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Free Night of Theatre 2008 - DALLAS
October 10 - November 16, 2008
FREE. LIVE. LOCAL. THEATER.
The City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs is pleased to announce Dallas’ inaugural Free Night of Theater, to be held from Thursday, October 16 through November 10, 2008.
Presented in conjunction with Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Free Night of Theater offers Dallas theatergoers over 3,000 free tickets to more than 26 Dallas-area theaters. Dallas is one of 120 communities across the country participating in the event, which campaigns to attract new audiences to live theatrical performances.
OCA is thrilled to partner with the Dallas theatre community and TCG to offer this unique opportunity for thousands of new audience members to have access to experience the joy of theatre for the first time -- absolutely free of charge!
 Learn more about the history of Free Night
Free Night on KERA's Art&Seek - 1: Listing | 2: Report | 3: Roundup
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Free Night on YouTube
How to get your FREE ticket:
Theatergoers will only be able to reserve tickets through the Free Night of Theater website, www.freenightoftheater.net, beginning at noon on Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
Tickets can only be reserved online and reservations are handled on a first come, first serve basis. Each participating theatre will set a reservation ticket limit for their productions. Once tickets have been reserved through the website, patrons will be able to pick up their tickets at the will-call window of the individual theater’s box office on the night of the show. Patrons are strongly encouraged to visit a theater that they have never attended.
Participating Theatres:
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| African American Repertory Theater |
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One Thirty Productions |
| Charles W. Eisemann Center |
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Pocket Sandwich Theatre |
| The Company of Rowlett Performers |
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Repertory Company Theatre |
| Contemporary Theatre of Dallas |
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Rover Dramawerks
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| Dallas Children's Theater |
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Shakespeare Dallas |
| Dallas Hub Theater |
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Teatro Dallas |
| Dallas Theater Center |
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TeCo Theatrical Productions |
| Echo Theatre |
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters |
| Garland Civic Theatre |
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Theatre Britain |
| ICT MainStage |
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Theatre Three |
| Jubilee Theatre |
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Undermain Theatre |
| Lyric Stage |
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Uptown Players |
| MBS Productions |
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WaterTower Theatre |
| The MET Theatre |
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WingSpan Theatre Company |
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| Companies presenting special Free Night Pre-Events |
| Documentary Arts |
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Pegasus Theatre (download PDF flyer) |
| Junior Players (download PDF flyer) |
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Theatre Britain (download PDF flyer) |
Free Night of Theatre History:
Free Night of Theater was conceived at TCG’s National Conference in 2003 as a way to remove perceived barriers that have historically prevented audiences from attending not-for-profit theater. The program was piloted in 2005 in three cities; Philadelphia, San Francisco and Austin. That year over 150 theatre companies welcomed nearly 8,000 theatergoers of which an estimated 80 percent were attending the theatre for the first time. Since 2005 the program has grown tremendously. In 2008, the fourth year for Free Night, the program will include over 600 theatre companies in over 120 cities and will provide an estimated 75,000 tickets. Recent attendance research gathered by Shugoll Research reports that 41 percent of 2007's Free Night patrons returned and purchased tickets to another performance at the same theatre following their Free Night experience. In fact, 80 percent of attendees to the 2007 program reported that they had attended live theatre somewhere since Free Night.
Participating Theatres - Detailed Listing:
 African American Repertory Theater
Neat
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Charles W. Eisemann Center
Pinkalicious: The Musical
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 The Company of Rowlett Performers (C.O.R.P.)
For Whom the Tinkerbell Tolls
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Contemporary Theatre of Dallas
On Golden Pond
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 Dallas Children's Theater
Mummy's Claw
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
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Dallas Hub Theater
Coronado
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Dallas Theater Center
The Good Negro
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Echo Theatre
TBA (Stage Reading)
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Garland Civic Theatre
Heaven Can wait
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ICT Mainstage
Noises Off
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 Jubilee Theatre
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When
the Rainbow is Enuf
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 Lyric Stage
Fiorello!
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MBS Productions
Dream Awake
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The MET Theatre
A Head in the Globe (Stage Reading)
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One Thirty Productions
Wedding Belles
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Pocket Sandwich Theatre
Sweeney Todd - The Fiend of Fleet Street
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Repertory Company Theatre
Urinetown
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 Rover Dramawerks
Veronica's Room
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Shakespeare Dallas
The Merchant of Venice
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 Teatro Dallas
Don Juan the Vampire
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 TeCo Theatrical Productions
Leonard's Car
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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters
Dallas Tenors
Comedy Night at the Muse featuring Howie Bell
Obituary starring Akin Babatunde
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Theatre Britain
Peacemaker
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 Theatre Three
The Light in the Piazza
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Undermain Theatre
Monkey: The Quest to the West
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Uptown Players
Legends
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 WaterTower Theatre
Doubt, A Parable
Make Me A Song: The Music of William Finn
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 WingSpan Theatre Company
Ghosts
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