Celebrating 30 Years of Performing Arts
Produced by Arizona Broadway Theatre, Arizona Opera, Arizona Theatre Company, Center Dance Ensemble, Childsplay Theatre, and iTheatre Collaborative
Center Stage, Stage West and Kax Stage
September 6, 2019 – March 22, 2020
Celebrate the Herberger Theater’s 30th Anniversary Season by purchasing the season sampler, which includes tickets to a show produced by each of our 6 wonderful resident companies.
Read MoreSet in 1910, deep in the midst of Jim Crow, it explores one man’s struggle while reflecting a much broader one. It is also a play about a brother and his sister – his sister, who as he climbs for glory and respect, remains his greatest adversary and strongest motivation.
Read MoreAn abridged version of Center Dance Ensemble’s A Haunting We Will Go. Center Dance Ensemble honors the artistry of its late artistic director through a retrospective of her past works, including “Dance of the Spiderwomen” and featuring the award-winning “Inside the Silence,” based on the paintings of holocaust victim Charlotte Salomon, as well as works by Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt and a guest performance by Nicole Olson.
Read MoreCenter Dance Ensemble honors the artistry of its late artistic director through a retrospective of her past works, including “Dance of the Spiderwomen” and featuring the award-winning “Inside the Silence,” based on the paintings of holocaust victim Charlotte Salomon, as well as works by Assistant Artistic Director Diane McNeal Hunt and a guest performance by Nicole Olson.
Read MoreA woman more than 90 years old, simply called ‘A,’ reflects on her life; shame, pleasure, regret, and satisfaction. But most of all, the estrangement of her gay son. The Pulitzer-prize winning play by Edward Albee comes to the iTheatre stage.
Read MoreA celebration to honor Billie Jo and Judd Herberger, an integral part and heart of the Valley arts community. Evening includes cocktail reception, dinner on stage, entertainment by We3, video presentation and induction ceremony.
Read MoreCelebrate the arts in our community with a free event featuring performances, dance, food, live music, children’s activities, pet adoptions and more!
Read MoreSome of the most memorable and unique characters in Shakespeare’s plays are “One Scene Wonders”- they appear at crucial times, leave strong impressions, then disappear. They offer a great cameo opportunity for actors of Shakespeare’s time & today. Join us as we explore roles such as the Porter, Lady Macduff, and a character that we’re pretty sure originated one of the most famous lines from Game of Thrones.
Read MoreWhen a family of ratoncitos, or little mice, moves in next door, Chato invites them over for dinner. What they don’t know is that they are on the menu! But things don’t go quite as planned for Chato. The mice bring a surprise guest of their own who may be more than this cool cat can swallow.
Read MoreIn Fellow Travelers, a chance encounter between an ambitious college graduate, Timothy Laughlin, and a handsome US State Department official, Hawkins Fuller, results in Laughlin’s first job— and his first love affair. Drawn into a maelstrom of passion and deceit, he struggles to reconcile his political convictions and his “forbidden” love for Fuller.
Read MoreBased on the true story of the 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, astonishing discoveries await in this exquisite blend of science, history, family ties, and fragile love. A passionate young woman must map her own passage through a society determined to keep a woman in her place.
Read MoreProduced by Laurie Fagen & Friends
Kax Stage
December 2, 2019 – December 19, 2019
Trilby the Musicologist brings new music each decade to Mrs. Claus at the North Pole for Santa’s elves to enjoy while they make toys for children. Includes traditional, popular, ethnic and new holiday tunes from mid-1800s through present day.
Read MoreBased on the Newbery-honor book, this Cinderella twist follows Ella, a princess who is given the “gift” of obedience at birth by her misguided fairy godmother. As she grows up, Ella must outwit her wicked stepsisters, a hungry ogre, and this troublesome curse to find her own voice and live happily ever after.
Read MoreDelight in the mystical world of sprites, gypsies and ice maidens, while young Gerda seeks to rescue Kai from the Snow Queen’s Crystal Palace. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s wintery fairy tale of the struggle between good and evil, Center Dance Ensemble brings the wicked Snow Queen to life!
Read MoreGet ready for an outrageous evening of one-liners, double-entendres, songs, skits, and hysterical routines sure to triple you over with laughter!
Read MoreSet in 1930’s Berlin during the Nazi’s regime rise to take over the German government, Cabaret is a big award-winning critique of apathy, and a chilling look at totalitarianism.
Read MoreProduced by Colleen Porter Musicals
Kax Stage
January 6, 2020 – January 16, 2020
Featuring a multi-talented cast, Priority Seat is a new musical comedy where two unlikely stand-by passengers team up to attempt the impossible… arrive to their destination on time.
Colleen Porter offers a shortened version of what will become a full-length musical; one that explores familiar airport antics while finding parallels to the deeper questions of life. Who decides our priority status anyhow?
William Kunstler, the self-described “radical lawyer” who defended the Chicago Seven, makes a case for his often unconventional style in a seminar at a prestigious law school. Assisted by a black, female student who intends to confront him, Kunstler may have met his match. An Arizona premier by Jeffrey Sweet.
Read MoreGet ready for a hilarious musical experience as two of Mo Willems’ most delightfully amusing characters come to life on stage in their Very First Play. There are bound to be lots of laughs and silly surprises! But will Gerald and Piggie teach each other something more important before the curtain falls?
Read MoreProduced by Grey Matters Productions
Kax Stage
February 3, 2020 – February 13, 2020
They were self-made men, charismatic giants in their day, living in a time when the power of intellect became the measure of a man. Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln would meet only a few times in life, yet the impression they made on each other was far greater than either of them expected. Theirs was an uncommon friendship neither would live to forget
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