News & Updates

  • SOPAC Box Office Hours

    Box Office hours are  Monday-Saturday, 12-6PM and two hours prior to performances. Holidays:   Thursday, November 22 - CLOSED - Thanksgiving  Click here for more SOPAC Box Office information.    Tickets for upcoming SOPAC ev ...
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  • Playin’ Around South Orange is Back! Bringing Art and Music to the Streets of South Orange

    SOPAC's annual program, Playin’ Around South Orange, launches once again Saturday, August 25, 2018 at noon, bringing live music and art in the form of hand-painted pianos and outdoor performances to five separate South Orange locations. The  ...
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  • Watch SOPAC Executive Director Mark Packer on One-on-One with Steve Adubato

    Steve Adubato goes One-on-One with Mark Packer, Executive Director of the South Orange Performing Arts Center, which hosts world-renowned music talent and provides extensive community outreach programs. One-on-One with Steve Adubato airs on N ...
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  • American Theater Group’s SMALL TOWN STORY makes its debut at SOPAC

    Can the power of theatre convince a small town to overcome its prejudices? That’s what’s at the heart of Small Town Story, American Theater Group’s new musical inspired by true events, making its world premiere at SOPAC. JerseyArts.com ...
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  • SOPAC Is Once Again New Jersey’s Favorite Small Performing Arts Center

    New Jersey’s Favorite Small Performing Arts Center Four Years Running We are delighted to announce that SOPAC has been honored for the fourth year in a row with the 2018 Discover Jersey Arts People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Small Pe ...
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  • My Land, Your Land

    Ten years ago, I read an article about increased immigration raids tearing apart a small farming community in upstate New York. I took a ride up to Elba, a town of roughly 2,500 (or--as the sign welcoming you into town reads—“Population: J ...
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  • SOPAC 2015-18 Strategic Plan

    The SOPAC strategic plan was accepted by the Board of Governors in May, 2015. Nearly a year in the making, it reflects a process that included Board, staff, community members and strategic partners, along with consultants David and Nancy Grant ...
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