HIT PLAY ABOUT AMON CARTER COMES TO HISTORIC HALTOM THEATER
The Amon Carter play tour for 2020 begins.
BREAKING AMON NEWS: Due to overwhelming demand, the wonderful new play about Amon G. Carter, Sr. continues its successful run with an evening performance at the remodeled historic Haltom Theater on Thursday Jan. 30, 2020. Buy tickets here.
Read the play’s five-star reviews here. The play has been performed 30 times in Hurst and Fort Worth to great appreciation and demand for tickets.
AMON! The Ultimate Texan about Fort Worth’s founding father Amon G. Carter Sr. features actor Kelvin Dilks as Amon.
“Mr. Fort Worth” owned the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and also started WBAP-AM and what’s now NBC5, the first TV station in the American Southwest.
Ticket information is here.
Showing a commitment to public service similar to Amon’s, actor Kelvin Dilks taught in the Birdville ISD for 31 years before retiring and recently getting elected to the BISD Board of Trustees.
Play producer Rick Blair of Artisan Productions says. “After 30 successful performances at Artisan Center Theater in Hurst, The Fort Worth Club downtown and, most recently, the Scott Theatre in the Cultural District, it’s quite exciting to bring Kelvin home to play in front of those he serves.”
The play, written by newspaper columnist Dave Lieber of The Dallas Morning News, is directed by Connie Sanchez, who also taught, acted and served as a Birdville teacher for more than 30 years.
“I was born and raised in the Diamond Hill area of Fort Worth just a stone’s throw from the Stockyards, but I had no idea about the monumental impact Amon Carter had on this city,” director Sanchez says. “This show gives us the opportunity to share the love and vision of Mr. Carter with the people now responsible for carrying on his legacy.”
Carter was a media tycoon unlike most. But Carter didn’t put himself first. He cared about Fort Worth and Texas, and spent his life working to make both better. Carter is credited with luring a trillion dollars’ worth of business to his town.
Playwright Lieber says, “I think he was our Alexander Hamilton, our most consequential figure who’s been forgotten. No other city has an Amon Carter.”
Lieber added, “The play is a point of pride for Texans. And it’ll change the way you think about Texas.”
READ WHAT AUDIENCE MEMBERS SAY ABOUT THE PLAY HERE.
All tickets are $28, and seating at the historic Haltom Theater is General Admission.
For tickets, visit the online Amon Ticket Booth or Call: 817-284-1200 for reservations
