Performing Arts

  • Isidore String Quartet
    9/26/24
    Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.”
  • Talea Ensemble
    9/11/24
    Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.”
  • Mingus Dynasty Septet
    9/11/24
    Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.”
  • Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle, Part I: Dali Quartet
    9/11/24
    Critics, fans and fellow comedians agree: Brian Regan is one of the most respected comedians in the country with Vanity Fair calling Brian, “The funniest stand-up alive,” and Entertainment Weekly calling him, “Your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian.”
  • Giordano Dance Chicago
    9/18/24
    Join us for America's original jazz dance company, Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC), as they kick off the Center for the Arts fall season. Renowned for their innovative jazz dance choreography, GDC continually redefines and expands the very definition of jazz dance, bringing this invaluable art form to audiences and students of all ages and backgrounds.
  • Ride The Cyclone, The Musical
    11/1/24
    Music, Book and Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
    Directed and Choreographed by Doug Weyand
    Music Direction by Matt Marco
  • Almost, Maine
    7/31/24
    By John Cariani
    Directed by Scott Borish as part of our Student Directed Series
  • Three Sisters (Ruhl), A Theatre Studio Ensemble Production
    7/31/24
    Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
    A New Version by Sarah Ruhl based on a literal translation by Elise Thoron with Natalya Paramonova and Kristin Johnsen-Neshati
    Directed by Lana Sugarman
  • Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine
    7/31/24
    By Lynn Nottage
    Directed by Thembi Duncan
  • Emerging Choreographers Showcase
    11/15/24
    Directed by Anne Burnidge
    Choreographers: Shannon Brien, Kenny Harrison, Juliana Hassouna, Charity John, Olivia Lopez, Gia Maresca, Ariana Mullin, Kelly Quinn and Mya Tran
  • No Exit
    7/31/24
    By Jean-Paul Sartre
    Adapted from the French by Paul Bowles
    Directed by Tobias Pfluke as part of our Student Directed Series
  • A Crack in the Egg (a new rock musical)
    9/11/24
    Book by Jeremy Meyers
    Music, Lyrics, and Vocal Arrangements by Jeremy Meyers and John DellaContrada
    Instrumental Compositions by Prairie Pavement (Jack Chadwick, Sal Constantin, Dylan Lumb, and Owen Shotwell)
    Inspired by “The Egg” by Andy Weir
    Directed by Jeremy Meyers as part of our Student Directed Series
  • Chamber Music
    7/31/24
    By Arthur Kopit
    Directed by Jo Yanko as part of our Student Directed Series
  • MFA Dance Showcase
    8/23/24
    Co-Directed by Joshua Ikechukwu, Amelia Rojek, and Dani Schofer
  • Ernest and the Pale Moon
    7/31/24
    Written by Oliver Lansley on behalf of Les Enfants Terribles
    Directed by Sophia Vessecchia as part of our Student Directed Series
  • Zodiaque Dance Company Celebration 50 Spring Program
    7/31/24
    Co-Directed by Kerry Ring and Michael Deeb Weaver
  • ChoreoLab
    7/31/24
    Directed by Anne Burnidge
    Choreographers TBA
  • Fefu and Her Friends
    7/31/24
    By Maria Irene Fornes
    Directed by Lindsay Brandon-Hunter
  • Senior Dance Showcase
    10/4/24
    Directed by Kelly Quinn and NJ Wingo as part of our Student Directed Series
  • Dancers Workshop
    10/4/24
    Directed by Shannon Brien as part of our Student Directed Series
  • The Secretaries, A Theatre Studio Ensemble Production
    7/31/24
    A Five Lesbian Brothers play written by Maureen Angelos, Babs Davy, Dominique Dibbell, Peg Healey, and Lisa Kron
    Directed by Janet Werther
  • MFA Dance Thesis Concert
    7/31/24
    Directed by Rebecca Chaleff
    Choreographers: Joshua Ikechukwu, Amelia Rojek, and Dani Schofer 
  • The Pajama Game
    7/31/24
    Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell
    Music and Lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
    Based on the novel “7 ½ cents” by Richard Bissell
    Directed and Choreographed by James Beaudry
    Music Direction by Matt Marco
  • Momix - Alice
    11/13/24
    Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is a company of dancer-illusionists under the direction of Moses Pendleton. With nothing more than light, shadow, props, and the human body, MOMIX has astonished audiences on five continents for more than 40 years.

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