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Theatre Three’s 2014 - 2015 Season Announcement

 

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During Theatre Three’s 53rd season, Theatre Three celebrates the differences and those making a difference. This new season on the Norma Young Arena Stage is full of characters who are never afraid to be a little different: former strippers share secrets at a funeral, down-and-out Texans’ hopes are rekindled by a chance to win a truck, a torn nation at war finds joy at Christmas, a celebrated writer reveals his insecurities, doomed lovers thwart cruel laws to be together, and a compulsive liar gets tangled into his own deceptive web.  The 53rd season on the Norma Young Arena Stage begins August 7, 2014 with Candy Barr’s Last Dance and the final show of the subscription season, The Liar, begins June 25, 2015.

Two shows are currently scheduled to be produced during the 2014-2015 season. The run of Shear Madness bridges Theatre Three’s 2013-2014 season and 2014-2015 season and is currently scheduled to close July 20, 2014. The perennial favorite, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, will open January 8, 2015. Additionally, Theatre Three may produce special artist projects in Theatre Too.

 

On the Norma Young Arena Stage:

Candy Barr’s Last Dance
A world premiere comedy by Ronnie Claire Edwards
August 7 –  31, 2014
Candy Barr was the colorful celebrity stripper; THE favorite of Dallas ’ power brokers in the ‘40s and ‘50s. On the day of Candy’s funeral, three fellow strippers rendez-vous to go to the services together and gaily uncover more than Candy used to take off.

Hands on a Hardbody
A musical by Doug Wright, Amanda Green, & Trey Anastasio
September 25 – October 19, 2014
For 10 hard-luck Texans, a new lease on life is so close they can touch it. Under a scorching sun for days on end, armed with nothing but hope, humor and ambition, they'll fight to keep at least one hand on a brand-new truck in order to win it. In the hilarious, hard-fought contest that is Hands on a Hardbody only one winner can drive away with the American Dream.

Civil War Christmas
A musical by Paula Vogel
November 20 – December 14, 2014
It’s a bitterly cold Christmas Eve in 1864 and all along the Potomac , from the White House to the battlefields, friends and foes alike find their lives strangely and poetically intertwined. This holiday musical inspiringly weaves together carols and folk songs, beautifully portraying a uniquely moving moment of our American heritage.

Tru
A play by Jay Presson Allen
January 8 – February 8, 2015
This tour-de-force one-man show performed by Greater Tuna’s Jaston Williams reveals a lonely Truman Capote soothing himself with pills, vodka, cocaine, and chocolate truffles as he muses about his checkered life and career.

Hot Mikado
A musical adapted from Gilbert & Sullivan by David H. Bell and Rob Bowman
March 12 – April 5, 2015
In a land where outlandish laws sentence people to death for almost any indiscretion (like flirting!), jazz, and the blues, and gospel are spoken fluently. Hot Mikado weaves a tale of hilarious proportions and despite the life or death stakes, characters still find time to tap their toes and do their fair share of scatting.

TBA
May 7 - 31, 2015
A scintillating addition to the season will be announced at a later date.  

The Liar
A classic comedy adapted by David Ives
June 25 – July 19, 2015
Paris, 1643. Dorante is a charming young man newly arrived in the capital, and he has but a single flaw: He cannot tell the truth. In quick succession he meets Cliton, a manservant who cannot tell a lie, and falls in love with Clarice, a charming young woman whom he unfortunately mistakes for her friend Lucrece. What our hero regrettably does not know is that Clarice is secretly engaged to his best friend Alcippe. Nor is he aware that his father is trying to get him married to Clarice, whom he thinks is Lucrece, who actually is in love with him. From all these misunderstandings and a series of breathtakingly intricate lies springs one of the Western world's greatest comedies, a sparkling urban romance as fresh as the day Pierre Corneille wrote it, brilliantly adapted for today by All in the Timing's David Ives.

Show times:  
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 pm.

Tickets:         
Single Tickets: $10 -- $50; Subscriptions: $70.00 -- $224.00

Tickets for all performances may be purchased by calling Theatre Three’s box office at 214-871-3300.

 

In Theatre Too:

Shear Madness
A whodunnit by Paul Pörtner
Currently scheduled to close on July 20, 2014
Paul Pörtner’s hit comedy has been running at the Kennedy Center for over 25 years and starting May 16, 2014, Shear Madness will charm Dallas audiences in Theatre Too. This unique comedy-whodunit takes place today in the "Shear Madness" hairstyling salon and is chock full of up-to-the-minute spontaneous humor.  During the course of the action, a murder is committed and the audience gets to spot the clues, question the suspects, and solve the funniest mystery in the annals of crime. The outcome is never the same, which is why many audience members return again and again to the scene of the mayhem. Over 10.6 million people worldwide have joined in the fun, and while no one has actually died laughing, some are still rolling in the aisles.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change
A musical by Joe DiPietro and Jimmy Roberts
January 8 – February 15, 2015
It’s a hugely entertaining show that Theatre Three revives every year around Valentine’s Day -- and it sells out!   It’s the perfect revue of courtship and marriage that has earned its place as a signature piece by Theatre Three, and featuring gifted sketch comedy players who sing and dance their way through all the phases of romance and marriage.

Show times:  Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
Tickets:           Single Tickets: $30 -- $50. Tickets for all performances may be purchased by calling Theatre Three’s box office at 214-871-3300.

 

About Theatre Three: 
Theatre Three was founded in 1961 by Norma Young, Jac Alder , Esther Ragland, and Robert Dracup with a clear mission: Theatre Three seeks to illuminate the human experience with exemplary, intimate theatrical productions while nurturing authors, regional artists and audiences.

To Contact Theatre Three:
by post: 2800 Routh Street, Suite 168 , Dallas , Texas 75201
by phone: 214-871-3300       by email: admin@theatre3dallas.com
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