It’s certainly spooky season onstage, especially in Fort Worth, where creepy schoolgirls, a kooky family, murderous birds, and ghostly show choir kids are all haunting the theaters.<\/p>\n
Here are 12 shows appearing in Dallas-Fort Worth theaters in September, listed in order of start date:<\/p>\n
Latinidades Festival<\/a> cleaVage<\/a> Noises Off<\/a><\/strong> King Hedley II<\/a><\/strong> Mac Beth<\/a> The Trade: A Tragedy in Four Quarters<\/a> The Rocky Horror Show<\/a> Incarnate<\/a> Ride the Cyclone<\/a><\/strong> The Birds<\/a><\/strong>
<\/strong>Cara Mia Theatre, October 2-12
<\/strong>Dallas\u2019s largest international Latino theatre festival is back for its sixth year with six mainstage productions and various second-stage performances spanning theater, dance, music, and poetry to highlight diverse Latin American voices. Also returning is the Arts Symposium: “How Our Arts Will Thrive in Times of Change.” For a full schedule of events, go to the festival website.<\/p>\n
MusicalWriters.com Productions & Lakeside Community Theatre, October 3-18
<\/strong>It’s the world premiere of this a laugh-out-loud new musical comedy about the rise, fall, and rebound of silicone gel breast implants. Conceived by Dallas plastic surgeon Dr. Ron Friedman and co-written with Laura Goodenow, cleaVage has been described as \u201cHamilton with breasts\u201d by Texas Monthly.<\/p>\n
Dallas Theater Company, October 3-26
<\/strong>Michael Frayn\u2019s uproarious classic British comedy is a play-within-a-play that plunges the audience into the chaotic world of Nothing\u2019s On, a fictional touring production tormented by backstage romances and onstage blunders. From flubbed lines to slamming doors, witness the hilarious unraveling of a troupe of eccentric actors.<\/p>\n
Soul Rep Theatre Company & Bishop Arts Theatre Center, October 9-26
<\/strong>Set in 1985 Pittsburgh, August Wilson’s King Hedley II follows an ex-convict’s fight to rebuild his life and reclaim his future amid hardship, hope, and the weight of the past.<\/p>\n
Circle Theatre, October 9-November 1
<\/strong>After school\u202d, \u202cseven teenage girls convene in an abandoned lot\u202d. \u202cThey drop their backpacks\u202d, \u202ctransform their uniforms\u202d, \u202cand dive into a DIY retelling of Macbeth\u202d. As the girls conjure\u202d \u202ckings\u202d, \u202cwarriors\u202d, \u202cand witches\u202d, \u202cShakespeare\u2019s bloody tale seeps into their reality\u202d.<\/p>\n
<\/strong>Theatre Three, October 9-November 2
<\/strong>In this fast-paced, highly unauthorized, foam middle-fingered satire, the Dallas Mavericks are on the brink of greatness \u2014 so naturally, Nico slams the self-destruct button. With a Greek chorus narrating the tragic downfall, a Kiss Cam, \u201cLuka Doncic,\u201d \u201cMark Cuban,\u201d and a cameo from \u201cAnthony Davis\u2019 Hernia,\u201d The Trade skewers the madness behind the moves, the myth that millionaires and billionaires must know what they\u2019re doing, and the heartbreak of loving something that doesn\u2019t love you back. In Dallas, tragedy wears Nikes.<\/p>\n
Lyric Stage, October 10-26
<\/strong>In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named \u201cRocky.\u201d Complete with sass from the audience, cascading toilet paper, and an array of other audience participation props, this deliberately kitschy rock \u2019n\u2019 roll sci-fi gothic musical is more fun than ever.<\/p>\n
Second Thought Theatre, October 15-November 1
<\/strong>Incarnate, by STT\u2019s own Parker Davis Gray, is a horror\/thriller that follows two artists over the course of a year in their seemingly pointless pursuit of creation while suffering under great grief. Trapped in her cell, Rosamund is hellbent on escaping her fate while the Man who kidnapped her struggles with the consequences of what grief can do, and how far he will go to escape it. Can they live with themselves? Or, more importantly, who else is living with them?<\/p>\n
Stage West, October 16-November 2
<\/strong>In this critically acclaimed cult musical, a freak roller coaster accident derails the lives of the entire St. Cassian High School chamber choir. Now dead, trapped in carnival limbo, they\u2019re greeted by a mechanical fortune teller who proposes a talent show. The prize? One lucky winner will return to life.<\/p>\n
Amphibian Stage<\/strong>, October 17-November 9
<\/strong>Based on Daphne du Maurier\u2019s story (the inspiration for Hitchcock\u2019s famous film), The Birds brings a chilling and suspenseful look at human nature in the face of societal collapse. When killer birds start attacking, three strangers seek shelter in an isolated house. But as paranoia creeps in, they realize the biggest threat might not be coming from outside.<\/p>\n