Prior Performing Arts Center

Faculty Recital: Rhythms of Spring
2026-03-21 19:00 (America/New_York) | Luth Concert Hall, 1 College St., Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance

Rhythms of Spring

The Music and Dance Departments at Holy Cross are joining forces for an unforgettable evening of two pianos and dance. Faculty pianists Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, Matthew Jaskot, and Ulysses Loken share the stage with The Diamonds, a faculty dance group featuring some of the most beloved people on campus.
This performance features André Isaacs (yes, that André Isaacs, Professor of Chemistry who also loves to dance), Carmen Jarrin (Chair of Sociology), Karen Guth (Professor of Religious Studie), and Mary Ebbott (Professor of Classics), plus the Registrar, a medievalist, a psychologist, a mathematician, a biologist and more!
The program features Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche, Chen Yi’s China West Suite, and Igor Stravinsky’s iconic Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), all pieces that abound with folk melodies, complex textures, and energetic rhythms.
Come and join us for this exciting program! Free entry, open to all.

Details

March 21, 20267 p.m.

Price

Free entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Bradford Chin: Distinguished Visiting Practitioner Residency
2026-03-23 - 2026-03-27 | Alden Trust Performance Studio (3rd Floor, Prior Performing Arts Center), 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Theatre & Dance

Bradford Chin

Distinguished Visiting Practitioner Residency

Presented by Jimena Bermejo, Director of the Dance ProgramSponsored by the Office of the Provost

Bradford Chin is a disabled dance artist and educator whose work focuses on disability justice, accessibility in the arts, and critically inclusive pedagogy. During this residency, Chin will engage with students, faculty, and staff through classes, conversations and public events.

Join us for these public presentations during Chin’s residency:

Public LectureDance and Disability Narratives
March 26 @ 4 p.m.4th Floor Suite A, Hogan Campus CenterFree entry, open to all.

Moderated PanelDisability and the Arts
March 27 @ 1:30 p.m.Room 320, Prior Performing Arts CenterFree entry, open to all.

Details

March 23-27, 2026

Price

Free entry, open to all.

Venue

4th Floor Suite A, Hogan Campus CenterRoom 320, Prior Performing Arts Center

Curiouser & Curiouser
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-26 | DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Boroughs Theatre –, 1 College St, Worcester, MA, 01610, United States
Department of Theatre & Dance

Curiouser & Curiouser

Directed by Lynn Kremer
Inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

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In Curiouser & Curiouser, adapted and directed by Lynn Kremer and featuring original music composed by Karl Hinze ’10, an elderly Alice recalls her childhood memories of hearing fantastic stories from Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll. Images and text from Carroll’s beloved books swirl on stage in this original dance/drama that asks the question, “Who am I in this world?” Music, puppets, projections, and dance are integrated into a devised piece in collaboration with artists I Nyoman Catra, Kevin Fulton, Kurt Hultgren, Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed, Qingan Zhang, BOOM! (Leah Smith and Michael Townsend), and Dramaturg Christian Krenek ’12.
This production from the Holy Cross Department of Theatre & Dance is sure to charm lovers of Carroll and audiences of all ages.

EVENING PRESENTATIONS

April 16 @ 7:30 p.m.April 17 @ 7:30 p.m.April 18 @ 7:30 p.m.April 23 @ 7:30 p.m.April 24 @ 7:30 p.m.April 25 @ 7:30 p.m.

MATINEE PRESENTATIONS

April 19 @ 2 p.m. [SOLD OUT]April 26 @ 2 p.m.

Details

April 16-18, 23-25 @ 7:30 p.m. April 19 & 26 @ 2 p.m.

Price

$15 Public | $10 Holy Cross Community

Venue

Boroughs TheatreThe Prior Performing Arts Center

Spring Dance Concert
2026-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –, 1 College St, Worcester, 01610, United States
Department of Theatre & Dance

Spring Dance Concert

Two Showings: 7 p.m. & 9 p.m.
In recent years our annual dance concert has grown more varied and exciting with the addition of hip-hop, breaking, Afro-Haitian dance and Broadway dance to a repertoire that also includes contemporary dance and ballet.
The students of Jimena Bermejo, Audra Carabetta, Joanne Caidor, Ellen Oliver, and Taylor Travassos-Lomba perform during an evening that is always a highlight of our season.

Details

April 30, 20267 p.m. & 9 p.m.

Price

Free entry

Venue

Luth Concert HallPrior Performing Arts Center

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert
2026-05-03 19:30 | DEPARTMENTS OF MUSIC AND THEATRE & DANCE – Luth Concert Hall –, 1 College St, Worcester, 01610, United States
Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance

Gamelan Gita Sari Concert

Join us for this end-of-semester performance from the students in I Nyoman Catra’s Balinese dance and gamelan classes, in which they will display what they have learned in a delightful evening showcasing the Balinese performing arts.

Details

May 3, 2026
7:30 p.m.

Price

Free Entry

Venue

Luth Concert Hall
Prior Performing Arts Center
