Dallas Morning News
The earthly and heavenly meet in Teatro Dallas premiere of ‘A Grave Is Given Supper’
Teatro Dallas’ multimedia production based on local poet Mike Soto’s collection A Grave Is Given Supper creates an evocative atmosphere in the center’s courtyard for Soto’s free-verse musings on the impact of the drug trade on Mexicans, including the lovers Consuelo and Topito at the center of the story.
Dallas Morning News
Arab-futurism, belly dancers, drummers and paper sculptures — Teatro Dallas’ International Festival is back
“Go big or go home” could be the tagline of Teatro Dallas’ 19th International Festival. Its two world premieres are collaborative, experimental music-dance pieces still being assembled as we speak. Though she was involved in conceptualizing the heady new works, executive director Sara Cardona has mostly left it to the guest artists to come up with engaging evenings.
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New York Times
What’s Playing in Dallas? With Streaming, I Could Find Out
Open-air shows. Joint productions. Filmed dress rehearsals. Here’s a faraway close-up on how one theater community has stayed reasonably robust in adversity…
Dallas News
The Dallas City Council gives unanimous approval to a new home for two Hispanic theater companies
In a unanimous vote, the Dallas City Council on Wednesday night awarded two Hispanic theater companies, Cara Mía Theatre and Teatro Dallas…
Dallas News
A new arts collective’s first mission? Racial equity in Dallas arts funding
A new arts collective is working to amplify the voices of minorities in Dallas. Led by four local theater companies — Bishop Arts Theatre Center, Cara Mía Theatre, Soul Rep Theatre Company and Teatro Dallas…
Dallas News
Cora Cardona, pioneering leader of Teatro Dallas, stepping down after 32 years
Long before painter Frida Kahlo and the Day of the Dead were fixtures in American pop culture, Cora Cardona was producing plays about them in Dallas…
Dallas Observer
Teatro Dallas Imports Latin American Culture to Dallas
When stage actress Cora Cardona moved to Dallas from Austin, the only acting roles she could find at first were those of a maid. A Mexican maid, specifically…
