Dallas, TX

DALLAS THEATER CENTER

EIN 75-0959992

Arts, Culture & Heritage Performing Arts Children & youth

Mission

Dallas Theater Center invests in our community by producing plays with resident artists that reflect and illuminate our diverse experiences, spark collaboration and dialogue, and invite engagement in everything we do.

IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) public charity Contributions are tax-deductible

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About DALLAS THEATER CENTER

Dallas Theater Center (DTC) is a major regional, professional nonprofit theater founded in 1959 and based in Dallas, Texas. It produces a year-round subscription season of classics, new plays, and musicals presented at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre and the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater, and maintains a Diane and Hal Brierley Resident Acting Company.

DTC operates an extensive Public Works / education program that includes Project Discovery, SummerStage, NextStage, free community workshops, and an annual community pageant. The organization serves tens of thousands of North Texas residents annually and positions itself as a civic arts leader focused on artistic excellence, inclusion, and community engagement.

Notable achievements

Regional Theatre Tony Award (2017)

Recipient of the 2017 Regional Theatre Tony Award in recognition of sustained artistic excellence, community engagement, and contributions to American theatre.

Project Discovery national award

Project Discovery, DTC’s flagship education initiative, received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award (a White House–administered national honor) for its impact on K–12 students.

Public Works community participation

Launched Public Works Dallas to stage large-scale participatory pageants; productions routinely feature more than 200 community members and include free community performances (for example, a free Public Works performance in July 2024).

At a glance

Total assets: $5.6M
Annual revenue: $7.4M
Tax status: 501(c)(3)Public charity
EIN: 75-0959992
Location: Dallas, TX
Website: dallastheatercenter.org
On Mahalo since: September 2026

Financial figures from the IRS Business Master File, the IRS’s registry of tax-exempt organizations.

Recognition

Widely recognized as one of the leading regional theaters in the United States and a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT).

Longstanding institutional residency at the AT&T Performing Arts Center and stewardship of the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed Kalita Humphreys Theater.

National recognition for arts education through awards and long-term impact: decades-long Project Discovery service to area students (reported totals exceed 300,000 students over multiple decades).

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