UMass Fine Arts Center Presents “Rooted Pathways: Cultural Resistance in the Connecticut River Valley”

UMass Fine Arts CenterRooted Pathways: Cultural Resistance in the Connecticut River Valley Apr 1, 2026 at 4:30 PMRandolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts, Lobby Join us for this culminating event of the UMass Fine Arts Center’s season-long residency with playwright Larissa Fasthorse and director Michael John GarcĂ©s. The event…

UMass Theatre Department Announces Auditions for “The Interrobangers”

UMass Theatre DepartmentAudition Notice for The Interrobangers Nov 10 and 11 at 6:30 PMUMass Amherst BCA 413 Auditions for The Interrobangers by M. Sloth Levine Directed by Cordelia Winter Dwyer We are casting for the upcoming production of The Interrobangers, a play that blends mystery and theatrical imagination while asking…

Troupe Courage Brings “The Horse of Jenin” to UMass Fine Arts Center

UMass Fine Arts CenterThe Horse of Jenin By Alaa Shehada, A Troupe Courage Production Nov 6, 2025 at 7:30 PMBowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst In our fiftieth anniversary season, the Fine Arts Center celebrates the arts as a sustaining force in the lives of individuals and peoples from across the globe.…

Purna Venugopalan Joins UMass Fine Arts Center’s Curatorial Team

AMHERST, Mass. — The UMass Fine Arts Center is thrilled to welcome Purna Venugopalan as its new assistant curator of performing arts. Venugopalan will co-curate and manage the Fine Arts Center’s performing arts season while also assuming leadership of the Asian and Asian American Arts and Culture Program. Launched in…

UMass Theater Presents “Yoga Play”

UMass Theater YOGA PLAYBy Dipika GuhaDirected by Rose Schwietz MallaOct. 17, 18, 22, 24, 25 at 7:30 p.m.Oct. 23 at 10 a.m.Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.The Curtain TheaterYoga Play ticketsStressed-out yoga apparel CEO Joan is one bad decision away from a PR-nightmare of career-ending proportions. Her activewear giant Jojomon™ has…

UMass Fine Arts Center Presents An Evening with John Cameron Mitchell

UMass Fine Arts CenterAn Evening with John Cameron Mitchell featuring Amber Martin Apr 11, 2025 at 8:00 PMBowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst Tony Award-winning star of stage and screen John Cameron Mitchell, one of alt-culture’s boldest creators, joins forces with international cabaret star Amber Martin for a hair-raising, hilarious romp of…

The Third Annual UMass Spring Arts Festival Runs Through May 9

AMHERST, Mass. — The third annual UMass Spring Arts Festival kicked off March 24 and will run through May 9. The festival features a slate of free outdoor concerts, innovative visual and performing arts programming, and a series of open classroom courses and faculty talks. A partnership between the Fine Arts…

Fine Arts Center Joins National University Performing Arts Consortium

Major University Presenters association comprises 22 arts presenters from leading research universities AMHERST, Mass. — The UMass Fine Arts Center has joined Major University Presenters, a national consortium of university-affiliated performing arts centers and programs. Founded in 2002 by the University of Illinois, University of Michigan and Arizona State University,…