In Part 2 of my year end column, I salute the outstanding performers I saw for the first time in 2023. You all make the magic look easy and bring happiness to so many. Whether you are a stage veteran that I’ve missed until 2023 or new to performing, you are outstanding. DFW is lucky to have you on our stages.
Maxton Sims in Lyric Stage’s Evita, Soul Rep’s What Fits Inside a Human Heart, and Casa Manana’s Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Christian Thrailkill in NTPA’s Evita and GPAC’s Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Alana Fabio in Theatre Frisco’s Side by Side by Sondheim
Tilda Grace in The Firehouse Theatre’s Hello, Dolly! and Theatre Arlington’s Gypsy
Kenne Earl in Arts Mission Oak Cliff’s Cabaret
Emily Frerich in The Firehouse Theatre’s Newsies
Max Morgan in The Firehouse Theatre’s Newsies and Hello, Dolly!
Tyler Halbrooks in The Firehouse Theatre’s Newsies and LCT’s Sweeney Todd
Ed Escamilla in The Firehouse Theatre’s Saturday Night Fever, Lyric Stage’s Cinderella, and The Watering Hole Collective’s Spring Awakening
Taylor D. Williams in The Firehouse Theatre’s Newsies
Galileo Segura in The Firehouse Theatre’s Newsies
Reggie Dunlap in Theatre Arlington’s Superior Donuts
Donovan Marie Lawson in Theatre Arlington’s Fly by Night, Runway’s Disaster. and WaterTower’s Chaplin
Billy Betsill in Theatre Arlington’s Fly by Night
Landry Beckley in Theatre Arlington’s Fly by Night, Gypsy, and Avenue Q, Runway’s Disaster, and Theatre Frisco’s Pippin
Vee India in Theatre Frisco’s Pippin
Briana Berk in MainStage’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Runway’s Disaster
Teresa Natera in Theatre Frisco’s Pippin
Cam Hayes in MainStage’s Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Theatre Frisco’s Pippin
Sinan Beskok in Rover DramaWerks Lobby Hero and Plague Mask Players Romeo and Juliet
Brady Beckley in Outcry’s Let the Right One In
JM Knighten in Garland Civic’s A Few Good Men
Ben Ashcraft in Lyric Stage’s Great American Trailer Park Musical
John Marshall in MainStage’s Tigers Be Still
Wendi Evetts in MainStage’s Tigers Be Still
Brentom Jackson in MainStage’s Intimate Apparel
Mann Turner in Rover Dramawerk’s Lobby Hero
Breana Deanda in GPAC’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jacob Rivera-Sanchez in GPAC’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
Nathan Rubens in GPAC’s The SpongeBob Musical and Hopeful Theatre Project’s Addams Family
Georgia Fender in The Firehouse Theatre’s Addams Family and Casa Manana’s Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Andrew Cave in Upright Theatre Co’s Sweeney Todd
Jonah Taylor in The Watering Hole Collective’s Spring Awakening
Tyler “T” Lang in Echo Theatre’s I and You
Steven Rios in RCT’s Ghost the Musical
Caleb De La Torre in Theatre Arlington’s Gypsy
Avery Bishop in The Firehouse Theatre’s Saturday Night Fever
Hope Jimenez in GPAC’s The SpongeBob Musical
Sarah Rutan in Theatre Three’s Deathtrap
Blake Hametner in The Firehouse Theatre’s Miracle on 34th Street
Aiden Valentine in Theatre Three’s Next to Normal
Emma Gervasi in The Firehouse Theatre’s Saturday Night Fever
Lilee Gifford in GPAC’s The SpongeBob Musical and Hopeful Theatre Project’s Addams Family
Audrey Reidling in ACT’s White Christmas
Shaun Willow Breland in NTPA’s Pippin
Kylie Stewart in WaterTower’s Chaplin
Jocelyn Hansen in WaterTower’s Goin’ Hollywood
