Dallas Children's Theater

Dallas Children’s Theater (DCT) is a professional theater organization based in Dallas, Texas, that focuses on producing theater for youth and families. DCT reaches an audience of 250,000 youth annually with its 9 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.

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) 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.

To engage young people in transformational theatrical experiences, Dallas Children's Theater provides a professional season of diverse, quality productions for youth and families, year-round education and outreach programs, and a national touring company that travels to over 52 cities and 26 states each year.

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