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We're delighted to be able to showcase the work of two artists during the run of The Seafarer. 

On Friday, April 3, 2009, Stage West will celebrate its Pearl Anniversary with a gala at Ridglea Country Club.  We expect the celebration to include many of North Texas' most ardent arts supporters, and we hope you'll join us, as we celebrate the more than 250 plays (or pearls) which Stage West has given the North Texas community! For more information, click here.

Subscribers, actors and production staff, and Stage West staff celebrated the conclusion of the theatre's 29th season with the annual Awards Party, hosted by the Volunteer Group.  Winners and runners-up this season were:

Best Actor:  Mark Shum for Noises Off
   (Runner-up Jim Covault for Major Barbara)

Best Actress:  Emily Scott Banks for The Clean House 
   (Runner-up Pam Dougherty for The Clean House)

Our newest lobby display features local artist Mike Winfrey, whose works include black-and-white photographs and two-dimensional sculptural pieces.  Here is his artist statement:

I am a local Fort Worth photographer who specializes in architectural and commercial photography. I graduated from UT Arlington with a degree in Fine Art. In addition to photography, I enjoy creating drawings, illustrations and two-dimensional sculpture.

Stage West is pleased to have received several awards from the Dallas-Fort Worth Theatre Critics Forum.  Honorees were:

We're featuring a new artist in the lobby during The Long Christmas Ride Home - Romanian Dan Colcer.  His work is startlingly original, with bold use of color and amazing detail. You can see more at his website, http://dancolcer.ro.  Here are excerpts from his artist statement: 

We have a new art exhibit on the east wall of our lobby--some wonderful pieces by Judy Gelfert of Arlington.  Her work is in a loose, impressionistic style, featuring subjects which range from landscapes and urban scenes to interiors and still life.  Inspired mainly by light, she says she aims to capture a particular scene's atmosphere, while showing little actual detail.

 On Sunday, August 17, 2008, the Jewish Community Center of  Dallas hosted the 12th Annual Jewish Arts Fest of Dallas at the  Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, in the heart of downtown  Dallas. The Arts Fest, open to the general public, highlighted Jewish culture: music, fine art, crafts and Judaica, children’s activities, and delicious kosher food. It allowed thousands of people to experience the many aspects of Jewish culture,and Stage West was a part of it.

November 24 - And we're open! It's amazing how much has been accomplished in just the last 6 days. The set was built in record time, and it looks great in the space. To see the first audience members arriving, enjoying a pre-show coffee and dessert, and filing into the theatre to take their seats for the preview of Season's Greetings was so great! And a sell-out crowd arrived for Saturday's opening night and the reception after the show. Everyone seems to love it as much as we do. If you haven't joined us yet, we hope you will soon! Come start the future with us!