THE Magazine - Dallas / Forthworth

The mission of the Dallas Theatre League (DTL) is to unite, strengthen and promote the theatre community in the Greater Dallas Area, working on behalf of our conviction that the performing arts are an essential public good, critical to a healthy and truly democratic society, and invaluable as a source of personal enrichment and growth. The Dallas Area is one of the largest theatre centers in the country. The region boasts more emerging theatre companies per capita than almost any other metropolitan area in the U.S., is home to one of the country’s oldest LORT Level Theatres, and the country’s second oldest summer Shakespeare Festival. Some 200 new plays are premiered here each year, some going on to wider success. DTL was founded in 1994 to serve and celebrate this vital artistic community.