Our
Mission
To inspire and engage people to uplift their communities through transformative Latinx theatre, multicultural youth arts experiences, and community action.
Plays
"Theater is an art form that asks us to imagine a new world together."
Cara Mía Theatre produces a professional season of plays and a national Latinx theatre festival at the Latino Cultural Center. Since its inception in 1996, Cara Mía Theatre has invested in multi-year development of original bilingual plays with local and national Latinx writers.
Presenting stories through a Latinx lens not only provides representation to the Latinx community but encourages understanding, compassion, and healing with productions that speak to universal values.
Education
“Cara Mía Theatre is the premiere arts organization representing BIPOC arts education in Dallas.”
Since 1996, Cara Mía Theatre has offered a unique set of culturally-specific educational programs for youth and educators, and now reaches 20,000 to 30,000 youth each season. Through the Transformation Fund, Cara Mía Theatre will reach over 60,000 youth annually.
Cara Mía Theatre’s core educational programs for youth include after-school residencies, in-school bilingual touring productions, and on-site field trip performances at the Latino Cultural Center, virtual plays for youth and The School of YES!.
Educational programs are built on a framework that emphasizes intercultural learning and relationship building.
Community Action
“There is a space in the circle for everyone.”
Cara Mía Theatre’s Community Action programs provide engagement connected to productions through Community Conversations, Youth Nights at the Theatre, and post-performance discussions.
Additionally, Cara Mía Theatre brings thoughtful programming directly to Dallas’ diverse communities through programs like the Women Talk, Men Listen series and Our Stories: Building Communities and Building Trust Through Storytelling (a true-life storytelling series told by Dallas residents of multiple backgrounds) provide a forum to engage, listen, and share.
Utilizing a framework of interpersonal learning and community building, Community Action programming unites people of diverse races, ethnicities, and identities through arts, culture and community gatherings.
Consultancy Services
“Cara Mía Theatre brought a high-quality approach to bilingual translations to our project, ensuring cultural competency and authentic inclusivity. With an excellent attention to detail, strong coaching, and a contagious warmth, they helped our team and our partners understand the importance of translation and cultural equity.”tion and cultural equity.”
Consultancy services are available to non-profit organizations, academic institutions, and corporations, in many areas, including:
- Intercultural relations
- Culturally specific performance
- Arts and Education
- Spanish & Bilingual communications
- Community Building
- Cultural Advocacy
- Cultural Competency
Recently, Cara Mía Theatre served as a production and script consultant for the Perot Museum’s bilingual educational video series, The Whynauts. The program will reach over 250,000 students in North Texas schools during the 2021-2022 academic school year.
Over the course of its 25-year history, Cara Mía Theatre has established a reputation of having the skills and knowledge to meet the challenges of the 21st century to support equitable and diverse communities.
