Production History
Dallas Children's Theater has brought outstanding performances to the North Texas region since 1984. We have presented 77 world premieres; performed 227 distinct titles; 388 individual productions; 14,687 performances for 5,352,833 people (as of June 21, 2023).
2023-24 Season
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Teen Scene: The Secret Life of Girls
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
C.S. Lewis' The Magicians Nephew
2022-23 Season
Junie B.'s Essential Survival Guide to School
The Happy Elf
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical!
Cry Havoc Theater Company's Endlings
Last Stop on Market Street
Charlotte's Web
2021-22 Season
DCT Presents...Circo Metropolis
Paddington Saves Christmas
Dragons Love Tacos
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
Teen Scene: 10 Seconds
2020-21 Season
(Virtual Performances)
Teen Scene: Andi Boi
Miss Nelson Has A Field Day
Idris Goodwin's Social Justice Play: Watergun Song
Idris Goodwin’s Social Justice Play: Nothing Rhymes With Juneteenth
Teen Scene: The Raven Society
Idris Goodwin’s Social Justice Play: #Matter
My Faraway Adventure Kit
2019-20 Season
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Christmas Show
Teen Scene: Little Women
Schoolhouse Rock Live
Teen Scene: Andi Boi
Miss Nelson Has A Field Day
2018–2019 Season
Treasure Island Reimagined!
Teen Scene: A Wrinkle In Time
Magic Tree House's Holiday Musical: A Ghost Tale for Mr. Dickens
The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats
Lone Star Circus' ® Forever
Ella Enchanted: The Musical
Teen Scene: The Secret Life of Girls
Tuck Everlasting
The Island of the Skog
Diary of a Worm, a Spider & a Fly (National Tour)
2017–2018 Season
Goosebumps the Musical: Phantom of the Auditorium
Teen Scene: Ghouls & Graveyards
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Frosty & Friends
Lone Star Circus’ ® Cirque Joyeux
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show
Teen Scene: Screen Play
Yana Wana's Legend of the Bluebonnet
Blue
Jungalbook
How I Became a Pirate (National Tour)
2016–2017 Season
Seussical™
Teen Scene: Dracula: The Vampire Play
A Charlie Brown Christmas
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
Lone Star Circus’ ® La Fête
Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook
Teen Scene: EAT (It's Not About Food)
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Jack and the Beanstalk
Tomas and the Library Lady
Blue
James and the Giant Peach
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (National Tour)
2015–2016 Season
Fancy Nancy: The Musical
Teen Scene: Sleepy Hollow
Miracle on 34th Street
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Not a Creature Was Stirring
Lone Star Circus' ® Zingari
A Year with Frog and Toad
Teen Scene: dont u luv me?
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Hansel and Gretel
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Balloonacy
Pinkalicious The Musical
The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) (National Tour)
2014–2015 Season
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! A Very Hairy Fairy Tale
Teen Scene: Night of the Living Dead
Miracle on 34th Street
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Frosty & Friends
Lone Star Circus' ® Oh lá lá
Skippyjon Jones
Teen Scene: Teen Brain: The Musical
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Balloonacy
Jackie & Me
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley (National Tour)
2013–2014 Season
Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat
Teen Scene: Ghouls & Graveyards
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
Lone Star Circus' ® Charivari
Go, Dog. Go!
Teen Scene: Little Women
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Beauty and the Beast
Mariachi Girl
Charlotte's Web
Stuart Little (National Tour)
2012–2013 Season
Pinkalicious, The Musical
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
Goodnight Moon
Teen Scene: Teen Brain: The Musical
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Rumpelstiltskin
A Wrinkle In Time
Boats
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (National Tour)
2011–2012 Season
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Teen Scene: Night of the Living Dead
Madeline's Christmas
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Teen Scene: The Secret Life of Girls
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Young King Arthur
Anne of Green Gables
Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (National Tour)
2010–2011 Season
Miss Nelson is Missing!
Teen Scene: The Curse of Castle Mongrew
Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Snow Queen
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Teen Scene: EAT: It's Not About Food
Teen Scene: hard 2 spel dad
Teen Scene: dont u luv me?
Teen Scene: The Secret Life of Girls
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Frog Prince
Tuck Everlasting
Giggle, Giggle, Quack (National Tour)
Señora Tortuga
The Pied Piper's Magic
2009–2010 Season
Junie B. Jones & A Little Monkey Business
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Santa's Holiday For Strings
How I Became a Pirate
Señora Tortuga
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Hansel and Gretel
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Teen Scene: hard 2 spel dad
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Carnival of the Animals
Most Valuable Player (National Tour)
Giggle, Giggle, Quack
2008–2009 Season
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
The Mummy's Claw
Madeline's Christmas
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Santa's Holiday For Strings
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale (National Tour)
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
Honus and Me
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Teen Scene: dont u luv me?
And then They Came for Me
The Neverending Story
2007–2008 Season
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing
Night of the Living Dead
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
A Little House Christmas
Goodnight Moon
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: House at Pooh Corner
The Giver
Teen Scene: EAT (It's Not About Food)
A Year With Frog & Toad
2006–2007 Season
If You Give a Pig a Party
Night of the Living Dead
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Miracle Worker
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Carnival of the Animals
Sleeping Beauty
James and the Giant Peach
Teen Scene: The Secret Life of Girls
A Midnight Cry (National Tour)
Pinkerton!!!
2005–2006 Season
Charlotte's Web
Everyday Heros
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
A Laura Ingalls Wilder Christmas
Junie B. Jones & A Little Monkey Business
Ananse the Spider Man
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Winnie the Pooh
The Secret Garden
The Music Lesson
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fair(L)Y Stoopid Tales (National Tour)
The Emperor's New Clothes
When I Was a Child
2004–2004 Season
To Kill a Mockingbird
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Rumplestilskin
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
A Midnight Cry
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Frog Prince
The Magician's Nephew
The Wrestling Season
Coyote Tales (National Tour)
Stuart Little
2003–2004 Season
And Then They Came for Me (National Tour)
The Island of the Skog
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Hoot Owl Hootenanny
Frankenstein
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Not a Creature was Stirring
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fair(L)Y (Stoopid) Tales
The Outsiders
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sarah Plain and Tall
Go, Dog. Go!
Treasure Island
2002–2003 Season
African Tales of Earth and Sky (National Tour)
Amelia Bedelia
Grimm Tales
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Miss Nelson is Back!
Holes
Johnny Tremain
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Coyote Tales
The Jungal Book
2001–2002 Season
The Three Sillies (National Tour)
Honk!
Gathering in Graveyards
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
African Tales of Earth and Sky
Sideways Stories from Wayside School
Deadly Weapons
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
And Then They Came for Me
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
2000–2001 Season
Heidi (National Tour)
The Boxcar Children
The Mummy's Claw
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Not a Creature was Stirring
The Three Sillies
My Lord What a Morning
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Tom Sawyer
The BFG - Big Friendly Giant
African Tales of Earth and Sky
1999–2000 Season
Young King Arthur (National Tour)
Miss Nelson is Missing!
The Canterville Ghost
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
Miracle on 34th Street
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Island of the Blue Dolphin
Charlotte's Web
Bless Cricket, Crest Toothepaste, and Tommy Tune
The Surprising Story of the 3 Little Pigs
1998–1999 Season
The Island of the Skog (National Tour)
Babe, the Sheep Pig
Dracula, The Vampire Play
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Most Valuable Player
The Princess and the Pea
Shakespeare: Out of Pocket
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Heidi
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
The Hobbit
1997–1998 Season
Jack and the Giant Bean Stalk (National Tour)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: Not a Creature was Stirring
The Christmas Witch
A Glory Over Everything
Bunnicula
The Miracle Worker
Young King Arthur
The Emperor's New Clothes
The Island of the Skog
1996–1997 Season
Cinderella or Everyone Needs a Fairy Godmother (National Tour)
The Boy who Drew Cats and Other Tales
Frankenstein
Kathy Burks Theatre of Puppetry Arts: The Nutcracker
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Dinosaur
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Yellow Boat
Pecos Bill
The Little Princess
Peter Pan
Rumplestilskin
1995–1996 Season
Winnie-the-Pooh
Little Women
Come into the Light
The Christmas Witch
Lyle the Crocodile
A Woman Called Truth
Star Path Moon Stop
Little Women
Tuck Everlasting
Jack and the Giant Bean Stalk
Snow White
1994–1995 Season
Charlotte's Web
The Mummy's Claw
Just in the Nick of Time
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
A Woman Called Truth
Beauty and the Beast
The Rememberer
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
Cinderella or Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother
1993–1994 Season
Ramona Quimby
The Curse of Castle Mongrew
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Kringle's Window
The Prince and the Pauper
Apollo: To the Moon
Bridge to Terabithia
The Secret Garden
Make Me Pele for a Day
The Wizard of Oz
Sleeping Beauty: The Hundred Year Adventure
1992–1993 Season
Beauty and the Beast
The Canterville Ghost
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Come into the Light
Anne of Green Gables
Anase's Tale of Africa
Dinosaurus
A Wrinkle in Time
Fiesta Mexicana: Tales from the Land of the Feathered Serpent
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
The Island of the Skog
1991–1992 Season
The Little Mermaid
Dracula, the Vampire Play
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Daughter of St. Nicholas
Jungle Book
Most Valuble Player
Maggie Magalita
The Reluctant Dragon
A Tale of Twelfth Night
Pinocchio 2142: A Space Adventure
The Adventure of Oliver Twist
1990–1991 Season
Snow White
Frankenstein
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Santa's Alive and Well and Momma's Got Him in the Kitchen
The Frog Princess & Peter and the Wolf
Sisters
Ananse the Spider Man
Charlotte's Web
Whale
The Magician's Nephew
Treasure Island
1989–1990 Season
Babar
The Diary of Anne Frank
Christmas Dreams
The Snow Queen
Dragon
Ghosts of Japan
The Oddyssey
The Phantom Tollbooth
Winnie the Pooh
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
1988–1989 Season
Kabuki Sleeping Beauty
The Woods at Bear Botton
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Merry Christmas, Strega Nona
To Kill a Mockingbird
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing
Prodigy
Cinderella, or Everybody Needs a Fairy Godmother
The Ranson of Red Chief
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
1987–1988 Season
The Miracle Worker
Kegger
Doors
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Velveteen Rabbit & The Wild Things
The Secret Garden
Tom Sawyer
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
1986–1987 Season
The Outlaw Robin Hood
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Most Valuable Player
A Wind in the Door
Peter Pan
James and the Giant Peach
1985–1986 Season
Treasure Island
The Wizard of Oz
The Legend of the Bluebonnet & Ice Wolf
The Long Winter
Raggedy Ann and Andy
The Revenge of the Space Pandas
1984–1985 Season
Babes in Toyland
A Wrinkle in Time
The Hobbit
Pinocchio
The Play Called Noah's Flood