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Hairspray — featuring Kaelee Albritton as “Amber Von Tussle” (left of center) and Billy Dawson as “Corny Collins” (center) in Hairspray.

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Rosanne Cash: The Things Only Music Can Do

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A New Take on a Classic Tale

Program Update Marquee Hairspray Amahl and the Night Visitors Ebb & Flow: Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 Annie Choir Boy

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March—April Events

Brown Bag It

February Spotlight Rosanne Cash Fantastique Experience: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique Cat Kid Comic Club Strictly Gershwin Ailey II Topdog/Underdog Danish String Quartet Joyce Carol Oates Mean Girls My Fair Lady Call of the Wild

Vintage Wildflowers

March 13 at 12:10 p.m. | Westby Pavilion Acclaimed for their instrumental prowess, onstage charm and soulful vocals, Vintage Wildflowers has developed an enthusiastic legion of fans with their vibrant Celtic, folk and bluegrass blend. Join us for their free concert!

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Celebrity Attractions

Tulsa Youth Opera

Hairspray

Amahl and the Night Visitors

You Can’t Stop the Beat! HAIRSPRAY, Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon that inspired the blockbuster film and live television event, is back on tour! Join 16-year-old Tracy Turnblad in 1960s Baltimore as she sets out to dance her way onto TV’s most popular show. Can a girl with big dreams (and even bigger hair) change the world?

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL January 2 at 7:30 p.m.

January 3 at 7:30 p.m.

January 4 at 7:30 p.m.

January 5 at 8 p.m.

January 6 at 2 p.m.

January 6 at 8 p.m.

January 7 at 1 p.m.

January 7 at 6:30 p.m.

The Three Kings, following the star to Bethlehem, stop for shelter at the home of Amahl, a poor, crippled shepherd boy who lives with his widowed mother. Inspired by the Wise Men’s tale of a kingdom “built on love alone,” Amahl offers his own simple gift to the Christ Child.

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE January 6 at 2:30 p.m.

January 6 at 7:30 p.m.

January 7 at 2:30 p.m.

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

Ebb & Flow: Brahms’ Symphony No. 3

This Tulsa Symphony performance will definitely be a “10!” Sarah Hicks is not only an in-demand composer, she is an educator, arranger, Emmy-winning producer, writer, and speaker. We are pleased to welcome her back to direct the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL January 13 at 7:30 p.m.

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january events Theatre Tulsa

Annie

Leapin’ Lizards! It’s one of the world’s bestloved musicals. With equal measures of pluck and positivity, Little Orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in Depression-era New York City.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE January 19 at 8 p.m.

January 20 at 2 p.m. (Sensory friendly) January 20 at 8 p.m.

January 21 at 2 p.m.

January 26 at 8 p.m.

January 27 at 2 p.m.

January 27 at 8 p.m.

January 28 at 2 p.m.

February 2 at 8 p.m.

February 3 at 2 p.m.

February 3 at 8 p.m.

February 4 at 2 p.m.

World Stage Theatre Company

Choir Boy

The Charles R. Drew Prep School for Boys is dedicated to the creation of strong, ethical black men. Pharus wants nothing more than to take his rightful place as leader of the school’s legendary gospel choir. Can he find his way inside the hallowed halls of this institution if he sings in his own key?

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE January 26 at 8 p.m.

January 27 at 3 p.m.

January 27 at 8 p.m.

January 28 at 3 p.m.

February 1 at 8 p.m.

February 2 at 8 p.m.

February 3 at 3 p.m.

February 3 at 8 p.m.

February 4 at 3 p.m.

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february spotlight Tulsa Town Hall

Rosanne Cash

Guitar in hand, Rosanne Cash weaves stories of her fascinating life, her remarkable career in Americana and country music, and the challenges that lie ahead. She honed her craft traveling with her father, Johnny, and has been one of the most compelling figures in popular music for over 30 years.

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL February 2 at 10:30 a.m.

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

Fantastique: Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique

TSO’s own concertmaster, Rossitza Goza, is the featured soloist for this fantastical evening. Édouard Lalo’s “Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21” is a virtuosic and colorful composition for violin and orchestra.

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL February 3 at 7:30 p.m.

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february spotlight TPAC Presents: Imagination Series

Cat Kid Comic Club

Cat Kid and Molly Pollywog have started an epic club to teach 21 rambunctious baby frogs how to make their own comics! Their fishy father, Flippy, is overjoyed that his kids will learn to unleash their creativity, but when the frogs’ constant bickering and outrageous imaginations send their comics comically off the rails, Flippy flips out!

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE February 8 at 9:30 a.m.

February 8 at 11:30 a.m.

February 8 at 6 p.m.

CKCC Photos by Jeremy Daniel L-R, Brian Owen, Sonia Roman

Tulsa Ballet

Strictly Gershwin

Give our regards to Broadway! This glittering blockbuster performance promises to be the entertainment event of the year. With a huge cast of performers (including guest tap dancers!), guest vocalists, and the incomparable music of George and Ira Gershwin, you will be transported to the golden age of Hollywood.

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL February 9 at 7:30 p.m.

February 10 at 7:30 p.m.

February 11 at 2:30 p.m.

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Ailey II’s P. Gamble, T. Strickland, M. Oliver. Photo by Nir Arieli.

TPAC Presents

Ailey II

The Next Generation of Dance — Ailey II is universally renowned for merging the spirit and energy of the country’s finest early-career dance talent with the passion and creative vision of today’s most outstanding and emerging choreographers.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE February 13 at 7:30 p.m.

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Topdog/Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks’ dark comic fable of brotherly love and family identity tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln and Booth, names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE February 17 at 8 p.m.

February 18 at 3 p.m.

February 24 at 8 p.m.

February 25 at 3 p.m.

TOPDOG/UNDERDOG is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Chamber Music Tulsa

Danish String Quartet

Just three Danes and one Norwegian cellist, making this a truly Scandinavian endeavor, bringing folk music to life. Being relatively bearded, they are often compared to the Vikings. However, they only pillage the English coastline occasionally.

WESTBY PAVILION February 17 at 7:30 p.m.

AND JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE February 18 at 3 p.m.

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february spotlight American Song Archives

Joyce Carol Oates

In the forthcoming interview, hosted by the Woody Guthrie Center, the illustrious Joyce Carol Oates will take the stage to ignite the atmosphere with her unparalleled insights.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE February 17 at 7:30 p.m.

Celebrity Attractions & TPAC Presents

Mean Girls

Direct from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical from an awardwinning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and original director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon).

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL February 24 at 8 p.m.

February 25 at 1 p.m.

February 25 at 6:30 p.m.

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february spotlight Celebrity Attractions

My Fair Lady

From Lincoln Center Theater, which brought you The King & I and South Pacific, comes “a sumptuous new production of the most perfect musical of all time” (Entertainment Weekly), Lerner & Loewe’s MY FAIR LADY. Director Bartlett Sher’s glowing production is “thrilling, glorious and better than it ever was” (New York Times).

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL February 27 at 7:30 p.m.

February 28 at 7:30 p.m.

February 29 at 7:30 p.m.

March 1 at 8 p.m.

March 2 at 2 p.m.

March 2 at 8 p.m.

March 3 at 1 p.m.

March 3 at 7 p.m.

TPAC Presents: Imagination Series

Call of the Wild

Jack London’s classic tale comes to life on stage. This multi-media adventure mixes performance and storytelling with projected illustrations to tell the story of Buck, the magnificent offspring of a St. Bernard and Scottish Collie.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE February 29 at 9:30 a.m.

February 29 at 11:30 a.m.

February 29 at 6 p.m.

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rt reveals pieces of ourselves that we might not have found otherwise. That is how singer and songwriter Rosanne Cash not only discovers pieces of herself but also how she tells her own story.

Rosanne Cash has released 15 albums and earned four Grammys and 12 additional nominations. She is also the author of four books, including the best-selling memoir Composed, which the Chicago Tribune called “one of the best accounts of an American life you’ll likely ever read.” Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Oxford American, and more. Her new book, Bird on a Blade, combines images by artist Dan Rizzie with Cash’s lyrics to create something truly beautiful and unique.

In addition to touring, Cash has partnered in programming with Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Minnesota Orchestra, and the Library

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of Congress. She was awarded the SAG/ AFTRA Lifetime Achievement Award for Sound Recordings in 2012 and the 2014 Smithsonian Ingenuity Award in the Performing Arts. She was a Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist in 2015–16 and a 2015 Artist-In-Residence at the Country Music HOF and Museum. She is currently the Artist-in-Residence at New York University. She is one of only a handful of women to be elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, and in 2017–18, she was a resident artistic director at SFJAZZ and will continue her partnership in 2022.

In 2018, she was awarded the “Spirit of Americana” Free Speech Award by the AMA and received an honorary doctorate from the Berklee College of Music. In 2021, Cash was the first female composer to receive the MacDowell Medal, awarded since 1960 to an artist who has made an outstanding contribution to American culture.

And, of course, she is the daughter of famed singer Johnny Cash.

Though she was born into a life of country music and grew up with it all around her, becoming a country artist like her father was never a foregone conclusion. Cash loved pop and rock, The Beatles and Joni Mitchell, and thought of country as her parents’ music. It wasn’t until she was 18 and went on the road with her legendary father that she came back around to country music.

For Cash, music has never been about fame, money or recognition. Music is about connection and discovery.

She notes: “I’ve found how there’s a song for every feeling, for every way to communicate. If there are no words, there’s a song for it. If there’s no way to connect with somebody else, there is probably a song that will connect you, and that is meaningful to me. …

Many times, I didn’t know how I felt, what I thought, or where my life was going, or what I wanted until I wrote about it. And I’m certainly not the first song writer to say that — that you find yourself in the songs.”

Cash doesn’t see her life so much in the normal chronological order. Even the book she wrote that chronicles her life, Composed, isn’t told that way.

It is told through the patterns and cycles that have repeated throughout her life. “That’s the way we live, isn’t it,” she asks and then adds, “You live something and then you go back and touch back on that after a few years, and more is revealed as you go on.”

That is also how writing music works for Cash. About finding herself in her music, she shares: “The big reveal happens in writing it, but then more subtle things become revealed in recording and performing it. There are songs that I’ve been performing live for 45 years now, and sometimes something will occur to me that hasn’t occurred to me before. And that’s the mystery and depth of music and art in general.”

You can discover a bit about the incredible Rosanne Cash when she graces the Chapman stage, guitar in hand, as she takes us on a tour through her life, her incredible process, and her place in American music history.

TULSA TOWN HALL PRESENTS

ROSANNE CASH Americana: A Tour of American Music Feb 2, 10:30 a.m.

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Americans love a good makeover. If you doubt it, there have been more than a dozen reality TV shows and countless magazines — most, but not all, geared toward women — showcasing the benefits of transformation: new clothes, new makeup, new grooming, new hairdo and, voilà, a new you. These external changes might seem superficial, but it’s apparent to anyone who’s ever caught an episode of What Not to Wear or Queer Eye that the experience tends to boost self-esteem and is usually empowering.

Madeline Powell as Eliza by Jeremy Daniel

The great playwright George Bernard Shaw perhaps realized the ramifications of a makeover better than anyone. He understood that in England’s rigid class society, a truly life-changing transformation could not be attained passively. It required much more than improving one’s apparel and appearance, though both of those were important.

Upward mobility, he believed, could only be achieved if one had the intelligence, tenacity, and commitment to learn how to speak “proper” English.

In his preface to Pygmalion, the funny, wickedly insightful play (1913) that inspired Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s beloved musical My Fair Lady, Shaw made the claim that his work about a professor who transforms a Cockney flower girl into a lady was essentially about phonetics. For Lerner, My Fair Lady was squarely about the relationship

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between Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, but Shaw’s perspective infuses much of the musical. Lerner, who wrote the book as well as the lyrics, borrowed liberally — and sometimes verbatim — from Shaw. As Higgins says in both works (with just a few minor changes), “What could possibly matter more than to take a human being and change her into a different human being by creating a new speech for her? Why, it’s filling up the deepest gulf that separates class from class, soul from soul.”

My Fair Lady is often referred to as a Cinderella story because, at least figuratively, it’s a rags-to-riches tale: Eliza goes from being a “guttersnipe” to a woman mistaken for a princess. But in traditional Cinderella stories, the heroine is the recipient of magic and good fortune: a fairy godmother enables her, a prince sees her and falls in love.

She wishes, and things happen. But My Fair Lady is more complex: Eliza is

the driving force. It is she who comes to Higgins to request speech lessons after he says, in their first encounter in Covent Garden, that in six months he could “pass her off as a duchess” or find work for her in a shop, “which requires better English.” It is Eliza’s determination to one day be “a lady in a flower shop” that brings her to Higgins’ door. And despite his bullying and his flashes of heartlessness, she works diligently to achieve her dream.

For Bartlett Sher, who directed the critically acclaimed Lincoln Center Theater production of My Fair Lady now touring the country, it was important to focus the story more on Eliza than Higgins. “Essentially, we track her journey,” he says. “I tended to think that My Fair Lady had come to be dominated

by Higgins, and I felt we had to re-center the piece around the person who, in plot terms, you really follow, which is Eliza. So, a lot of the work, including the

Jonathan Grunert as Professor Henry Higgins, Madeline Powell as Eliza Doolittle and John Adkison as Colonel Pickering in The National Tour of MY FAIR LADY. Photo by Jeremy Daniel

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Michael Hegarty as Alfred P. Doolittle by Jeremy Daniel

design work, went into repositioning the show behind her. We open on Eliza, we follow her, we go with her to the house.”

Sher, who also directed luminous revivals of South Pacific and The King and I, has a gift for imbuing classic musicals with a contemporary perspective, honoring the original production while compelling audiences to see the piece with fresh eyes. Lerner and Loewe’s wonderful score, which includes the likes of “Wouldn’t It be Loverly?,” “The Rain in Spain,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me to the Church on Time,” “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face,” and “On the Street Where You Live,” is performed by a full-sized orchestra playing the 1956 arrangements

by Robert Russell Bennett and Phil Lang. “We want people to hear the songs as they were written,” says Sher.

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strengthen some of the arguments made

by Alfred P. Doolittle, Eliza’s father, who also undergoes a makeover, from dustman to in-demand philosopher.

In approaching My Fair Lady, Sher wanted to acknowledge more of Shaw’s vision. Lerner was a romantic, Shaw was not. In the play, unlike the musical, Eliza does not return to Higgins. “It’s very critical to understand how much Shaw wanted to write a new kind of drama,” says Sher. “He really believed that drama can change the world, and you see that in Pygmalion. It’s both a comedy and an extraordinary play of ideas. The life of a flower seller was extremely grim.

The class system was so rigorous and so enforced that it could prevent equality.

And Shaw presents a sociological experiment: ‘I can take this girl who is the lowest class, and I can transform her language and put her in the upper class and she’ll be completely accepted.’ This was a great and revolutionary idea for a drama and was considered a radical departure from plays that came before.”

The Company of The National Tour of My Fair Lady by Jeremy Daniel

Sher’s ending for his production of My Fair Lady was inspired not just

by Shaw’s original intent, but by twenty-first century sensibilities.

At the end of the show — spoiler alert — after Eliza returns to Higgins’ house and they exchange the familiar lines, she walks out.

“She’s going into the future,” says Sher. “It doesn’t mean they’re not going to be close. But in this day and age, we can’t suggest she has no agency over her own life.”

Younger audiences, in particular, are thrilled to see Eliza take command of her life, and that delights Sher. “Young women coming to see the show now have the chance to engage with one of the great characters in dramatic literature and musical theater history and see how powerful and extraordinary a model she is. And that’s very special.”

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MARCH – APRIL EVENTS

TPAC Presents Dinosaur World Live

MARCH American Theatre Company

All the King’s Women LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE March 1 at 8 p.m.

March 2 at 8 p.m.

March 3 at 2 p.m.

March 7 at 8 p.m.

March 8 at 8 p.m.

March 9 at 8 p.m.

Tulsa Town Hall

Mary Louise Kelly CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL March 8 at 10:30 a.m.

Innovation Arts and Entertainment

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL March 9 at 1 p.m.

March 9 at 7 p.m.

March 10 at 2 p.m.

TPAC Presents: Brown Bag It

Vintage Wildflowers WESTBY PAVILION

March 13 at 12:10 p.m.

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VStar Entertainment Group

Baby Shark’s Big Broadwave Tour CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL March 15 at 6 p.m.

March 16 at 10 a.m.

March 16 at 2 p.m.

Theatre Tulsa

Calendar Girls

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE March 15 at 8 p.m.

March 16 at 8 p.m.

March 17 at 2 p.m.

March 22 at 8 p.m.

March 23 at 8 p.m.

March 24 at 2 p.m.

Chamber Music Tulsa

Tulsa Ballet

Romeo & Juliet

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

March 23 at 7:30 p.m.

March 24 at 2:30 p.m.

Celebrity Attractions

To Kill a Mockingbird CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL March 26 at 7:30 p.m.

March 27 at 7:30 p.m.

March 28 at 7:30 p.m.

March 29 at 8 p.m.

March 30 at 2 p.m.

March 30 at 8 p.m.

March 31 at 1 p.m.

March 31 at 6:30 p.m.

Horszowski Trio

Soy Mas Inc.

March 16 at 7:30 p.m.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE

WESTBY PAVILION

March 17 at 3 p.m.

TPAC Presents

Dinosaur World Live JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE March 21 at 2 p.m.

March 21 at 6 p.m.

¿Dónde están los mellizos Miller?

March 30 at 8 p.m.

March 31 at 2 p.m.

Check out our events page!

New shows are scheduled all the time on tulsapac.com!

Events are subject to change.

APRIL

Tulsa Town Hall

Chamber Music Tulsa

Celebrity Attractions & TPAC Presents

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL

WESTBY PAVILION

Dawn Porter

Chicago

April 12 at 10:30 a.m.

April 2 at 7:30 p.m.

April 3 at 7:30 p.m.

LIDDY DOENGES THEATRE

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL

Sonic Era Touring

Glenn Miller Orchestra JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE April 5 at 7 p.m.

Oklahoma Movement

April 20 at 7:30 p.m.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE April 21 at 3 p.m.

April 12 at 7:30 p.m.

April 14 at 2:30 p.m.

Theatre Tulsa

Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE April 26 at 8 p.m.

April 27 at 8 p.m.

April 28 at 2 p.m.

May 3 at 8 p.m.

May 4 at 8 p.m.

May 5 at 2 p.m.

May 10 at 8 p.m.

May 11 at 8 p.m.

May 12 at 2 p.m.

Fame & Fate: Mozart’s Requiem

TPAC Presents

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL

CHAPMAN MUSIC HALL

TPAC Presents

Herbie Hancock

April 13 at 7:30 p.m.

April 7 at 7 p.m.

Orbit Arts Festival

Jimbo’s Drag Circus World Tour

Dali Quartet

2ND STREET THEATRES

Once On This Island

April 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

JOHN H. WILLIAMS THEATRE April 7 at 8 p.m.

HELPFUL INFO

TPAC ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES are located at 110 E. Second Street, Tulsa, OK., 74103-3212. Office hours: Mon.–Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone 918596-7122. Fax 918-596-7144. Please subscribe to our monthly TPAC email newsletter online at TulsaPAC.com.

PARKING Convenient underground parking is located west of the building, accessed from Second Street.

Event parking also is available in several lots across the street to the east and south of the TPAC. ADMISSION AND LATE SEATING Lobby doors open two hours prior to an event. Chapman Music Hall doors normally open 30 minutes prior to curtain. The remaining theaters open 30 minutes before curtain.

Late seating is at the discretion of each sponsoring organization. Latecomers may be temporarily held out of the theater or asked to take seats at the back if available.

TICKET OFFICE HOURS are Monday through Friday 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. In addition to regular hours, it opens two hours prior to curtain for events scheduled in Chapman Music Hall. The Second Street ticket office, 110 E. Second Street on the north side of the building, opens two hours prior to each curtain for tickets to events scheduled that day in John H. Williams Theatre, Liddy Doenges Theatre or Charles E. Norman Theatre.

PHONE ORDERS Call the TPAC ticket office at 918-5967111. Outside Tulsa call 1-800-364-7111. Nominal service charges are added to all phone and Internet orders. The TPAC ticket office accepts DISCOVER, MasterCard and VISA. Subscriber hotline: 918-596-7109.

BUYING TICKETS ONLINE Buy tickets at tulsapac.com using VISA, DISCOVER or MasterCard. Print your tickets

at home or pull them up on your mobile device using the print at home option. Tickets will be scanned by ushers at the door.

EXCHANGES The ticket office gladly exchanges tickets to events with more than one performance, subject to certain guidelines. Otherwise, all sales are final.

GROUP SALES AND BUILDING TOURS Group discounts are available. Please call 918-596-7109 for group sales assistance. Tours of the TPAC are offered free of charge and last approximately 45–60 minutes.

Arrangements may be made by calling 918-596-7122.

SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES All Performing Arts Center facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Please ask about wheelchairaccessible seating when purchasing your ticket. Parking is located on the street level of the parking garage near the TPAC elevators. Use the south elevator to reach Chapman Music Hall. Restroom facilities are located in the Third Street Lobby for Chapman Music Hall events, and adjacent to the John H. Williams Theatre Lobby for events in the TPAC’s other theaters. The TPAC has a Listen Technologies RF system to assist the deaf and hard of hearing. It is available at coat check for Chapman Music Hall events. Ask the house manager on duty for equipment for the Williams, Doenges and Norman Theatres. Devices are provided at no cost.

PLEASE NOTE: The TPAC is a tobacco-free facility.

Smoking and vaping are not allowed, nor is the use of chewing tobacco. Also, as a courtesy to the performers and audience, please turn off all audible message systems and cellular phones.

For more Visitor Information, please visit us at TulsaPAC.com.

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