DANCING AT LUGHNASA

October 10 - 13, 2024 | Callahan Theater

By Brian Friel

This extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. We meet them at the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. The action of the play is told through the memory of the illegitimate son of one of the sisters as he remembers the five women who raised him: his mother and four maiden aunts. Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this haunting play is Friel's tribute to the spirit and valor of the past.

Nazareth students: Submit this form to request your complimentary ticket.

Nazareth faculty & staff: Follow the ticket link above, and use your Nazareth email to log in to the box office to receive your 50% discount. Email boxoffice@naz.edu with questions.

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CABARET

November 14 - 16, 2024 | Callahan Theater

Music and Lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb

Book by Joe Masteroff

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally's boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include "Willkommen," "Cabaret," "Don't Tell Mama" and "Two Ladies."

Nazareth students: Submit this form to request your complimentary ticket.

Nazareth faculty & staff: Follow the ticket link above, and use your Nazareth email to log in to the box office to receive your 50% discount. Email boxoffice@naz.edu with questions.

Family members & the public: Purchase by selecting the 'Tickets' button.

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SPRING PLAY

February 20 - 23, 2025 | Callahan Theater

More information coming soon!

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HEAD OVER HEELS

April 3 - 5, 2025 | Callahan Theater

By James Magruder with music by the Go-Go's

Head Over Heels is the bold new musical comedy from the visionaries that rocked Broadway with Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Avenue Q and Spring Awakening. This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the music of the iconic 1980’s all-female rock band the Go-Go’s, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” “Vacation,” Belinda Carlisle’s “Heaven is a Place on Earth,” and “Mad About You.” A hilarious, exuberant celebration of love, Head Over Heels follows the escapades of a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction—only to discover the key to their realm’s survival lies within each of their own hearts.

Tickets

  • Nazareth students: Submit this form to request your complimentary ticket.

  • Nazareth faculty & staff: Follow the ticket link above, and use your Nazareth email to log in to the box office to receive your 50% discount.

  • Family members & the public: Purchase by selecting the 'Tickets' button.

Email boxoffice@naz.edu with questions.

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SPRING DANCE CONCERT

April 25 - 26, 2025 | Callahan Theater

Nazareth University's Annual Spring Dance Concert will feature a curated selection of student choreography performed alongside guest and faculty work.

Tickets

  • Nazareth students: Submit this form to request your complimentary ticket.

  • Nazareth faculty & staff: Follow the ticket link above, and use your Nazareth email to log in to the box office to receive your 50% discount.

  • Family members & the public: Purchase by selecting the 'Tickets' button.

Email boxoffice@naz.edu with questions.

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Tickets

For tickets to the production season shows, contact the Arts Center Box Office at 585-389-2170.

For tickets to all other performances, contact the Theatre and Dance department, 585-389-2603.