Orange County, NC Performing Arts
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Dec 31 - 4 20142.5 Minute Ride - Chapel Hill
Playwright Lisa Kron will perform her celebrated one-woman show, a wry and humorous account of her trip with her father to Auschwitz, where his parent ... more » -
Jan 6 - 9 2024Doubt: A Parable - Chapel Hill
Play by John Patrick Shanley. Set in a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, a strong-minded principal wrestles with conscience and uncertainty as she is fa ... more » -
Jan 20 2024UNC Bands: A Sousa Spectacular - Chapel Hill
The UNC Bands stage a concert in the style of John Philip Sousa, the most influential band leader of the early 20th century. The Sousa Spectacular inc ... more » -
Jan 25 - 17 2024State of the Union - Chapel Hill
A shrewd, witty, and surprisingly contemporary look at politics, as a business tycoon and his family contemplate a run for the Presidency. Winner of t ... more » -
Jan 26 2024Mary Chapin Carpenter - Chapel Hill
As her songs become timeless classics, Carpenter continues to reach a broad audience as she navigates with humor, compassion and insight the personal, ... more » -
Feb 3 2024When Composers Speak Our Language - Chapel Hill
Music of the Vernacular. Composers use a variety of popular genres, styles, and musical languages to capture an audience. Some of our favorites ? Bolc ... more » -
Feb 10 2024SFJAZZ Collective - Chapel Hill
The SFJAZZ Collective is an all-star jazz ensemble comprising some of the finest performer/composers at work in jazz today. Launched in 2004, it has q ... more » -
Feb 14 2024k.d. lang - Chapel Hill
With a repertoire ranging from Tin Pan Alley torch songs to Nashville tearjerkers, playful cow-punk tunes to sultry, grown-up pop, this Alberta native ... more » -
Feb 15 2024Joshua Bell, violin - Chapel Hill
Grammy Award-winning Joshua Bell has captivated audiences worldwide with his poetic musicality. Equally at home as a soloist, chamber musician, and or ... more » -
Mar 13 - 31 2024Amadeus - Chapel Hill
The tale of Mozart and the court composer Salieri is a sometimes funny, sometimes tragic, brilliant examination of a man at war with his god. Salieri ... more » -
Mar 19 - 20 2024STOMP - Chapel Hill
An international percussion sensation, STOMP is explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, and unique. With an armful of awards, rave reviews, and n ... more » -
Mar 29 2024Merce Cunningham Dance Company - Chapel Hill
Among the most innovative and influential figures in modern dance, Cunningham is widely recognized as the greatest living choreographer today.... more »
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Apr 3 2024Spirit of Uganda - Chapel Hill
Spirit of Uganda presents riveting programs of music and dance for audiences of all ages. To the melodic tones of standing drums, with dramatic choreo ... more » -
Apr 3 - 7 2024Witness to an Execution - Chapel Hill
PlayMakers will participate in an exploration of the death penalty by commissioning a new work from one of the area?s most promising playwrights, Mkie ... more » -
Apr 7 2024A Tribute to Maxine Swalin - Chapel Hill
Carolina Performing Arts is proud to honor Maxine Swalin on the occasion of her 105th birthday. Ms. Swalin, with her late husband, Dr. Benjamin F. Swa ... more » -
Apr 11 - 4 2024The Clean House - Chapel Hill
A lovely and often riotous comedy about a young Brazilian woman and the people whose house she tends, this play established MacArthur Award-winner Ruh ... more » -
Apr 12 2024North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: The Duke and the Bard - Chapel Hill
Duke Ellington brought to jazz the concept of the extended jazz composition. His tribute to William Shakespeare creates fascinating vignettes about su ... more » -
Apr 14 2024Carrboro Day - Carrboro
Enjoy old Carrboro stories, photos, art displays, poetry readings, music and dancing, games, crafts and family activities. Bring a chair, blanket and ... more » -
Apr 16 2024Mitsuko Uchida, piano - Chapel Hill
Renowned for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert, Mitsuko Uchida has also illuminated the music of Berg, Schoenberg, Webern and Boulez for a ne ... more » -
Jun 10 - 9 2024Explorations: Art at the Garden Display - Chapel Hill
Studies of flora and fauna by Mary Kay Holterman.Hill. Take 15-501 South Exit (Fordham Blvd) and turn left onto Old Mason Farm Road.
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Aug 1 - 24 2024How I Got That Story - Chapel Hill
An ?embedded? war reporter tries to get a handle on a culture he doesn?t know while covering a conflict he doesn?t understand. A fiercely theatrical c ... more » -
Aug 21 - 25 2024When The Bulbul Stopped Singing - Chapel Hill
Based on the diaries of Palestinian human-rights lawyer Raja Shehadeh, ?Bulbul? is a window into the experience of a Palestinian man living in Ramalla ... more » -
Sep 4 - 22 2024Romeo and Juliet - Chapel Hill
Shakespeare explores romance, passion and tragedy in the most famous love story ever told. The Bard weaves a tale of deadly enmity, revenge, betrayal, ... more » -
Sep 6 - 7 2024Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Wild Cursive - Chapel Hill
Schooled in martial arts, meditation, Chinese opera movement, modern dance, and ballet, Cloud Gate performs a rich repertoire rooted in Asian myths an ... more » -
Sep 13 2024Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute - Khmer Arts Ensemble - Chapel Hill
The brilliant classicism of imperial Vienna meets the mythic splendor of ancient Angkor in Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute, a contemporary re-ima ... more » -
Sep 20 2024North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Rhythm is Our Business and Swing is the Thing - Chapel Hill
See a celebration of jazz music and dance as the NCJRO welcomes a host of celebrated dancers from the Triangle in a concert where tap, swing, and mod ... more » -
Sep 22 2024Take 6 - Chapel Hill
With roots in gospel and doo-wop, their rich harmonies, vocal fireworks and gospel message have earned them a place among the most enduring and cheris ... more » -
Sep 26 - 19 2024A Lesson from Aloes - Chapel Hill
Three long-time friends, split apart by the machinations of the apartheid regime, meet for dinner amid suspicion that one of them is a traitor to thei ... more » -
Oct 1 - 2 2024Cirque Eloize: RAIN - Chapel Hill
Celebrating beauty and dreams in an exuberant tribute to the human spirit, this award-winning Canadian troupe trades the tent for the theater with a f ... more » -
Oct 2 - 20 2024Crimes of the Heart - Chapel Hill
The McGrath sisters are having a really bad day: Lenny is turning 30 and dealing with dying Grandaddy; Meg is reeling from her failed singing career; ... more » -
Oct 4 2024St. Petersburg Philharmonic - Chapel Hill
The oldest symphonic ensemble in the former USSR, the origins of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic can be traced back to a group of Russian aristocrats ... more » -
Oct 13 2024Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas & Edgar Meyer - Chapel Hill
Mandolin/fiddle champion Sam Bush, dobro master Jerry Douglas and bass virtuoso Edgar Meyer join forces in a new collaborative project featuring genre ... more » -
Oct 15 2024France and Romance - Chapel Hill
An evening of French Romantic chamber music for harp, saxophone, piano and strings by Saint-Sa?ns, Debussy, Faur? and Chausson. Laura Byrne, harp, Mat ... more » -
Oct 16 2024Caetano Veloso - Chapel Hill
Incorporating elements of rock, reggae, fado, tango, samba, canao, baiao and rap, Veloso is at once an astute social commentator and a balladeer of hi ... more » -
Oct 19 2024Must Don't Whip 'Um featuring Cynthia Hopkins and Gloria Deluxe - Chapel Hill
Live action and live music are interwoven with documentary footage and a playful videoscape on multiple screens. -
Oct 23 2024The Romeros Classical Guitar Quartet - Chapel Hill
The Romeros prevail as champions in the realm of classical guitar. -
Oct 26 - 10 2024Star of Bethlehem - Chapel Hill
Longest running Planetarium show has been revamped with a digital-age look that is wowing both kids and adults. $5.25 adults, $4.25 children, student ... more » -
Nov 4 2024Kathleen Battle with Cyrus Chestnut - Chapel Hill
Performing in the world?s leading opera houses and concert halls, Battle, a five-time Grammy-winner?s repertoire spans three centuries, from the Baroq ... more » -
Nov 6 - 24 2024Cummins and Scoullar?s Little Prince - Chapel Hill
When a disenchanted Aviator crashes his plane in the Sahara, he is surprised to meet a visitor from a far away star. Through the startling insights sh ... more » -
Nov 15 2024North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Swingin? Yuletide Celebration - Chapel Hill
Get a jump on the season with a concert guaranteed to bring a smile to everyone in the house. With music from Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Glenn Mille ... more » -
Nov 16 2024Handel?s Acis and Galatea - Chapel Hill
Valentin Lazrein, Jeanne Fischer and Ensemble Courant perform one of the best loved, intimate works of the Baroque -
Nov 16 2024NC High School Athletic Assn Football Championships - Chapel Hill
Kenan Memorial Stadium hosts two high school championship games at Noon and 4:30 pm. Tickets $9 presale and $10 at the gate. -
Nov 17 2024Annual Nutcracker on Ice - Hillsborough
A true holiday classic performed on ice by area skaters. Shows at 11 am and 5 pm.