SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. AMON! is coming back.
Tickets for the play AMON! The Ultimate Texan play are the perfect holiday gift!
Hit comedy play about Amon Carter Sr. comes to The Texas Theater in Waxahachie
Still, not in Dallas!
The play about Amon Carter (Mr. Fort Worth) comes to The Texas Theater in Waxahachie for four special shows in early 2024.
AMON! The Ultimate Texan, which one critic called a hit “as big as Texas,” celebrates the man who owned the Star-Telegram, WBAP radio and NBC5.
Carter famously didn’t like Dallas, which provides a comedic backdrop for the play.
Since its 2019 premiere, AMON! has been performed 52 times in six Texas cities.
But, as would have been Amon’s wish, the play has never been seen in the city of Dallas, hence the headline for this announcement: “Still, not in Dallas!”
TICKETS ON SALE
The first shows of 2024 are Jan. 19 and 20 and Feb. 23 and 24. Doors open at 7 p.m. and showtime is 8 p.m.
Tickets are on sale here and the box office of the lovingly restored Texas Theater in Waxahachie (capacity 500) 110 W Main St, Waxahachie, TX 75165
The ticket site is: thetxtheater.com/tickets/
STARRING KELVIN DILKS
Kelvin Dilks, a retired teacher and seven-year member of the Birdville school board, returns as Amon. Dilks originated the role and has starred in every one of the 52 shows.
“The more he does it, the more he becomes Amon Carter,” said playwright and Dallas Morning News Watchdog columnist Dave Lieber, who wrote the play. “It’s uncanny.”
The play has been praised by critics and fans, many of whom have come more than once.
The director is former teacher Connie Sanchez, who Lieber said, uses the tools of theater to create a time-machine effect that propels Amon through his life.
AMON! The Ultimate Texan won an award as Best New Play by a Local Playwright.
Learn more about the play at AmonPlay.com and visit “Amon Carter Play” on Facebook.
REVIEWERS SAID
Bobbie Wygant of NBC5: “Extraordinary performance. Extremely moving.”
Jerome Weeks of KERA: “An affectionate portrait of the man.”
Fort Worth Weekly: “Yes, there’s a play about Amon Carter, and you should go see it.”
Dallas Observer: “Dilks took audience members on an animated, funny and sometimes emotional ride through time.”
Fort Worth Business Press: “A hit play. A damned entertaining love letter to Fort Worth.”
The Texas Theater in Waxahachie welcomes the hit, award-winning play AMON! The Ultimate Texan,
