A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
A Blog & Resources for Texas Actors
VIDEO: Waco Children’s Theatre will complete its 36th year inspiring kids and teenagers in Waco. Every year in June, the organization holds a month-long acting summer camp. Kids and teens rehearse popular works of theatre. They perform them at the end of the month. This year, the younger kids are performing The Lion King. The teenagers are performing […]
Zachary J. Willis is playing a role made famous by the Bible and Donny Osmond. The Dallas Theater Center Brierley Resident Acting Company member plays Joseph, a Biblical favorite son, in Dallas Theater Center’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, now playing at the Wyly Theatre in the Dallas Arts District through July 13. Andrew […]
Texas will boost its movie and TV productions incentive program by $100 million as it works to compete with rivals like New Mexico and Georgia. “Texas will be a new media coast,” Chase Musslewhite, co-founder of the advocacy group Media for Texas, told The Hollywood Reporter of the decision. “It’s cheaper. There’s no income tax. […]
Arlington officials recommended in an informal staff report for the city to develop a formal strategy to attract film and other media production in the city. The report comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 22, which invests $1.5 billion into the Texas film industry and goes into effect on Sept. 1, […]
Senate Bill 22, which invests $1.5 billion into Texas’ film incentives program over the next decade, has been passed into law and will go into effect starting Sept. 1. The piece of legislation was not among the 334 bills that Gov. Greg Abbott signed and publicly endorsed on Sunday, but bills can become law without […]
An East Texas teen was named the best high school musical theatre actress in the country at the 2025 Jimmy Awards Monday night in New York City. Fabiola Caraballo Quijada, who graduated from Tyler Legacy High School last month, was announced as the best actress for this year’s ceremony of the Jimmy Awards. She represented […]
Hey, Texas: The 90s are calling and want their heartthrob back. For nearly six years, actor turned Hollywood star James Van Der Beek delighted audiences as Dawson Leery in The WB’s smash hit series, Dawson’s Creek. Van Der Beek starred in the titular role, with the series exploring Dawson and his group of friends’ lives in […]
At only 17 years old, actor and Dallas native Mason Thames has already taken flight – literally. The young star can be seen playing the kind-hearted and socially awkward Viking known as Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III in the live-action version of How to Train Your Dragon. Along with his ties to the Lone Star State, […]
Home to stars Angie Harmon and Owen Wilson and series including “Queen of the South” and, well, “Dallas,” Dallas is a rising hub for performers. The city fosters a collaborative spirit, with projects ranging from touring musicals to local web series to commercials. If you’re an aspiring actor hoping to break into the industry in […]
Setbacks, loss and obstacles have not kept Southeast Texas actor Iman Shakur from finding that breakthrough role of a lifetime. The 27-year-old spent most of his childhood in New Orleans, but moved to Texas after Hurricane Katrina devastated his hometown. Shakur attended Langham Creek High School in Cypress, Texas, playing football and experiencing the typical […]
