Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center
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University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, also known as UPJ or Pitt-Johnstown, is a four-year, degree-granting regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The university is located in Richland Township, a suburban area of Johnstown, Pennsylvania and was founded in 1927 as one of the first...
(UPJ). It contains a 1,000-seat concert hall, a 200-seat black box theater, and supporting administrative spaces. PPAC is located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, on the campus of UPJ. The auditorium is the home of the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
Johnstown Symphony Orchestra
The Johnstown Symphony Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The symphony was founded in January 1929, and conducts a program of seven concerts from October to May. An annual opera festival began in 1992, and has featured many renowned performers including baritone...
, Johnstown Concert Ballet, River City Brass Band
River City Brass Band
The River City Brass Band is a modified British-style brass band based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band performed its first concert on November 21, 1981, with its founder Robert Bernat as conductor. In addition to its accessible performance style, RCBB is renowned for its recordings and...
, and serves as home for the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art satellite exhibitions. Every year the Arts Center presents a variety of high quality performing arts events including the Mainstage Series, Winter Jazz, Stage Door Series for children, and UPJ Theater Department Performances. The building was constructed in 1991 as a gift from Frank and Sylvia Pasquerilla.
2011-2012 20th Anniversary Season
- Menopause the MusicalMenopause the MusicalMenopause, The Musical debuted March 28, 2001 in Orlando, Florida, in a 76-seat theatre that once housed a perfume shop. The original cast members were Shelly Browne as the Power Woman, Patti McGuire as the Iowa Housewife, Pammie O'Bannon as the Earth Mother and Wesley Williams as the Soap Star...
- Deer Camp the Musical
- Ragamala Dance: Sacred Earth
- The Capitol Steps: Desperate Housemembers
- Neil Berg's Broadway Holiday
- Away in the Basement: A Church Basement Ladies Christmas
- State Ballet Theatre of Russia: Romeo & Juliet
- Damn YankeesDamn YankeesDamn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League...
- Blast!
- Alice Tan RidleyAlice Tan RidleyAlice Tan Ridley is a gospel and R&B singer and the mother of Gabourey Sidibe. She auditioned on the NBC series America's Got Talent. Prior to joining America's Got Talent, Alice also appeared in the television show 30 Seconds To Fame, winning $25,000 in the pilot episode.-Early life:Alice raised...
- CatsCats (musical)Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
- Women of IrelandWomen of Ireland"Women of Ireland", or "Mná na hÉireann" in Irish, is a song composed by Seán Ó Riada . The poem, on which the music is based, was written by Peadar Ó Dornín . Usually it falls under the category of Irish rebel music...
- Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble
- Four Bitchin' Babes: Diva Nation
- Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE!
- Seussical the Musical
- Charlotte's Web LIVE!
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