2021-2022 Season Events

The Performing Arts Department offers theatre, dance, and music events throughout the year.

Broadway or Bust!

A Musical Revue featuring Show Tunes through Time

Thursday, September 30 — Saturday, October 2 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 3 at 2 p.m.

Dracula

A Dramatic Play freely adapted from the novel

Thursday, October 28 — Saturday, October 30 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, October 31 at 2 p.m.

DanceWorks

A dance showcase featuring eight original works, followed by the choreographers sharing their inspiration and process.

As a health precaution, patrons are required to wear masks in the theatre.

Thursday, November 18 — Saturday, November 20 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, November 21 at 2 p.m.

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V.O.I.C.E. Concert

Sunday, December 5 at 2 p.m.
Featuring the Voices Of Inclusion Choral Ensemble (VOICE) performing group and solo numbers from some of your favorite musicals and musicians! Come hear the music of Freddie Mercury, Stevie Nicks, Hans Zimmer, Jonathan Larson, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Alan Menken, Tim Minchin, Jason Robert Brown, and more!

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You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

There are four performances to see Charlie Brown and the entire Peanuts gang explore life's great questions as they play baseball, struggle with homework, sing songs, swoon over their crushes, and celebrate the joy of friendship.

Friday, February 25 at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 26 at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 27 at 1 p.m.

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Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf

Kate Scelsa’s incisive and hilarious reinvention of Edward Albee’s classic Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? slyly subverts the power dynamics of the original play’s not-so-happy couple. In the end, no one will be left unscathed by the ferocity of Martha’s revenge on an unsuspecting patriarchy.

For Mature Audiences Only

Thursday, March 24 - Saturday, March 26 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, March 27 at 2 p.m.

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SPRING DANCES

Thursday, April 21 — Saturday, April 23 at 7 p.m.
Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m.

The Cedar Crest College Dance Company presents new works by faculty choreographers and guest artists. Featured artists include Sarah Carlson, Jill Fitzgerald, Jackie Moyer, Sarah Parker, and Samuel Reyes.

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Box Office

PHONE: (610) 606-4608
EMAIL: performingarts@cedarcrest.edu 
LOCATION: Tompkins College Center, 2nd Floor, at the entrance to Samuels Theatre
Samuels Theatre is located in the Tompkins College Center (TCC) on the Cedar Crest College campus in Allentown, PA. The TCC is building #25 on this map.

HOURS: 
One hour before show time during show days.

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For more information on reserving your tickets, please contact the Box Office at (610) 606-4608 or email performingarts@cedarcrest.edu.

SPRING DANCES: We Rise and Fall Together

April 17, 2021
Cedar Crest College Dance Company presents new screen dance works by faculty and guest artists. Artistic direction by Sarah Carlson.

FACTOR

April 24, 2021
Told by and through the voices of current CCC students, alumnae, and community members, this original production will feature local and national news clips, historic documents, and original spoken word and personal reflections revealing our triumphs, our missteps, and the ongoing transformation of inclusion and equity at Cedar Crest College.

Dance | Interrupted

In lieu of Cedar Crest College's live performances of Spring Dances, "Dance | Interrupted" is a dance film about the creative process behind Spring Dances 2020.