The Lesher Center for the Arts has an exciting variety of high-quality, professional performances on tap for the 2011 – 2012 season.
Our professional performing companies have the following performances scheduled:
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Center REPertory Company
Smokey Joe’s Cafe (September 2 – October 9, 2011)
A Weekend with Pablo Picasso (October 21 – November 19, 2011)
A Christmas Carol (December 8 – 18, 2011)
Arms and the Man (January 27 – February 25, 2012)
Rumors (March 30 – April 28, 2012)
Xanadu (May 18 – June 23, 2012)
and the Off-Center Season, by Center REPertory Company
The Storytelling Ability of a Boy (October 27 – November 13, 2011)
Spring Awakening (April 19 – May 6, 2012)
Chamber Music SF
The Tokyo Quartet (February 11, 2012)
Stephen Hough, pianist (March 17, 2012)
Olga Kern, pianist (April 14, 2012)
Richard Stoltzman, clarinet and Eliot Fisk, guitar (April 29, 2012)
Sergey Khatchatryan, violin (May 12, 2012)
Company C Contemporary Ballet
January 20 – 21, 2012
May 25 – 26, 2012
Contra Costa Musical Theatre
Little Shop of Horrors (October 13 – November 13, 2011)
Sunset Boulevard (March 15 – April 15, 2012)
Diablo Theatre Company
The Wizard of Oz (September 9 – October 1, 2011)
Legally Blonde (February 9 – March 3, 2012)
and a Diablo Theatre Company Special Performance
White Christmas (November 25 – December 4, 2011)
Fantasy Forum Actors Ensemble
Once Upon a Time (October 14 – 15, 2011)
The Biggest Gift (December 15 – 18, 2011)
Princess and the Pauper (March 1 – 3, 2012)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (May 3 – 6, 2012)
Festival Opera
La Traviata, July 7 – 17, 2011
The Most Happy Fella, August 4 – 14, 2011
Newsmakers: Lesher Speaker Series
James Lovell, NASA Legend and Apollo 13 Commander and Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Control Director and Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient (September 13, 2011)
Paul Tagliabue, Commissioner, National Football League (1989-2006) (October 19, 2011)
Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States (2001-2009) (November 14, 2011)
Jack Hanna and his animals, Naturalist and Director of the Columbus Zoo (February 15, 2012)
Donna Brazile, Political Strategist, Author, Professor vs. Pat Buchanan, 3-Time Presidential Candidate and Political Commentator (March 19, 2012)
Marlee Matlin, Academy Award Winning Actress and Activist (April 3, 2012)
Smuin Ballet
February 3 – 4, 2012
May 20 – 21, 2012
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