Performances

The Roanoke Valley’s only professional Equity theatre, Mill Mountain Theatre has been producing comedies, dramas, musicals, revues and shows for children since 1964. From two stages in Center In the Square, Mill Mountain Theatre offers central and western Virginia professional theatre year-round. In 2017, MMT’s schedule included just over 300 arts events, including performances, concerts, classes and camps, employing over 400 actors, directors, designers, musicians, technicians and artists, for audiences of over 25,000 people including 2,800 youth under 18.
Location: Trinkle Stage, Center in the Square on Market
Location: Waldron Stage, Center in the Square on Church

As a part of the Center in the Square family, Opera Roanoke brings world-class opera to the stage that also offers an experience that the greater area would be without. With several partnerships throughout the area, Opera Roanoke is able to expose world famous operas to patrons all over the local region.
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Roanoke Ballet Theatre is dedicated to increasing the public appreciation of dance in its variety of forms while serving the needs of the community through education, outreach and performance. We are entering our 39th season and have just completed our 11th year under the direction of Sandra Meythaler. In the past 11 years Roanoke Ballet has introduced a pre-professional company for the school, a professional company to represent the ballet, and have increased our performances to include not only mainstage performances at the Jefferson Center, but also touring performances in surrounding cities, a student showcase, and intimate Black Box performances at our Grandin Road studios. These are financially accessible to any interested person. RBT is dedicated to collaborating with other arts agencies in Roanoke, as well as providing outreach to schools, retirement and nursing home communities, hospitals, and other institutions to share the joy that is dance.
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Another of the organizations that became part of Center in the Square later in their existence, the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra provides music that absorbs you into another place and often another time. RSO is known for traveling in the area exposing the community at large to music that ranges from classical orchestra pieces to classic rock done by an orchestra. Utilizing their potential to reach a greater audience, they can perform at large venues such as the Salem Civic Center or smaller, more intimate settings such as the Taubman Museum.
Location: Please visit website for performance locations

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