by

C. Meaker

Directed by

Hadley Shipley

February 27, 2026

March 14, 2026

-

You Must Wear A Hat

World Premiere

Bath House Cultural Center

Box Office

Donate

Tuesday and Weeks make hats on the Great Barrier Reef waiting for the world to end.

A play for two. And a rabbit.

The fish have died, the coral won’t hold on for long, and it’s been a very long time since they saw another person. It is very, very hot outside. You must wear a hat.

But they pass the time together, making hats. And deciding whether or not to…..

to…..

keep making hats.

A world premiere by C. Meaker, You Must Wear a Hat is filled with the unspoken. Hope, grief, plans for the future, sharing their pasts. Tuesday & Weeks try to figure out what community means when the world might end tomorrow. Or maybe next week.

Echo On

Echo On is our free ticket program for essential public servants & deserving patrons.

We set aside 10 tickets to every performance for the First Responders, Active/Retired Military, Nurses & Teachers, plus patrons for whom the price of theater would currently be prohibitive. We welcome you and invite you to the show.

Must be booked in Advance directly through our Box Office.

For Free Tickets, email Reservations@EchoTheatre.orgwith this info:

· Name to hold ticket(s) under at Box Office.

· Date and time of the show you want to watch.

· How many tickets would you like? 1 ticket or 2?

· Please include your zip code & demographic (First Responder, Deserving Patron, etc.) for grant reports.Patron Names will not be shared in grant reports.

10 tickets available for every performance.
(Unclaimed tickets will be released at Showtime.)

Cast & Crew

Cameron

Casey

Tuesday

Cameron (they/them) is a non-binary performer and arts fundraiser from Fairview, Texas. They are gagged and grateful to return to Echo Theatre where they were last seen as PJ in The Secret Keepers. Other local credits include Hair and Cabaret at Arts Mission Oak Cliff, May I Descend the Staircase? at Very Good Dance Theater, The Odyssey at Shakespeare Dallas, Twelfth Night and Cyrano de Bergerac at Shakespeare Everywhere, and Libra Season at Second Thought Theatre. Offstage, they create multimedia visual art which has recently been featured at Circle Theatre, in Friends on Flora at Atelier, and Proper Gender Please at the 500X gallery. Check them out @cameronthecasey on Instagram.

Henri

Sudy

The Rabbit

Henri (they/them) is a trans, nonbinary artist originally from somewhere in Ohio. They are passionate about new work, centering trans experiences, and are thrilled to be making their Echo debut with this world-premier! Find them on henrisudy.com. Don't forget to love each other, protect trans kids, and remember ICE ALWAYS MELTS.

Caroline

Hodge

Lighting Design

Caroline (she/her) is a DFW based programmer and designer who is delighted to be making her design debut with Echo Theatre. Favorite credits include Every Brilliant Thing and Waitress with the Dallas Theater Center, Hair with Arts Mission Oak Cliff, Mini Movement Fest (‘23, ‘24 and ‘25) and Seeds (‘23, ‘24, and ‘25) with Agora Artists, Jet Fuel and A Dallas Hedda with Bishop Arts Theatre Center and The Persians at Undermain Theatre. Caroline would like to thank her family and her colleagues for their support. See more of her work at CEHodgeLighting.com.

Petra

Milano

Sound Design

Petra (she/her) is a Dallas-based musician and theatre artist. She came to Dallas in 2014 to study theatre at SMU and became involved with Echo Theatre through their 2021 and 2022 reading festivals. In 2021, Petra performed as a guitarist and vocalist in The Firehouse Theatre’s production of Cotton Patch Gospel. Since then, she has focused primarily on folk and bluegrass music, while remaining active in Dallas’s broader music scene. Most recently, she has been the bassist for her psychedelic band ChemicalSpell!, and performed with groups including King Clam, as well as Out of Sight, a trans-fronted hardcore band that toured the U.S. in 2025.

Hadley

Shipley

Director

Ash

Peterman

Stage Manager

Liz

Ware

Producer

Liz is Echo's newest producer, joining the company this year. She brought back City-Wide General Auditions with Echo last fall. Years ago, she worked with Core Performance Manufactory, directing shows by Erik Ehn, Mac Wellman, Lisa D'Amour and Archibald MacLeish, among others. CPM produced primarily at the Bath House Cultural Center, and co-produced a show with Echo Theatre, so this has been a lovely homecoming.

COME. Find Your People.

by