richard. "Where Kids Get Treated Right." TIME Magazine, vol. 164. 2 November 2004.