Audience Engagement
Dive deeper into your arts experience—all included with your ticket price! Special opportunities for select shows bring ticket holders, local artists, cultural organizations and touring professionals together for unique experiences you’ll find only at Overture including:
• Listen Local: Our popular MadCity Sessions series transforms to reach new audiences this year with special performances featuring local musicians!
• Meet the Artist: Touring artists share their process and host open Q & A sessions. Events take place in the performance venue immediately following the show.
• Plus lectures, interactive art projects, drop-in workshops and more for select shows!
Upcoming Events
The Rainbow Fish on SUN, JAN 13, 3 PM
Stop by the Children’s Room in the Central Library from 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM for free art activities inspired by the show!
National Geographic Live: View from Above on TUE, JAN 15, 7:30 PM
Come early to explore special exhibits from UW Space Place and a hands-on exploration of IceCube, the biggest and strangest telescope in the world 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM in Promenade Terrace. Stay after the show for a brief, informal Q&A session in the theater with the artists.
Abba Mania on SAT, FEB 2, 8 PM
Get warmed up for the show with a special pre-show event at 6:30 PM in Overture Hall Lobby. Listen Local and dance with V05, enjoy a groovy costume photobooth and more. Drinks and snacks available for purchase.
Cirque Mechanics: 42 Feet – A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels on THU, MAR 14, 7:30 PM
Explore the movement and mechanics of the show with hands-on demos and more at 6:30 PM THU in Wisconsin Studio! Stay after the show for a brief, informal Q&A session in the theater with the artists on THU, MAR 14.
Miss Saigon on THU, APR 4, 7:30 PM
Come early for a special interactive preshow event. Stay after the show for a brief, informal Q&A session in the theater with the artists. Stay tuned for more details.
B – The Underwater Bubble Show on SUN, APR 14, 2 PM & 8 PM
You are invited to a special hands-on underwater bubble party! Make a bubble wand or a fish for an aquarium, “swim” in an underwater photobooth and more from 1 PM – 6 PM in Wisconsin Studio.
An Evening with Bernadette Peters on FRI, APR 19, 8 PM
Come early for a special pre-show Broadway sing-along at 6:30 PM in Overture Hall Lobby featuring the Jerry Ensemble and Patrick Christians on piano. Enjoy delicious snacks and cocktails for sale.
A Bronx Tale on THU, MAY 16, 7:30 PM
Come early for a special interactive preshow event. Stay after the show for a brief, informal Q&A session in the theater with the artists. Stay tuned for more details.
