SMU Meadows Partners with Dallas’ 剧院 Three for Upcoming Production of “凯莉”

SMU Meadows will collaborate with Dallas’ long-running and acclaimed 剧院 Three (T3) for an upcoming production of 音乐剧嘉莉.

The show features 13 students from Meadows’ Division of 剧院, all in major and supporting roles, with sophomore voice major Jordan Lage landing the title role of 凯莉 White. The show will be directed by Christie Vela, T3’s Associate 艺术istic Director, with two Meadows faces also at the helm: Director of the Sexton Institute for 音乐al 剧院 and professor of practice Joel Ferrell, 谁来编舞, and senior theatre major Dylan Hudson, who will be assistant directing.

T3 has a reputation for being a kind and safe space for young artists to learn and hone their skills before stepping out into the big world. While they have previously partnered with SMU’s Division of 剧院 on a smaller scale by casting grad students and undergrads in a few of their productions, 联合制作的 凯莉 will mark the beginning of what both institutions hope will be a very fruitful and long-lasting collaboration.

“A co-production with SMU aligns perfectly with one of our core values at T3, which is to provide a space for young theatre artists to gain professional experience alongside master theatre artists,维拉说。, who has regularly collaborated with both Ferrell and Chair of Meadows’ Division of 剧院, 布莱克梳麻的人, 在过去. “Both organizations were already thinking of programming 凯莉 into our respective seasons, so it was a delightful coincidence that convinced us further to co-produce.”

The cast of "凯莉" features 13 Meadows theatre students, as well as senior Dylan Hudson in an assistant director role.

This co-production will allow current students in performing arts programs access to musical theatre opportunities, even before the first cohort is accepted to Meadows’ Sexton Institute of 音乐al 剧院 in the fall of 2026. When the program fully launches, it will continue to ensure that students have similar access to professional teaching artists, opportunities at professional organizations, and a vast network of mentors and colleagues while they are in school and post-graduation. 

“We are working diligently to create opportunity for current Meadows theatre, voice and dance students to perform musical theater both on campus and in professional institutions around DFW,乔尔·法雷尔解释道, the inaugural director of Meadows’ Sexton Institute for 音乐al 剧院 program. “I love that we’re beginning to teach the larger community – not only at Meadows, but at SMU and all of DFW – that our students and professional faculty artists will be present everywhere.”

For many Meadows students involved in the production of 凯莉, this will be their first time working in a Small Professional 剧院 (SPT) House with a professional stage management team and a regional creative team. 

“This partnership will help promote more accessibility for students to gain industry experience while in college,” says assistant director Dylan Hudson, a fourth-year 剧院 Studies student with an emphasis in Directing. “I feel that many students want to go straight to LA or Broadway but something like a SPT 5 is how many actors get steady work, especially in Dallas-Fort Worth.”

This will not be Hudson’s first time working with Vela, who he previously worked with on her Kitchen Dog Theater's production of男人洞穴. 他也 助理导演冬天的故事导演罗伯·克莱尔和拉勒米计划directed by Alex Organ, prior to securing his role on 凯莉 与T3. Hudson plans to continue directing professionally after earning his degree and will be serving as a Production Assistant for Dallas Theater Center's production ofJoseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat immediately following graduation.

凯莉，表示 T3’s home theater in The Quad (formerly the Quadrangle) in Uptown Dallas, 打开周四, October 3 and will run through Sunday, 11月3日. For tickets and more information, 请按此.