The Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State will hold its 2016-17 season reveal at 5:30 p.m. June 23 in Eisenhower Auditorium. Center Director George Trudeau will reveal the 27 performances slated for the upcoming season at the event.
Penn State Centre Stage will present Oscar Wilde’s "The Importance of Being Earnest" April 12-23 in the Pavilion Theatre.
The contemporary circus show Compagnia Finzi Pasca will return to the Center for the Performing Arts with “La Verità,” a poetic and acrobatic journey into surrealism, at 7:30 p.m. April 21 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Who vanquished Vinnie? That's what the sheiks and shebas will have to figure out at Penn State New Kensington's interactive murder mystery dinner theatre, "Mobsters, Molls and Marinara," at 6 p.m. April 20 in the campus' Cafe 780. Set in Chicago during the Roaring Twenties, the action revolves around Vinnie Vermicelli's speakeasy.
The Center for the Performing Arts will welcome Dallas Children’s Theater in a presentation of “The BFG (Big Friendly Giant)” at 7:30 p.m. April 8 in Eisenhower Auditorium.
Amy Schumer has announced that she will be performing live at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center at 8 p.m. April 8. Tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 26. Schumer has proven herself to be one of the entertainment industry’s leading forces as a stand-up comedian, actress, writer, producer and director.
Sandi Carroll, research fellow and program manager for the Arts and Design Research incubator (ADRI) will present "Mission: Implausible!" at 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Arts and Design Research Incubator Research Fellow Sandi Carroll's study of the discipline of play led her to create an interactive comedy about saving the world. Her show — "Mission: Implausible!" — will be performed at 8 p.m. Feb. 11-13 at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Top Secret Agent Karen visits the co.space (thecospace.com) on her search for heroes. Anywhere that has a tagline of "the home for change makers" must have a lot of heroes hanging out!
Top Secret Agent Karen is on a mission to save the world, and she needs your help. Join her on her quest during Mission: Implausible!, an interactive comedy performance taking place Feb. 11–13 at 8 p.m. in the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
Described as “‘The Simpsons’ meets Malcolm X at a Notorious B.I.G. concert,” The Mayhem Poets will share a love of wordplay with a slam-themed performance at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in Schwab Auditorium.
Beginning in the late 1990s, celebrities such as Jake Shimabukuro, Zooey Deschanel and Eddie Vedder helped to reintroduce the ukulele to America. And then there’s The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain. The band’s been strumming away since 1985, when an idea to go lo-fi got out of hand.
The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain “30 plucking years” anniversary tour will make a stop at Penn State with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 13 in Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus.
Thanks to a University Park Allocation Committee grant, Penn State students save every day on the price of tickets to Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentations. But for one day -- from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sept. 2 -- University Park students are eligible for an additional 15 percent discount on tickets to performances coming in September through April.
Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and all of their Veggie friends are coming to the Pullo Family Performing Arts Center at Penn State York on Saturday, Nov. 14.
