Broadnax appointed Martine Elyse Philippe as the Director of the Office of Arts & Culture, effective December 5, 2022. Read more.Ībout the Director City Manager T.C. If you have any questions please email at Altabef, Board Chair, Dallas Theater CenterKevin Moriarty, Artistic Director, Dallas Theater CenterĬlick below to learn more about the Kalita Humphreys Theater Marsterplan:Executive SummaryMaster Plan Report Volume 1Master Plan Report Volume 2. If so, we will reach out to the people of Dallas for their continued engagement and support to realize a vision for our community in which all are welcome to engage with the arts, be inspired by nature, and celebrate our common humanity. Ultimately, the City Council will determine if this master plan is adopted. Gathering spaces that will activate the site with classes, rehearsals, dining and events year-round. Two new theater spaces that will serve local theater companies, attract new audiences, and inspire artists. A beautiful site that expands green space and space for public use, connects to the Katy Trail above and Turtle Creek below, and provides amenities for park-goers throughout the day. A restored Frank Lloyd Wright building that welcomes 21st century audiences to experience its historic architectural glory while enjoying state of the art productions. Theater fans, historic preservationists, parks enthusiasts, city officials, philanthropists, artists and neighbors have come together to inspire and shape this plan.Ĭollectively, they have joined with us to craft a forward-thinking vision for Dallas. Throughout this process, which included a twenty-one month “pause” when the COVID pandemic intervened, we have been inspired by the passionate engagement of people throughout our community. Inspired by a passion for the Kalita’s architectural history and a commitment to expanding access to theater, arts education, and public green spaces for the people of Dallas, DTC brought together a Steering Committee of committed citizens to select an architect to create the plan.įrom the moment the committee first met the visionary geniuses of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, we knew we had found collaborators who would honor the past while conceiving a bold new future. In the spring of 2019, with the Kalita in need of significant restoration, the City asked DTC to fund and lead a private effort to create a master plan envisioning the future of the Kalita and the nine acres on which it sits. In 1973, DTC deeded the Kalita to the City of Dallas, which assumed responsibility for its major maintenance and has leased the theater back to DTC since. DTC added an administrative building to the Kalita campus and built an additional theater in the Dallas Arts District (originally, the Arts District Theater, later replaced by the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre at the AT&T Performing Arts Center). Throughout the next sixty years, DTC’s artistry flourished and expanded, requiring significant additions and modifications to the Kalita. The play, Of Time and the River, was directed by the theater’s founding artistic director, Paul Baker, and the production was produced in the theater’s new home, the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed for DTC by the legendary architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. On December 27, 1959, fans of theater and architecture from around the world looked to Dallas, Texas, as a brand-new company, Dallas Theater Center (DTC), presented its first public performance. Kalita Humphreys Theater Master Plan A LETTER FROM DALLAS THEATER CENTER
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