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Jubilee Theatre has announced the resignation of their award winning Artistic Director, Ed Smith. Mr. Smith’s resignation will be effective August 31, 2010, at the end of the 2009–2010 Season. The organization’s Board of Trustees will embark on a national search in May for a new Artistic Director.

1926 New Orleans. The Lyric Theatre. It was the Golden Age of Black Vaudeville, the era of the Charleston, the black bottom and the cakewalk. Jubilee Theatre brings it all back in the energetic musical sensation, One Mo’ Time, running March 26 through April 25. Buy your tickets online and choose your own seats! But don’t delay – this incredible show is selling out fast!

Yep, it’s true! Ever’body who lives in the Greater Tuna metro area is camping out (and camping it up!) at the Granbury Opera House through April 10. Vera Carp is there along with Aunt Pearl and the Buemiller clan, and things aren’t lookin’ so good for Uncle Henry’s bird dog. Visiting hours are Fridays and Saturdays at 2:30 and 7:30 … y’all come say hello to these hilarious folks from the third smallest town in Texas!

Texas Dance Theatre has announced that it will be holding auditions for its 2010-2011 season on Saturday, March 27 at the Scott Theatre / Garber Hall Studio in the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. There is a registration fee of $15.00 – click here to register. The group will hold their season finale featuring guest choreographer Mark Panzarino on April 30.

The budding flowers and warmer weather are nice, indeed, but one of the surest signs of Spring is when Hip Pocket Theatre comes out of hibernation and springs to vibrant life. That day has finally arrived with the annoucement that the Pocket will be holding auditions for the 2010 season on the weekend of March 27 and 28, 2010.

Runway Theatre will hold auditions for their upcoming production of the romantic comedy Getting Sara Married on March 21 and 22, with callbacks (if necessary) scheduled for March 23. The group is seeking non-Equity actors – 3 women and 2 men – to play a wide range of roles.

Writer Harper Lee captured a Pulitzer Prize for her 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, which has long been celebrated as a classic of modern American literature. Lee’s semi-autobiographical book, about racial tensions in a small Alabama town during the Depression, was adapted successfully for both the screen and the stage. Now, Runway Theatre in Grapevine is proud to revive the acclaimed play for three weekends in March. Tickets are on sale Now.

Fort Worth’s Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, organized and run by Q Cinema, has been nominated for an international award as the best such film festival in the world, competing against similar events hosted in London, Toronto, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Miami, Chicago, Seattle and Portland. The winner will be chosen by public vote; click here to cast your ballot(s) for Q Cinema.

The City of Fort Worth’s Parks and Community Services Department (PACS) is partnering with the Van Cliburn Foundation to bring extraordinary music to city neighborhoods. Di Wu, a finalist in the 30th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in 2009, returns to Fort Worth to perform one-hour concerts in several Fort Worth community centers. These events, sponsored by the Van Cliburn Foundation, are free and open to the public.

Amphibian Stage Productions is proud to present an original play by Artistic Director Kathleen Culebro Anderson. La Llorona (“The Weeping Woman”) is a story of love, tradition, superstition, and cultural misunderstanding, playing March 4 through March 21 in the Sanders Theatre at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center. Tickets are on sale now!