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Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

Upcoming Ticketed Events

A man wearing high-waisted dance pants holds a female dancer up from behind as she leans her head back, staggers her bent legs and points her toes.

Ballet Hispánico


7:30 pm Wednesday, October 17, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $42
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $32
A man gestures with his hands as he conducts an orchestra.

Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society


7:30 pm Tuesday, October 23, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $48
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $38
A quartet—three men wearing suits and a woman holding a violin and dressed in a simple formal dress—sit for the camera.

Escher String Quartet
Gilles Vonsattel, pianist


7:30 pm Tuesday, October 30, 2018


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $44
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $34
A smashed tomato fills in for the “O” in a type treatment for “Something Rotten!”

SOMETHING ROTTEN!


7:30 pm Wednesday, November 7, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $51, $42
In an illustration, a spider uses a laptop computer.

Dallas Children's Theater
Presents
Diary of a Worm, a Spider, and a Fly
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Joan Cushing
Adapted from the Diary of a Worm series by Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss, © 2011 Doreen Cronin and Harry Bliss
By special arrangement with Pippin Properties, Inc., and Gurman Agency LLC


4:00 pm Sunday, November 11, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $19
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $19
A banjo player and a double bassist stand and hold their instruments while a man sits between them and smiles.

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, and Edgar Meyer
with special guest Rakesh Chaurasia


7:30 pm Wednesday, November 14, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $52
University Park Student $20
18 and Younger $42
$5 of each Fleck/Hussain/Meyer ticket sold will support THON.
A woman wearing a headband and adorned with jewelry closes her eyes and sings into a microphone.

Soweto Gospel Choir
Songs of the Free
Celebrating the Centenary of Nelson Mandela


7:30 pm Tuesday, November 27, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $38
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $28
A man wearing a suit closes his eyes as he plays a trumpet pointed upward.

School of Music Feature
Mosaic


4:00 pm Sunday, December 2, 2018


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $30
Student $10
A silhouette of a boy’s head filled with stars and another smaller silhouette of a London cityscape and two people lovingly facing each other is featured in a promotional illustration for “Finding Neverland.”

FINDING NEVERLAND


7:30 pm Wednesday, January 23, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $51, $42
A female dancer holds on to the folds in her skirt at each hip as she kicks her right leg straight and bends her left leg up while pointing her toes.

BodyTraffic


7:30 pm Saturday, January 26, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $42
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $32
A woman holding a violin smiles and looks at something off-camera to her right.

Regina Carter
Simply Ella


7:30 pm Thursday, January 31, 2019


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $38
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $28
A man plays a traditional Chinese stringed instrument.

Sounds of China


7:30 pm Tuesday, February 5, 2019


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $38
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $28
In an illustration, a girl in pigtails drags her toy monkey behind her.

The Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour Presents
Me ... Jane: The Dreams and Adventures of Young Jane Goodall
Based on the book Me ... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Adapted and Written by Patrick McDonnell, Andy Mitton, and Aaron Posner
Co-Arranged and Music Direction by William Yanesh
Choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise
Directed by Aaron Posner


4:00 pm Sunday, February 10, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $19
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $19
A man with crossed arms looks to his right while a woman standing next to him tilts her head and lifts her right hand to her neck.

Sybarite5
Outliers


7:30 pm Wednesday, February 13, 2019


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $44
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $34
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


7:30 pm Tuesday, February 19, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


7:30 pm Wednesday, February 20, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


7:30 pm Thursday, February 21, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


7:30 pm Friday, February 22, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


2:00 pm Saturday, February 23, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


7:30 pm Saturday, February 23, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

BEAUTIFUL
THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL


2:00 pm Sunday, February 24, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $53, $44
Leonard Bernstein is shown in profile from the shoulders up.

Czech National Symphony Orchestra
100 Years of Leonard Bernstein
John Mauceri, conductor
Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano


7:30 pm Wednesday, February 27, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $59
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $49
A woman holds a violin and bow in her left hand and rests her right hand on her hip.

Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
and Trio Arabica
Tales of Two Cities:
The Leipzig-Damascus Coffee House
Elisa Citterio, music director


7:30 pm Thursday, February 28, 2019


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $44
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $34
A woman with long braided hair gathers her hands to her neck while she looks at the camera.

Urban Bush Women
Hair & Other Stories


7:30 pm Thursday, March 14, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $42
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $32
A man with his right hand touching his cheek looks intently at the camera.

Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour
featuring
Cécile McLorin Salvant, Bria Skonberg, Melissa Aldana, Christian Sands, Yasushi Nakamura, and Jamison Ross

Instrumentation:
Cécile McLorin Salvant, vocals
Bria Skonberg, trumpet
Melissa Aldana, tenor saxophone
Christian Sands, piano and music director
Yasushi Nakamura, bass
Jamison Ross, drums


7:30 pm Friday, March 22, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $52
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $42
The King and I logo

THE KING AND I


7:30 pm Thursday, March 28, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $51, $42
A man plays his violin while a light haze surrounds him on stage.

Dreamersʼ Circus


7:30 pm Wednesday, April 3, 2019


Schwab Auditorium

Adult $38
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $28
A pair of above-the-knee heeled boots make up the “K” in an illustrated logo for “Kinky Boots.”

KINKY BOOTS


7:30 pm Tuesday, April 9, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $51, $42
A pair of above-the-knee heeled boots make up the “K” in an illustrated logo for “Kinky Boots.”

KINKY BOOTS


7:30 pm Wednesday, April 10, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $68, $59
University Park Student $50, $41
18 and Younger $51, $42
A man smiles as he slings his guitar over his right shoulder.

Night Train 57
A Sensory-Friendly Comic Folk Opera
Featuring Dan Zanes, Claudia Eliaza, and Yuriana Sobrino


4:00 pm Sunday, April 14, 2019


Eisenhower Auditorium

Adult $19
University Park Student $15
18 and Younger $19