Echo Theatre Dallas

Echo Theatre Dallas Our 3rd Decade of bringing Women+ Voices to the stage! Join us! Echo Theatre, founded in 1998, presents main stage plays and special projects each year.

Subscribe to our podcast, Echo Offstage, for intimate conversations with impactful women of theater. Don't miss Echo Reads; a free series of staged readings by women+ playwrights followed by audience discussion. Follow us on Social Media and join us online or at the theater! All patrons at live shows must follow masking precautions for their safety and the safety of our artists and staff. See you on Opening Night!

One more night to see The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl!Last night's audience says "Don't Miss It!"We're taking over the bac...
04/15/2026

One more night to see The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl!

Last night's audience says "Don't Miss It!"

We're taking over the back room at Rodeo Goat in Casa Linda. Come at 7 to order dinner and drinks. Show starts at 7:30.

Link in bio for more info.

📢 Meet the cast of Echo Reads’ first event of the year: The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl! 🏠🧹 You won’t want to miss this st...
04/14/2026

📢 Meet the cast of Echo Reads’ first event of the year: The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl! 🏠🧹 You won’t want to miss this stellar cast – they’ll make you die laughing. 😵

🧼 Sienna Castaneda Abbott as Matilde 🤣 ()
🥼 Leslie Patrick as Lane 🫠 ()
🍎 Audrey Medrano as Ana 🥰 ()
🩺 Javier Carmona as Charles 😬 (.pictures)

🏠 Directed by Liz Ware 😎 ()

📆 Dates: April 14th and 15th.
⏰ Times: 7:30 PM.
📍Tuesday Location: Bath House Cultural Center (). 521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas, TX 75218.
📍Wednesday Location: Rodeo Goat. 1200 N Buckner Blvd, Dallas, TX 75218.

🎟️ Tickets: FREE! RSVP for Cake by the Lake at https://www.echotheatre.org/event-details/cake-by-the-lake-1/form

🎈You’re Invited! 🎉 Come celebrate Echo’s birthday with us at our annual Cake by the Lake event at the Bath House Cultura...
04/11/2026

🎈You’re Invited! 🎉 Come celebrate Echo’s birthday with us at our annual Cake by the Lake event at the Bath House Cultural Center ()! 🎂
Join us for an evening of conversation, theatre, and, of course – cake. 🍰

📖 And after the party, join us at 7:30 PM for the first Echo Reads performance of the year – a staged reading of Sarah Ruhl’s 🧹The Clean House. 🏠

Come party with us! 🥳 And come find your people. 🫂💜

Happy Trans Day of Visibility from Echo Theatre! 🏳️‍⚧️We couldn’t be more proud to advocate for trans, non-binary, and g...
04/01/2026

Happy Trans Day of Visibility from Echo Theatre! 🏳️‍⚧️
We couldn’t be more proud to advocate for trans, non-binary, and gender-marginalized folx – today and every day. Thank you to all of our incredible collaborators for your support, your art, and your voice.
💛🤍💜🖤 🩵🩷🤍



📸 Pictured: Creative Team from Echo’s 2026 Production of You Must Wear a Hat by C Meaker.
(Ash Peterman, Cameron Casey, Dahlia Parks, Henri, Oliver Reid, •ᑢᒪᗩᓰᖇᘿ•, FOR THE RECORD BY CLAIRE | ROCK N’ ROLL FASHION, Hadley Shipley, Caroline Hodge Lighting, Liz Ware, Leslie Patrick, Kateri Cale)
Not Pictured: (Petra Milano, dollclothesbydashi, Ian Aalderink)

📸 Photo Credit: Zach Huggins (Zack Huggins)

Auditions this Saturday forEcho Theatre's Staged Reading SeriesMarch 28Bath House Cultural Center521 East Lawther Dr 3PM...
03/26/2026

Auditions this Saturday for
Echo Theatre's Staged Reading Series
March 28

Bath House Cultural Center
521 East Lawther Dr
3PM - 5PM

The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl
directed by Liz Ware
Performs April 14 & 15


Submit H/R to [email protected] for an appointment.
Drop-ins will be seen as time permits


The Clean House

A comedy about loss, love, change and redemption, The Clean House is both whimsical and touching. A serious career-oriented doctor, Lane, has hired a quirky Brazilian maid. The only problem is that the maid, Matilde, hates to clean. Instead, she longs to be a comedienne. Lane is deserted by her husband, Charles, who leaves her for Ana, a passionate, older Brazilian woman upon whom he recently performed a mastectomy. Sarah Ruhl's enchanting play reminds us that there is humor and beauty to be find in life's most unlikely messes.

MATILDE, Lane's cleaning lady, a woman in her late twenties. She wears black. She is Brazilian. She has a refined sense of deadpan.

CHARLES, Lane's husband, a man in his fifties. A compassionate surgeon. He is childlike underneath his white coat. In the first act, Charles plays Matilde's father.

ANA, (50s-70s) a woman who is older than Lane. She is Argentinean. She is impossibly charismatic. In the first act she plays Matilde's mother.


NOTE: Everyone in this play should be able to tell a really good joke.

LANE & VIRGINIA have been cast




All positions will be paid a $75 stipend.

A few rehearsals will be scheduled

Two performances:
Tuesday at the Bath House Cultural Center
Wednesday at an alternate venue

Auditions this Saturday forEcho Theatre's Staged Reading SeriesMarch 28Bath House Cultural Center521 East Lawther Dr 3PM...
03/26/2026

Auditions this Saturday for
Echo Theatre's Staged Reading Series
March 28

Bath House Cultural Center
521 East Lawther Dr
3PM - 5PM

Fabulous Monsters by Diana Burbano
directed by Leslie Patrick
Performs May 19 & 20

Submit H/R to [email protected] for an appointment.
Drop-ins will be seen as time permits. Auditions will be cold readings from the script. All actors should be able to sing, though you are not required to prepare a song for the audition.


When punk rock exploded in L.A., Sally and Lou were there: feminists, Latinas, queens of noise. One went pop, one stayed punk, but sparks from their tumultuous friendship remain. Decades later, they try overcome old wounds, forgive each other, and rock as hard as they ever did.

SALLY - Punk rock girl. Androgynous. Would be great if she could shred the guitar.
16-26, Latinx, Woman

SLADE (CAST) - Sally, older. Still angry. Still punk. Joan Jett type. Great if she can shred a guitar.
40s-50s, Latinx, Woman

LULU - Very pretty. Ambitious. feminist.
16-26, Woman, Latinx (white passing)

LUISA - Lulu, older. A rock icon. Steely, icy. Lovely. Linda Ronstadt type.
40s-50s, Woman, Latinx (white passing)

KADY- Luisa’s pretty, complicated and ambitious teen age daughter.
Teens - 20s, multi-racial, Woman

NIGEL - Ageless. British or pretends to be. Punk rock royalty at least in his own mind. Dying of liver cancer. Can be cast from Bowie to Prince and everything in between.
30-70, any ethnicity, Man, Non-Binary

All positions will be paid a $75 stipend.

A few rehearsals will be scheduled

Two performances:

Tuesday at the Bath House Cultural Center

Wednesday at an alternate venue

Friday Special!Tonight only, $15 tickets, and a glass of wine on us from 6:45 - 7:15. Curtain at 7:30.Only two more days...
03/13/2026

Friday Special!
Tonight only, $15 tickets, and a glass of wine on us from 6:45 - 7:15. Curtain at 7:30.

Only two more days to catch YOU MUST WEAR A HAT.
Friday 7:30
Saturday 3pm & 7:30

link in bio

🐇 Major props to somebunny on the creative team we want to shout out: Dashi Overland ()! 🐰 You may recognize these adora...
03/12/2026

🐇 Major props to somebunny on the creative team we want to shout out: Dashi Overland ()! 🐰 You may recognize these adorable (and somewhat tragic) dead rabbits from You Must Wear a Hat – now meet their maker! 🧵🪡 Dashi is an incredibly talented maker of dolls, doll clothes, and doll accessories, and he was a huge part of bringing a little extra pride to our prop table with these handmade rabbits. 🏳️‍⚧️ 💛🤍💜🖤
If you love them as much as we do, we’ve got great news – you can buy a miniature pin or magnet version of them in the lobby! 🧷 Support trans art in DFW and show a little extra pride with one of these accessory-sized bunnies! 🐇
You’ve only got a few more shows left to see Dashi’s craftsmanship onstage, so be sure to catch You Must Wear a Hat by C Meaker at the Bath House Cultural Center () today, tomorrow, or Saturday! 🎩🪸🐇

📆 Dates: March 12th–March 14th.
⏰ Times: Thursday, Friday, Saturday Evenings at 7:30 PM and Saturdays matinées at 3:00 PM.
📍Location: Bath House Cultural Center (). 521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas, TX 75218.

🎟️ Tickets: https://www.echotheatre.org/buytickets 🔗

You can also follow on Instagram to see more.
03/10/2026

You can also follow on Instagram to see more.

03/10/2026

Final Week!

Thurs - Fri - Sat @ 7:30, + Sat @ 3PM.

Half off Friday, with a wine reception 6:45 - 7:15. $15 tickets!

Full reviews on our website - link in bio.

The cast and crew is full of trans and nonbinary folks.
And just a couple of cis folks.

Cameron Casey - Tuesday - IG
Dahlia Parks - Weeks - IG .b.parks.dp FB Dahlia Parks
Henri Sudy - The Rabbit - IG henri_sudy
C. Meaker - Playwright
Hadley Shipley - Director
Ash Peterman - Stage Manager, Puppet Designer - IG ash_peterman22
Claire Spigel - Costumes, Props, Coral - IG@fortherecordbyclaire
Petra Milano - Original Music - IG
Ian Aalderink - Makeup Effects - IG andimian_1 FB Ian Aalderink
Oliver Reid - Sound Programmer, Deck Captain
Dashi Overland - Dollmaker - IG dollclothesbydashi FB Doll Clothes by Dashi
Caroline Hodge - Lighting Design - IG .lighting
Kateri Cale - Managing & Artistic Director
Leslie Patrick - Associate Producer & Box Office
Liz Ware - Producer - IG lizwaretheater

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521 E. Lawther Drive
Dallas, TX

Telephone

+12145468736

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