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Bootstraps Comedy Theater

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Bootstraps Comedy Theater @ Bath House Cultural Center

521 E. Lawther Drive

Dallas, TX

214-670-8749

http://www.bootstrapscomedy.com

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Readers' Choice: Dallas Children's Theater, Rosewood Center for Family Arts, 5938 Skillman St., 214-740-0051

Comedy is their middle name. This 3-year-old theater company, founded by drama grads from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, has built a fine following as the go-to group for a great big laugh. In their mission statement, founders Matt and Kim Lyle vow to use comedy to "break down the walls that exist between people shackled by societal norms." And if that means tripping and falling through a wall onstage, they're happy to do it. Scoring hits at the past two Festivals of Independent Theatres with Matt's plays Sunny & Eddie Sitting in a Tree and The Boxer (being revived for another run at the studio space at Dallas Children's Theater in mid-November), the Bootstrappers are pulling themselves up to stand as Dallas' funniest, most inventive young theater troupe. These Lumberjacks (that's the SFASU mascot) are OK.

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