The Dallas Theatre League (DTL) was the primary sponsor of the annual Leon Rabin Awards

Leon Rabin Awards

Named after the Leon Rabin, an arts patron who devoted his life to the development of Dallas based arts and artists, the Leon Rabin Awards , the Awards served as an avenue to recognize the numerous artists who support these theatres, as well as a way to showcase the vast and diverse talent that...

, an event celebrating the diversity and excellence of live theatre in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

, USA. The League disbanded in September 2007.

Mission

The mission of the Dallas Theatre League was to unite, strengthen and promote the theatre community in the Greater Dallas Area, working on behalf of its conviction that the performing arts are an essential public good, critical to a healthy and truly democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth.

The Dallas Area is one of the largest theatre centers in the United States. The region boasts more emerging theatre companies per capita than almost any other metropolitan area in the U.S., is home to one of the country’s oldest LORT Level Theatres, and the country’s second oldest summer Shakespeare Festival. Some 200 new plays are premiered here each year, some going on to wider success. DTL was founded in 1994 to serve and celebrate this vital artistic community.