The AT&T Performing Arts Middle (AT&T PAC) and Dallas Theater Middle (DTC) have introduced exploratory plans to mix their organizations in a daring, forward-looking partnership designed to strengthen the long run of the performing arts in Dallas whereas preserving the distinct inventive identities and missions of each establishments.
On the core of uniting AT&T PAC and DTC is a need to create extra nice programming for extra individuals, expanded training alternatives for extra college students, sustained help for native artists, and be certain that Dallas continues to thrive as one in all America’s nice performing arts cities.
“By coming collectively, we’re capable of obtain way more than both of us might do on our personal,” stated Kevin Moriarty, Dallas Theater Middle Government Director. “Not solely will this revolutionary mannequin profit our audiences, artists, college students and our metropolis, it additionally strengthens and expands our mixed means to satisfy the alternatives and challenges of the long run.”
“The performing arts trade has been present process profound systemic change nationwide,” stated Warren Tranquada, president and CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Middle. “Stagnation shouldn’t be an choice. Two main Dallas establishments are coming collectively in a proactive strategy to write our future, creating a brand new inventive and enterprise mannequin that may set the stage for energy and sustainability in North Texas and past.”
Beneath a unified AT&T PAC group, led by president and CEO Warren Tranquada, DTC will proceed to supply daring, revolutionary theater underneath the management of Enloe/Rose Inventive Director Jaime Castañeda constructing on its historical past of nationwide recognition, together with the 2017 Tony Award for Excellent Regional Theatre. AT&T PAC will proceed presenting world-class performances, touring Broadway and its Elevator Undertaking. This alignment will convey a broader vary of lasting theatrical experiences, extra bold productions, and added alternatives to get pleasure from distinctive stay efficiency.
“Dallas Theater Middle will maintain creating the daring, adventurous theatre that defines us whereas increasing the sorts of tales we will inform, the artists we will collaborate with, and the audiences we will serve,” stated Castañeda.
The alignment of organizations additionally reinforces the imaginative and prescient behind the Dallas Arts District and its significance to the success of downtown Dallas.
“The humanities play a crucial function in our metropolis, particularly in making a vibrant downtown.” Stated Mayor Eric L. Johnson, who applauded the revolutionary efforts. “It is a daring step for these signature cultural establishments, one which distinguishes Dallas as a nationwide change chief and helps guarantee our Arts District continues to be an financial, cultural and tourism engine for Downtown.”
Training is a cornerstone of the mixed imaginative and prescient. Collectively, AT&T PAC and DTC will construct on their award-winning applications, together with scholar matinee performances and after-school/summer time theater applications to backstage tech coaching, dance engagement, management coaching and neighborhood workshops. Aligning assets and experience will drastically broaden entry to the performing arts, with a long-term objective of making certain each scholar in North Texas experiences stay theater as a part of their training.
This alignment additionally helps Dallas artists. DTC will stay a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT) and produce extra distinctive theater with its Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Appearing Firm. This may create extra alternatives for actors, administrators, designers, playwrights, musicians, technicians, and different inventive professionals. AT&T PAC will maintain offering crucial assets for Dallas artists and cultural organizations with collaborative advertising and marketing, ticketing companies, and premiere efficiency areas.
For audiences, there might be no interruption to performances, subscriptions, memberships, or programming in the course of the transition. Patrons can count on the identical high-quality experiences they know and worth. They’ll have extra ticketing choices, akin to creating personalised packages throughout a number of artwork kinds, extra versatile exchanges, and new membership alternatives.
The AT&T Performing Arts Middle and Dallas Theater Middle come to this with an extended historical past of partnership. Since AT&T PAC’s opening in 2009, DTC has been one in all its 5 esteemed resident firms. DTC’s house is within the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre. The mixed group will convey finance, advertising and marketing, HR, fundraising and ticketing underneath the AT&T PAC umbrella.
Based in 1959, Dallas Theater Middle commissioned and constructed the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Kalita Humphreys Theater as its historic residence, the place it continues to supply theater right now. The mixed group will function and steward the Kalita underneath its current settlement with the Metropolis of Dallas.
Combining the 2 organizations is topic to approval of their particular person boards. They’re now coming into a due diligence and capital fundraising part by way of the summer time and fall, with the official approval and uniting anticipated to happen at the start of 2027.
For extra details about the organizations and their upcoming programming, go to AT&T Performing Arts Middle and Dallas Theater Middle on-line.
