Indy is a four season city, and something is always happening.
Overview
The Butler Arts Center has a unique role amongst university-managed performing arts centers. The BAC serves the Butler University, Indianapolis, and larger central Indiana communities and hosts over 250,000 patrons annually for a variety of presentations that provide shared experiences in the performing and visual arts.
Consolidating four arts venues on the campus of Butler University under one umbrella organization, the Butler Arts Center is anchored by Clowes Memorial Hall, which seats 2,123 and after 53 years remains Indiana’s most versatile and professional venue, having welcomed the world’s greatest talent and personalities—a star-studded list that includes Maya Angelou and Jimmy Fallon, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Itzhak Perlman, Wynton Marsalis and Sir Elton John.
The Schrott Center for the Arts, completed in 2013, adds a one-of-a-kind, student- and community-focused facility to the Butler Arts Center. At just 475 seats, but with a full-size proscenium stage, the venue is designed to optimize acoustics and sightlines, and is equally well-suited for music, dance, and theatre.
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Jul 30 to Aug 2
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Get ready for a spook-tacular theatrical experience with Beetlejuice Jr., presented by Summer Stock Stage! This High School Studio production features…
Aug 5 to Aug 9
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Experience the emotional power of Dear Evan Hansen with Summer Stock Stage, presented at the Schrott Center for the Arts! This…
Aug 20
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Garrison Keillor did “A Prairie Home Companion” for forty years, wrote fiction and comedy, invented a town called Lake Wobegon where…
Sep 14
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Grammy Award winner and Tony Award winner Shoshana Bean can currently be seen starring in The Lost Boys musical on Broadway…
Sep 15
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Free Movies SeriesIn Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings…
Sep 17 to Sep 27
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In memorializing her father, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant man…
Sep 22
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Free Movies SeriesA waitress desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner is set on a journey to turn a…
Sep 25
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Grandiloquent is Gary Gulman’s hilarious new show about insecurity, empathy, self-acceptance and how a thoughtful boy learned to use humor, reading…
Sep 26
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The Freddy Jones Band remains one of the most enduring names in American rock, defined by infectious melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and…
Oct 9
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Jessica Kirson is a dynamic force in comedy, celebrated for her high-energy performances, ridiculous characters, and self deprecating vulnerability. With a…
Oct 10
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Ever since the loss of his big brother Jason in 2022 KevOnStage has struggled internally with grief. This show is his…
Oct 15
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Following critically acclaimed sell-out runs at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Adelaide Fringe, and sold-out shows in the UK and the US…
