Performing arts on stage at North Central College through April 2024

Above / The Drifters are set to perform Feb. 17, 2024. (Photo courtesy North Central College)

Featuring live, and in-person events perfect for all ages, this season continues through April 2024. The lineup includes artists and ensembles both new and returning to campus, with a variety of performances that span genres such as classical music, comedy, family and youth theatrical events, and cabarets.

In December, North Central will once again host the Home for the Holidays series featuring artists: “Teen Idol” Frankie Avalon; local artist Erin Oechsel’s “Merry Musings: A Christmas Cabaret!”; and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin’ Holiday Party.

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Tickets for individual performances and season subscriptions are on sale now. Patrons who purchase three or more shows save up to 20 percent on performances by becoming a season subscriber. To purchase a season subscription, call the Box Office at 630-637-SHOW (7469) or stop by the Box Office located in the Fine Arts Center at 171 E. Chicago Ave.

Performance information listed here is subject to change.

Visit northcentralcollege.edu/show throughout the season to purchase tickets and check for updates.

Jennifer Berosek, associate director of Fine & Performing Arts at North Central College, contributed to this schedule preview.

North Central College is home to world-class fine and performing arts venues including Pfeiffer Hall, staging events since 1926. (PN Photo)

Rock, Pop, and R&B

Jan. 27: The Beat Goes On starring Lisa McClowry as Cher
Feb. 17: The Drifters

Classical, Comedy, and Cabaret

Jan. 14: Chicago Sinfonietta’s Annual Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: PULSE
March 3: Jonathon Lynch’s “The Baroque Cycle”
March 8: HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis starring Stephanie Courtney & Asad Mecci

Youth and Family

April 6: TheaterWorksUSA’s “Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical”
April 20: The Let’s Go Science Show

Holiday, sponsored by City of Naperville Special Events & Cultural Arts Fund

Dec. 2: Frankie Avalon
Dec. 3: Erin Oechsel’s “Merry Musings: A Christmas Cabaret!”
Dec. 16: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy’s Wild & Swingin Holiday Party

Since Wentz Concert Hall and Fine Arts Center opened in 2008, North Central College has been dedicated to providing the College and its community with world-class entertainment. (PN Photo)

North Central College Music

Dec. 1: North Central College Symphony Orchestra Fall Concert
Dec. 5: Concert Winds Winter Concert
Feb. 10: Gospel Extravaganza
Feb. 21: Winter Choral Festival
March 1: An Evening of Jazz Spring Concert
March 2: Chords for Kids
April 9: Jazz Combo & Big Band Spring Concert
April 10: Concert Winds Spring Concert
April 12: Spring Choral “Finale!” Concert
April 19: North Central College Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert

North Central College is home to Meiley-Swallow Hall, renovated in 2007 to include a 229-seat theatre with a thrust stage for musical and theatre productions. (PN Photo)

North Central College Theater

Nov. 30, Dec. 1-3: “A Devil Comes to Town”
Dec. 1- 4: “The Neo-Futurists x North Central Collab: A Co-Production with The Neo-Futurists Theater”
Feb. 29, March 1, 2, 3: Guest Directed Spring Musical – TBA
April 11-14: “this is not the reunion”

Thanks for supporting the arts

North Central College’s 2023-2024 Fine and Performing Arts Performance Series is supported by the following sponsors and partners: City of Naperville Special Events and Cultural Amenities Fund; Illinois Arts Council Agency; Advanced Data Technologies; Blooming Color; Chef By Request; Elements at Water Street; Monarch Landing; Naperville Magazine; Naperville Park District; Nicor Gas; BMO Harris Bank; Catch 35; Dommermuth, Cobine, West, Gensler, Philipchuck and Corrigan, Ltd.; Marquette; Naper Settlement; Century 21 affiliated Ryan Hill Group; and Naperville Development Partnership.

North Central College since 1861

North Central College provides students with the confidence, instruction and direction they need to exceed their personal best inside and outside of the classroom and throughout their careers. Founded in 1861, and located just 28 miles west of Chicago in the Historic District of Naperville, Ill.—named among the nation’s “Best Places to Live” by Money magazine—North Central is home to nearly 3,000 students and offers more than 70 undergraduate majors, 60 additional undergraduate minors and concentrations, and 13 graduate degree programs.

Visit northcentralcollege.edu to discover why U.S. News & World Report has named North Central a “Best in the Midwest” school for 20 years in a row and to learn more about the College’s state-of-the-art facilities and distinctive programs, particularly in the sciences and business.

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