Welcome to our 2025-2026 Arts Season!
¡Bienvenid@s a nuestra nueva temporada de artes!
We are thrilled to invite you to a season where we embrace the idea that even serious themes—grief, injustice, identity, change—can be explored with lightness, humor and bold artistic experimentation. Play is not an escape from reality, but a lens through which we see reality more clearly. This season invites us to take risks, to be surprised and to imagine new ways of being together.
Across theater, music, dance and visual art, you’ll find works that provoke thought while sparking joy, that challenge the status quo while inviting you in with a wink, a giggle, or a moment of unexpected delight. Check out our PVA Signature Concerts that feature our beloved large ensembles like choirs, bands, orchestra and jazz groups creating a unique series of concerts that address the idea of play. Or revisit a Shakespeare classic like Measure for Measure, where complex moral issues are coupled with mistaken identity and dark humor. And don’t forget to visit our galleries, including our newly renamed Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery in Campus Commons.
Whether you’re a lifelong supporter or stepping into our spaces for the first time, we welcome you to come play, question and dream with us. Let’s make this season one of wonder, dialogue and shared discovery. Let’s play!
—Cristina Goletti, Dean, College of Performing and Visual Arts
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Theatre & Dance Mainstage Season
Our Theatre & Dance season pulls together an exciting array of plays, musicals, and dance concerts to
keep you on the edge of your seat. These high-level theatrical performances have become
a staple of the northern Colorado cultural scene.
Measure for Measure
October 9-11 | 7:30 p.m.
October 12 | 2 p.m.
Play in Langworthy Theatre
Miranda's Nightmare
October 23-25 | 7:30 p.m.
October 26 | 2 p.m.
Dance Theatre in Campus Commons Performance Hall
(Thursday & Saturday in English, Friday & Sunday in Spanish)
Urinetown
November 13-15, 20-22 | 7:30 p.m.
November 16 & 23 | 2 p.m.
Musical in Norton Theatre
Junk
February 12-14, 19-21 | 7:30 p.m.
February 15 & 22 | 2 p.m.
Play in Norton Theatre
Sunday in the Park with George
March 5-7 | 7:30 p.m.
March 8 | 2 p.m.
Musical in Langworthy Theatre
(Pre-show talk with the directors at 7 p.m. on March 7)
Sin Street Social Club
April 23-25 | 7:30 p.m.
April 262 | 2 p.m.
Play in Langworthy Theatre
(Pre-show talk with the playwright & director at 7 p.m. on April 24)
Theatre & Dance Mainstage Season
Our Theatre & Dance season pulls together an exciting array of plays, musicals, and dance concerts to keep you on the edge of your seat. These high-level theatrical performances have become a staple of the northern Colorado cultural scene.
Measure for Measure
October 9-11 | 7:30 p.m.
October 12 | 2 p.m.
Play in Langworthy Theatre
Miranda's Nightmare
October 23-25 | 7:30 p.m.
October 26 | 2 p.m.
Dance Theatre in Campus Commons Performance Hall
(Thursday & Saturday in English, Friday & Sunday in Spanish)
Urinetown
November 13-15, 20-22 | 7:30 p.m.
November 16 & 23 | 2 p.m.
Musical in Norton Theatre
Junk
February 12-14, 19-21 | 7:30 p.m.
February 15 & 22 | 2 p.m.
Play in Norton Theatre
Sunday in the Park with George
March 5-7 | 7:30 p.m.
March 8 | 2 p.m.
Musical in Langworthy Theatre
(Pre-show talk with the directors at 7 p.m. on March 7)
Sin Street Social Club
April 23-25 | 7:30 p.m.
April 262 | 2 p.m.
Play in Langworthy Theatre
(Pre-show talk with the playwright & director at 7 p.m. on April 24)
Music
PVA Signature Events are carefully crafted programs that highlight the skills of our students, faculty, and guests while connecting to seasonal themes and showing off a wide variety of styles and ensembles. Come see the whole breadth of our School of Music in Campus Commons Performance Hall!
Want to see more of the fantastic work that our music students create under the expert guidance of our faculty? Check out our additional Ensemble Concerts as well as our lineup of Student Recitals. Plus join us on Tuesdays at 6:30pm for our Faculty Recitals, which are master performances from our School of Music faculty. These are short programs designed by each faculty member to highlight their areas of interest and research.
UNC Opera Theatre showcases the talent of our vocalists and orchestra musicians as they plunge you into the music and story of these mainstage operas and opera scenes productions in Campus Commons Performance Hall.
Signature Concerts & Opera
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Art Exhibitions
Our Visual Arts & Galleries events create engaging and socially relevant experiences that provoke your thoughts as you view work by regional and nationally recognized artists as well as by emerging student artists. Stop by any time for these free events!
Exhibitions On View, Artist Talks, & More
Free and open to the public
Ruyle Gallery Exhibitions
Roots & Routes: Artistic Works by UNC Alumni
& the Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery Naming Ceremony
August 25–September 16
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Art Walk & Reception:
Thursday, September 11, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Soft Power
September 29–November 5
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Art Walk & Reception:
Thursday, October 23, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Annual Student Juried Exhibition
November 13–December 4
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Reception:
Thursday, November 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The Genteel Revolutionary by Ellamaria Foley-Ray
February 2–March 4
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Art Walk & Reception:
Thursday, February 12, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Fruiting Bodies by Kate Hooray Osmond
March 12–April 15
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Art Walk & Reception:
Thursday, March 26, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Graphic Design Senior Show
April 21–May 1
Lydia and Robert Ruyle Gallery
Art Walk & Reception:
Thursday, April 30, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
