The Sphinx Virtuosi are the nation’s most dynamic, exhilarating professional chamber orchestra, dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in classical music. Comprised of eighteen of the nation’s top Black and Latinx classical soloists, the Virtuosi are primarily alumni of the internationally renowned Sphinx Competition, and its members work together as cultural ambassadors reaching new audiences. This unique ensemble earned rapturous reviews from The New York Times during its highly acclaimed debut at Carnegie Hall in December 2004: Allan Kozinn described their performance as…

In Sprinkle Theatre, The Julies: A Kinda Sorta Adaptation of Strindberg's Miss Julie will receive its world premiere at UNCG, and it will be running October 15-16 and 21-23 at 7:30 PM, and October 17 and 24 at 2:00 PM. Playwright Calley Anderson translates Miss Julie into three distinct time-spaces during which the winds of change were preparing to blow and invites the audience to consider what it can mean to adapt problematic or difficult classical works in the new landscape of the American theatre. On-demand streaming will…

Lyrical storyteller. Soulful cellist. Dynamic singer-songwriter. That’s Shana Tucker. Her unique genre of ChamberSoul™ weaves together jazz, roots folk, acoustic pop, and a touch of R&B into melodies that echo in your head for days. She’s the rare performer you’ve never seen the likes of before—and one you’ll never forget.

Stephen Adly Guirgis’ The Last Days of Judas Iscariot plays in Sprinkle Theatre November 4-6 and 11-13 at 7:30 PM, and November 7 and 14 at 2:00 PM, with on-demand streaming November 18-20. In purgatory, a trial to litigate the merits for salvation for Judas Iscariot unfolds, challenging centuries-old assumptions about the events surrounding the betrayal and death of Jesus of Nazareth.

 Concluding the fall season is a North Carolina Theatre for Young People production of Flora and Ulysses, based on the book by Kate DiCamillo and adapted for the stage by John Glore. This journey through the life of a young cynic and her superhero pet squirrel can be seen in Taylor Theatre November 12 and 19 at 7:30 PM, and November 13-14 and 20-21 at 2:00 PM

Stage and screen star Kelli O’Hara has established herself as one of Broadway’s greatest leading ladies. Her portrayal of Anna Leonowens in The King and I garnered her the 2015 Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical, along with Grammy, Drama League, Outer Critics, and Oliver nominations. She reprised the role while making her West End debut and performed a limited engagement at Tokyo’s Orb Theatre.