MBS PRODUCTIONS

Bringing New Theatre into the World

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Confession of Nat Turner

Theatre of Death 2022

5 Plays in 5 Days 2019

A Lovely Goodbye

Portrait of a Man

The King of Cage Street

7 Plays in 7 Days, 2018

Blood Feast

Conchita Zaragoza

The Soul Gatherer, 2017

Willa Dee Arvis

Love, Lust, & Lies

Slave Letters, 10/2016

Querolus

Kiss the Boys, 2016

Dante: Paradiso

Slave Letters

Theatre of Death 2015

BBBC Presents: Macbeth!

Dream Cafe 2015

Hotel California

Lovely Confessions

Dante: Purgatorio

The Straight Guy

John XII, 2014

Conchita Z. Tickets

Marianela

Persistence in Memory '14

Dante: Inferno 2013

Forever Lovely

Adam and Eve. 2013

The Futility of Hope

Triumph of Love

Theatre of Death, 2012

The Importance of Lovely

2 Couples 2

Fortune

The Game of Love & Chance

Octavia

7 Plays in 7 Days, 2011

Satyricon

Outrageous, Sexy....

The Soul Gatherer, 2011

Sex & War

Lucifer Descending

Kiss the Boys 2010

Dream Cafe

Persephone

24 hrs of Love

Theatre of Death 2009

John XII

Adam & Eve...

Oedipus Rex

A New Drama

Dream Awake

Pesistence in Memory

Homeland Insecurity

Dante:Inferno

The Lovers

Theatre of Death 2007

Vodka & Kisses

Kiss the Boys

The Soul Gatherer

Theatre of Love

Theatre of Death 2006

...a moment in the life

Welcome to Mark-Brian Sonna Productions,
or as we are called in the industry: MBS Productions


We specialize in "New Theatre":
New Plays
New Musicals
New Translations
New Adaptations of Classic Works

In essence, every play or musical we do is a World Premier.  We are the only Theatrical Production company in North Texas that specializes in exclusively producing works previously unseen for the stage.  Our audiences are the most adventurous, sophisticated, and eager, for they know that they'll get to experience new works for the stage.

We were founded in 2004 by Mark-Brian Sonna when he produced the show "Theatre of Death" which was presented at the Teatro Dallas space for the Halloween season.   The show consisted of 6 short plays dating from the middle ages through the present day all dealing with Death.  Two of the plays were world premiers, three were new translations, and one was an adaptation of an existing work.  This set the tone for what was to come.  In 2005 we did a second show of Theatre of Death to kick off a 3 show season that carried us through the summer of 2006.  In our 2006/2007 season we presented 5 plays.  We now currently produce 6 shows a year as well as assist and serve as consultants to other theatre companies in developing and producing new and existing plays for their audiences.  

As the amount of plays we produce grow so do our audiences.  We've gone from doing 2 weekend engagements to an average of 4 week runs for our shows.   We are one of the only theatre groups that has succesfully been able to cultivate weekday audiences, making our performance schedule fuller then most other small theatres.  In fact, because of high ticket demand we've been known to add shows on Monday and Tuesday evenings to accomodate our audiences.

We have received countless critical raves for every show we have produced. Many of the productions have been named by critics and newspapers in their top lists of plays fo the year including #1 slot for plays such a Dante: Inferno, Dream Cafe,The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker!
The Beulaville Baptist Book Club Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker! won the National Goldstar Nutcrakcer Award (aka "the Nutty") in 2014 for being the most beloved Nutcracker in the USA, beating out other companies such as The San Francisco Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, The Joffrey.
Almost every year since we've been eligible for the prestigious Column Awards we've generated a nomination. The Beulaville Baptist Book Club  Presents: A Bur-Less-Q Nutcracker!, 24 hrs of Love, Dante: Inferno, John XII, The Importance of Being Lovely, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Delights or Love, The Futility of Hope, were  nominated for Best New Play of the Year.
For our 2013/2014 season we set a unique record: all 6 plays were nominated by Broadwayworld.com for best either best new play of they year, or best play of the year, and racked up a record breaking 40 additional nominations in all other categories including acting, set design, costuming, directeing, etc.
Our teaming up with RoverDramawerks generated nominations for their play "Surviving Grace" and our teaming up with Queer Voltage resulted in the play "Queer Anarchy" which was voted as being the "Best Stage Production" of 2007 according to the Dallas Voice readership.
 
Our production of Dante: Inferno was also voted as the best stage production of the year in 2014 by the Dallas Voice along with Mark-Brian Sonna being voted as best actor mae or female of the year for his work with our company.

Our business model is unique in the theatre community.  We are a for profit theatre group, yet we pay all our staff and artists on a per-show profit share basis.  This means that every performer, technician, staff, has a vested interest in making the show a success, thus insuring and maximizing the artistic contribution of each individual involved in the production.  Though contributions are not tax deductible, not a cent is ever wasted, and the monies contributed directly affect the profit margin of the show.  In other words, your contribution directly helps the artists involved!


Our rehearsal space is located at 8625 King George Drive, Suite 245A, Dallas, TX 75230. 

We perform at the Addison Conference & Theare Center's Studio Theatre which is located at 15650 Addison Road, Addison, TX 75001.  Feel free to contact us via phone at 214-477-4942 or email at
info@Mark-BrianSonna.com

Contact MBS Productons via email info@Mark-BrianSonna.com or via phone at 214-477-4942