2024 Central PA Theatre and Dance Fest
Tempest Productions presents the 7th Annual Central Pa Theatre and Dance Fest starting June 20th and continuing until June 23, 2024.
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Join us for Kick-off in Martin Luther King, JR. Plaza on Thursday, June 20 at 5 pm and then 3 days of events from Friday-Sunday.
Workshops, Performances, Readings, Arts Crawl - visit centralpatheatre.com for the complete list.
Thursday, June 20
Kick Off in MLK Plaza 5:30pm
Free
5pm Pre-Show w/Street Performers, Line Dancing, Crafts, and more!
5:30pm Performances & Appearances by
- Adam Swartz Puppets
- Black Cat Belly Dance
- Central PA Dance Workshop Children’s Ensemble
- Centre Dance
- Class Act Productions
- Ensemble Studio Players
- Hot Styles Dance Co.
- Kelly Scott Studios
- Kids on Stage
- Sock & Buskin Theatre
- Squid Ink Collective
- Tempest Productions
- VanDance Inc
Friday, June 21
12-5pm, Free
Join us for our first arts crawl taking place during the Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest.
Pick up your passport at Tempest Studios and enter to win a prize. Then visit any of the 7 venues, grab a coffee at Webster’s, write a poem along the way, create a summer solstice craft, embark on a nature scavenger hunt, and enjoy the performances and art in Downtown State College. Visit: https://centralpatheatre.com/arts-crawl-june-2024/ for complete schedule.
- 11am Floor Barre Workshop with Ann Van Kuren, Van Dance Inc, Tempest Studios
- Noon Musical Theatre Dance with Spence Ford, Tempest Studios
- 1pm Home: Poetry and Art, Hometown Voices, Tempest Studios
- 3pm Storytelling through Song with Joe Pillot and Jim Colbert, Tempest Studios
- 6pm Jon Vickers Jones: My Life-86 years from Blitz to Biden, Tempest Studios
- 7pm Happy Valley Improv Blue Brick Theatre $
- 7pm The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Squid Ink Collective, Calvary Church $
- 7:30pm In a Nutshell: festival of shorts, Ensemble Studio Players, Tempest Studios $
- 7:30pm Rapture, Blister Burn, Sock & Buskin, Boal Barn Playhouse $
- 9pm Happy Valley Improv Blue Brick Theatre $
- 9pm Summer Solstice Celebration, Tempest Studios
Saturday, June 22
- 11am Kids Take The Stage, free workshop, registration recommended, Tempest Studios
- 11am Poetry Workshop with Kathy Morrow, 3 dots downtown
- Noon The Bremen Town Musicians and The Day the Crayons Quit, Central PA Dance Workshop Children’s Ensemble, The State Theatre $
- Noon Outcreating Creative Blocks with Rose Bohn, 3 dots downtown
- 1pm Kids Take The Stage Showcase, Tempest Studios
- 1pm The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Squid Ink Collective, Calvary Church $
- 2pm Adam Swartz Puppets, 3 dots, $
- 2pm Rapture, Blister Burn, Sock & Buskin, Boal Barn Playhouse, $
- 2:30pm Dance the Colors: Learn the Choreography from “The Day The Crayons Quit”, CPDW, ages 4+
- 2:30pm Shakespeare for Actors Workshop with Tempest Productions, Tempest Studios
- 3pm Sorry Wrong Number, Sock & Buskin, Blue Brick Theatre $
- 4pm CommonWealth, Jim Colbert, Tempest Studios
- 4pm Mr C’s Magical Evening of Mystery, 3 dots $
- 5pm Romeo & Juliet: Abridged, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza
- 6pm From Prep to Performance: Nailing Your Musical Theatre Audition with Kelly Scott Studios, Tempest Studios
- 6pm Romeo & Juliet: Abridged, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza
- 7pm The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, Squid Ink Collective, Calvary Church $
- 7:30pm Rapture, Blister Burn, Sock & Buskin, Boal Barn Playhouse $
- 7:30pm Musical Theatre Through the Years with Kelly Scott Studios, Tempest Studios
- 9pm In a Nutshell: festival of shorts, Ensemble Studio Players, Tempest Studios $
Sunday, June 23
- 1pm VanDance Inc, Tempest Studios, $
- 3pm In a Nutshell: festival of shorts, Ensemble Studio Players, Tempest Studios, $
- 3pm Sorry Wrong Number, Sock & Buskin, Blue Brick Theatre, $
- 7pm Character Remix with Happy Valley Improv, Blue Brick, $