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Kids Connections | Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure

Kids Connections

Date: 
6:30 pm Thursday, February 20, 2020
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Kids Connections, which is free for ticket holders, will feature activities by Adam Swartz Puppetry, the Penn State Radiation Science and Engineering Center, and Schlow Centre Region Library. It takes place one hour before the performance. Due to space and time restrictions, Kids Connections participation is limited.

Carmen

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts
Canceled

Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture,
School of Music, and Center for the Performing Arts
Present Bizet’s opera Carmen

Date: 
7:30 pm Friday, March 27, 2020
2:00 pm Sunday, March 29, 2020
Event Description: 

Both performances of Carmen have been canceled.

Step Afrika!

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Step Afrika!
Drumfolk

Date: 
7:30 pm Friday, January 31, 2020
Event Description: 

Step Afrika!, the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping, blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African-American fraternities and sororities, African traditional dance, and influences from various other dance and art forms.

Artistic Viewpoints | A BRONX TALE

Artistic Viewpoints

Date: 
6:30 pm Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Location: 

Eisenhower Auditorium

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring A BRONX TALE orchestra musicians Jason Bell (assistant conductor/keyboards) and Todd Barnhart (woodwinds), is offered in Eisenhower Auditorium one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders. Artistic Viewpoints regularly fills to capacity, so seating is available on a first-arrival basis.

A Bronx Tale

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

A BRONX TALE

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Event Description: 

Three years ago, Academy Award nominee Chazz Palminteri teamed up with Academy Award winner Robert De Niro, Tony Award winner Jerry Zaks, and Tony Award winner Sergio Trujillo to create this streetwise musical based on Palminteri’s true-life story.

Circa Humans

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Humans
by Circa
Created by Yaron Lifschitz and the Circa Ensemble

Date: 
7:30 pm Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Event Description: 

After making its Penn State debut in 2015, Circa contemporary circus will return with Humans. Ten acrobats take us on a stirring journey of what it means to be human—and of how our bodies, our connections, and our aspirations all form part of who we are.

Lizz Wright

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Lizz Wright

Date: 
7:30 pm Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Event Description: 

Vocalist Lizz Wright, who will perform at Penn State for the first time, brings vibrancy to compositions by some of the greatest American songwriters.

Showtime with Shakespeare

Presenter: 
Center for the Performing Arts

Magic Tree House:
Showtime with Shakespeare

Date: 
4:00 pm Sunday, November 3, 2019
Event Description: 

Showtime with Shakespeare is a new theatrical production based on the Magic Tree House adventure Stage Fright on a Summer Night.

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