Dallas Theater Center

The Dallas Theater Center is a major regional theater in Dallas, Texas (United States). It produces classic, contemporary and new plays. The theater was based in the Kalita Humphreys Theater, a building designed by famous American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, from 1959 to 2009. In 2009 it moved to the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the Dallas Arts District.

Founded in 1959, Dallas Theater Center (DTC) was one of the first regional theaters in the United States and was marked by the building of the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright. Dallas Theater Center was founded primarily as an educational institution under the leadership of Paul Baker, who envisioned DTC as a conservatory with a well-rounded resident company of writers, directors, designers, and actors. During Baker’s tenure, DTC became one of the nation’s leading producers of experimental interpretations of classics and world premieres, with 35 plays premiering on the Kalita Humphreys Theater stage during his time, including The Latent Heterosexual, Shadow of an Eagle, Blood Money, and Preston Jones’ A Texas Trilogy.

In 1982 as Baker transitioned out of the Theater Center, Mary Sue Jones, his longtime creative partner, served as Interim Artistic Director. The sole female to hold this position, Jones took the reins for one year to lead DTC in the search for Baker’s replacement.

With the arrival of Adrian Hall in 1983, Dallas Theater Center was transformed into a fully professional theater with a resident company of actors. During this time DTC built the Arts District Theater, a dynamic, flexible space in downtown Dallas designed by scenic designer Eugene Lee (the space was closed in 2005 in preparation for construction of the Wyly Theatre). With access to three separate performance spaces (the basement of the Kalita Humphreys was also used as a theater), Hall produced an eclectic array of work ranging from classics to world premieres, such as his adaptation of Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men. During Hall’s tenure, DTC also began its annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol.

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