Junior Players Presents Twelfth Night
July 28 – August 2, 2026
DALLAS (July 14, 2026) – Now in its 71st year, Junior Players is excited to bring their fan-favorite summer Shakespeare production indoors to the mainstage of Theatre Three. This production takes one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies, Twelfth Night, and brings it back to the final year of Queen Elizabeth I’s reign, so participants and audiences alike can experience the twilight of a golden age together. Through this production, Director Kyle Lemieux and Assistant Director, and Junior Players Alumni, Rudy Lopez, hope to reveal a deeper truth: when love is mistaken, truth finds a way.
Performances will be July 28 – August 2, 2026, at Theatre Three (2688 Laclede St, Dallas, TX 75201). Tuesday through Saturday will feature evening performances beginning at 7:30 pm and with doors opening at 7:00 pm, and Sunday will feature a matinee performance beginning at 2:30 pm and with doors opening at 2:00 pm for 6 shows total.
This production features 19 of North Texas’ most talented students aged 14 through 18 from 9 different high schools from across DFW. Of these 19 participants, 9 have participated in Junior Players’ Summer Shakespeare production previously and decided to return and 10 are newcomers to the program. As Shakespeare’s most mature comedy, Twelfth Night balances joyous celebration with quiet melancholy as characters and audiences alike discover love is
joyful, foolish, transformative, and, sometimes, bittersweet.
In an effort to make access to the arts more equitable for the members of our DFW community and beyond, Junior Players offers some of the most affordable tickets in the DFW metroplex, with General Admission tickets being only $15 and Student/Senior discounts being offered at $10.
Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online by visiting www.juniorplayers.org/tickets or at the door with cash or card. Due to demand and availability, Junior Players will be enacting dynamic pricing for this production. Tickets purchased at the box office will have a $5 markup. Patrons are welcome to circumvent this fee by purchasing tickets in advance through our website. Junior Players is a 501c3 registered nonprofit and all funds raised through
tickets, donations, and merch will go directly towards empowering young voices in our community. Junior Players encourages those with ADA needs to purchase ahead of time so that accommodations may be submitted through the online portal and set up in advance.
Now in its 36th year, the Junior Players' Discover Shakespeare program has become a mainstay in the North Texas cultural scene. This production of Shakespeare, performed entirely by young adults lead by local industry professionals and experts, has provided hundreds of students with real hands-on professional theatrical training, at no cost to the participants, and has introduced thousands of young audience members to Shakespeare.
Since 1955, Junior Players has provided innovative arts education for FREE to children and youth in North Texas and beyond. Through their programming, youth are transformed. Camps and afterschool programs are targeted to arts deserts - those areas that are underfunded and underserved. There, Junior Players engages children and youth through the arts, providing them with the tools they need to navigate real-life challenges confidently and competently.
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