{"id":256545,"date":"2026-04-19T05:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256545\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T05:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:36:46","slug":"communities-foundation-supports-dallas-arts-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/256545\/","title":{"rendered":"Communities foundation supports Dallas arts nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stage Notes<\/a>\u00a0is a weekly aggregate post about theater, classical music, dance, comedy and stage news, events, reviews and other pertinent information.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stage Notes Calendar\u00a0<\/p>\n

Opening this week:<\/p>\n

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Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn\u2019s Italian Symphony, opened Thursday-Sunday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Soul Rep Theatre: Madam Queen, opened Thursday-May 2<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Theatre Three: The Murder of Roger Ackryoyd, opened Thursday-May 10<\/a>, pictured.<\/p>\n

Ghostlight Theatre Company: The Seagull, today-Sunday at Lewisville Grand Theater<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lake Cities Ballet Theatre: The Little Mermaid, today-Sunday at TBA<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lakeside Community Theatre: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), today-May 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Garland Civic Theatre: Drinking Habits, today-May 3<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lyric Stage: Sweet Charity, today-May 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Opera: Project Opera: Romeo and Juliet, 7 p.m. Saturday at Van Cliburn Concert Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chamber Music International: Chamber Works of Debussy, 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

TITAS\/Dance Unbound: Command Performance and Gala, Saturday at the Winspear<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FWSO Special: Walt Disney Animation Studios \u2013 A Decade in Concert, Saturday and Sunday at Will Rogers Auditorium<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

FWSO Chamber Series: Mozart, Beethoven, and Schumann, 3 p.m. Sunday at Kimbell Art Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lone Star Wind Orchestra:Lights, Camera\u2026Trumpet!, 3 p.m. Sunday at Moody Performance Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: Music of Joy and Peace, 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Eisemann<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dallas Chamber Symphony: Debussy + Strauss: Metamorphosen, 7:30 p.m. Tuesdayat Moody Performance Hall<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Onstage now: <\/p>\n

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MusicalWriters.com:\u00a0The Scarlet Letter Musical, through Saturday at the Rosewood Center for Family Arts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Broadway at the Bass:Some Like it Hot, Tuesday-April 19<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Community of Rowlett Players (CORP):\u00a0The Comedy of Errors, through Sunday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Repertory Company Theatre:\u00a0The Producers, through Sunday at the Courtyard Theatre<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Theatre Denton:\u00a0To Kill a Mockingbird, through Sunday at Point Bank Auditorium<\/a>, pictured.<\/p>\n

Lewisville Playhouse:\u00a0Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, through April 26<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mesquite Arts Theatre:\u00a0The Odd Couple, through April 26<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cirque du Soleil:\u00a0ECHO, opened Thursday-May 3 at Lone Star Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kitchen Dog Theater:\u00a0Dream Hou$e, through May 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Richardson Theatre Centre:\u00a0Over The River and Through The Woods, through May 3<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lewisville Playhouse\u2019s\u00a0Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u00a0through a queer lens<\/p>\n

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Lewisville Playhouse opened\u00a0Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard\u2019s existential comedy on April 10. Directed by Chris-James Cognetta, this version re-examined the play through a queer lens. Cognetta and his cast explore how queerness, both explicit and coded, illuminates the play\u2019s themes of marginality, ambiguity, intimacy, identity as well as the search for meaning within Stoppard\u2019s confines of the script.<\/p>\n

A cornerstone of modern\u00a0theatre,\u00a0Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\u00a0flips Shakespeare\u2019s\u00a0Hamlet\u00a0inside out, placing two minor characters at the center of a story about fate, friendship, performance, language, and the absurdity of existence. <\/p>\n

In this new production, Cognetta draws out the play\u2019s deep resonance with queer experience: living in the in-between, navigating roles assigned by others, and searching for selfhood in a world determined to keep some people peripheral.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis play has always lived in the in-between,\u201d Cognetta said in a press release ahead of the show\u2019s opening. \u201cBetween life and death, certainty and confusion, center stage and the margins. Looking at it through a queer lens is not about forcing an idea onto the text. It is about recognizing how deeply the play already speaks to coded identity, liminality, longing, and the ache of not quite fitting the roles the world provides.\u201d<\/p>\n

The role of\u00a0The Player\u00a0is performed by\u00a0Mikey Abrams, pictured above, whose seductively queer theatricality anchors the world of the tragedians and heightens the production\u2019s focus on performance, spectacle and a it of ferocity. <\/p>\n

The cast includes queer artists and allied performers, creating a company that reflects both the diversity of North Texas and the collaborative spirit of contemporary queer\u00a0theatre.<\/p>\n

Lewisville Playhouse\u2019s production embraces minimalism both in set and color scheme. This allowed the relationships, language, and visual images to resonate with focused immediacy. <\/p>\n

The company stated, \u201cFor LGBTQ+ audiences, this staging offers not just a reinterpretation of a classic, but a recognition of how the canon can hold queerness in coded, surprising, and deeply moving ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

For tickets, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Communities Foundation of Texas launches North Texas Gives to the Arts campaign for Dallas Arts Month<\/p>\n

In celebration of Dallas Arts Month in April, Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) announced the start of the fundraising campaign\u00a0North Texas Gives to the Arts. The initiative launched on Thursday.\u00a0The campaign will run through April 30 and includes $100,000 in total matching funds from The Giana Foundation Fund, the Robert B. and Virginia Payne Fund for Arts & Culture, and CFT. Donations of up to $100 per person, per nonprofit, will be matched until the $100,000 match has been met.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCFT believes a thriving community is one where art is accessible and creativity is celebrated. The arts bring people together and provide meaningful space for expression,\u201d\u00a0Wayne White, CFT President and CEO said in a press release. \u201cNorthTexasGivingDay.org serves as a one\u2011stop shop for giving to nonprofits across our region, and we\u2019re grateful the platform can be used during Dallas Arts Month to uplift organizations advancing arts, culture, and the humanities.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the website, NorthTexasGivingDay.org, donors can browse eight different categories of verified arts and humanities nonprofits to give to. These include: History & Heritage; Arts Advocacy & Support; Dance; Visual Arts, Media, & Film; Music; Literary Arts; Theater; and Multidisciplinary Arts.<\/p>\n

The Flame Foundation presents the third annual Cocina Flamenca LIVE<\/p>\n

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The Flame Foundation<\/a> invites Dallas to experience the sights, sounds, and flavors of Spain as Cocina Flamenca LIVE 2026 returns to the Latino Cultural Center for its third annual celebration. Inspired by Spain\u2019s La Feria de Sevilla, the festival transforms the Latino Cultural Center campus into a cultural playground, activating indoor and outdoor stages for an afternoon and evening of flamenco, food, and community connection on Saturday, April 18.<\/p>\n

New for 2026, festivalgoers can participate in a free Salsa\u2011Flamenco Style dance class at 5 pm, led by guest artist N\u00e9lida Tirado, held inside the Latino Cultural Center\u2019s Black Box theater. Space is limited, and advance registration is encouraged.<\/p>\n

The evening culminates with Fiesta Flamenca XII, an exclusive, ticketed one\u2011hour indoor performance held in the Latino Cultural Center auditorium with doors at 6:30 pm. The finale features internationally recognized bailaoras N\u00e9lida Tirado and Carmen Montes (\u201cLa Chispa\u201d), alongside master guitarists Ricardo Sanchez and Juanis de la Isla, with Jos\u00e9 Cortes on cante. Dallas\u2019 Maestro Antonio Arrebola of Flamenco DNA also takes the stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, Cocina Flamenca LIVE truly becomes a campus\u2011wide celebration,\u201d Delilah Buitr\u00f3n Arrebola, Artistic Director and Producer of The Flame Foundation said in a press release. \u201cBy activating every performance space, we\u2019re inviting the community to explore flamenco in different environments while sharing food, movement, and culture together.\u201d<\/p>\n

The day\u2019s schedule includes: <\/p>\n

4 p.m.: Flamenkitos<\/p>\n

4:15 p.m. \u2013 Guitarra Ricardo Castillo<\/p>\n

4:45 p.m. \u2013 Sevillanas<\/p>\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Representa<\/p>\n

5 p.m. \u2013 Salsa\u2011Flamenco Style Dance Class led by guest artist N\u00e9lida Tirado
Limited space. Advance registration recommended.<\/p>\n

6:00 p.m. \u2013 Sabor Flamenco<\/p>\n

6:45 p.m. \u2013 Michael Carrasco<\/p>\n

7 p.m. \u2013 Fiesta Flamenca XII (ticketed)<\/p>\n

7:15 p.m. \u2013 Len Bernett<\/p>\n

For tickets, visit CocinaFlamencaLiveDFW.com.<\/p>\n

\u2013Rich Lopez<\/p>\n

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