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The Center at GovState

Celebrating 30 Years of Music, Dance, and Theatre in Chicago's Southland

26-27 Mainstage Season 26-27 Arts In Education Buy Tickets
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Up Next at The Center!

Auditions for A Midsummer Night's Dream!

Audition Dates: September 8 from 5pm-8pm & September 9 from 5pm-9pm

Callbacks: September 12 from 1pm-4pm
Performance Dates: November 12-15, 2026
Four public performances at Governors State University’s Sherman Hall
An Arts in Education performance will occur the morning of November 12th for local schools.

Graphic: A Midsummer Night's Dream audition notice with moon, basketball, hearts, fairies.

Cirque Us Stories

Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2 PM
This joyful, high-flying performance brings stories off the page and into the air, weaving together themes of community, identity, and creativity through breathtaking circus arts, featuring aerialists, jugglers, acrobats, contortionists, clowns, and more.

Cirque Us Stories aerial performer on trapeze indoors with minimalist stage setup and stylized title text

Upcoming Events

SUGAR SKULL!

A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure!
Saturday, October 24, 2026 at 2 PM

Sugar Skull Día de Muertos musical promotional graphic with colorful skeleton costumes and festive stage set

Swan Lake

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 7 PM

Swan Lake ballet poster with lead dancers and corps de ballet against a moonlit backdrop.

J is for Jazz

A Celebration of Oscar Brown, Jr.
Presented by MPAACT
Friday, November 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM

J Is for Jazz concert promotional graphic celebrating Oscar Brown Jr. with saxophone graphic and jazz musician illustration

It's a Wonderful Life

A Live Radio Play
Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 2 & 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 3 PM

It’s a Wonderful Life live radio play promotional graphic featuring couple embracing at microphone and holiday silhouette graphic

The Greatest Love of All

A Tribute to Whitney Houston Starring Belinda Davids
Friday, February 12, 2027 at 7:30 PM
*not affiliated with the Estate of Whitney Houston

The Greatest Love of All, a Whitney Houston tribute concert featuring a live vocalist and gold title text

Carmina Burana

Presented by Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra
Saturday, March 13, 2027 at 3 PM

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff poster featuring the Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and dramatic red artwork

Once On This Island

Presented by Theatre and Performance Studies at Governors State University
Thursday-Saturday, April 8-10, 2027 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, April 11, 2027 at 3 PM

Once on This Island’ text with palm tree island icon on magenta background.

Season Sponsors

Logo for Sutton Ford with bold white lettering inside a dark blue oval, with a smaller oval containing the Ford name below.
Logo for IFF in Red Bold text. Text Reads: IFF Strengthening nonprofits and the communities they serve
Logo for the GovState College of Arts & Sciences featuring a tree with a brain and book.
Logo for The Society Inc. featuring a stylized ornate orange letter S
Logo for the Illinois Arts Council with black and green text in a bold, modern style.
“Logo for the National Endowment for the Arts with bold text and a red and blue horizontal stripe beneath it, along with the web address arts.gov.
Logo for The Links, Incorporated in green, with a linked‑chain graphic and the text ‘Linked in Friendship, Connected in Service’ and ‘South Suburban Chicago (IL) Chapter
Logo for Homewood Suites by Hilton featuring gray text in a clean, modern typeface.

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The Center
1 University Parkway,
University Park, IL 60484

Summer Box Office Hours (June 1 - July 31, 2026)
Tuesdays - Thursdays: 10A-4P
OPEN TWO HOURS PRIOR TO SHOWTIMES

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