Undermain Theatre

“One of the best small theatres in America” by The San Diego-Union Tribune, and “...our most daring and accomplished theatrical troupe...” by The Dallas Morning News.

Undermain Theatre is a company of artists that performs experimental works in Texas, New York, and Europe; collaborates with playwrights; develops original and world premiere productions; supports a theatre archive; publishes plays; and sustains a theatre in Dallas’ historic Deep Ellum.

Undermain Theatre founded in 1984 by a group of artists who transformed a warehouse basement under Main Street in Dallas into a unique performance space and began producing new and experimental plays.

The company’s reputation grew in Dallas’ artistic community and beyond. Soon Undermain was home to many regional premieres of new work. Among numerous awards for its work including the Dallas Critics Forum, Undermain also was the recipient of the 500 Inc’s Ken Bryant Vision Award.

Undermain has produced plays by Mac Wellman, Conor McPherson, Lynn Alvarez, Young Jean Lee, Jeffrey M. Jones, John O’Keefe, Erik Ehn, Len Jenkin, Suzan Lori-Parks, Lenora Champagne, Howard Barker, Dario Fo, David Ray, Sam Shepard, Samuel Beckett, Caryl Churchill, Goran Stefanovski, and Octavio Solis, among others. Collaboration during rehearsal and production with the playwright is an integral and exciting part of the work.

In 1995, during the siege of Sarajevo, Undermain was invited to tour a neighbouring Balkan country, Macedonia where it performed to capacity crowds in Roman amphitheatres and on the steps of orthodox cathedrals.

THE TEAM

Katherine Owens, Artistic Director

Bruce DuBose, Executive Producer

Suzanne Thomas, Associate Producer

Liz Acklin, Events Coordinator

Maryam Baig, Development Associate

Ken Bernstein, Technical Director

Ben Bryant, Facilities Manager

Ariana Cook, Operations Manager

Stephen Foglia, Literary Manager

Dylan Key, Associate Director

Ryan Lescalleet, Company Manager