the Opelika Center for the Performing Arts
Join us for the Performance Series AT the Opelika Center for the Performing Arts, an 1150-seat hall WHICH HAS hostED OVER twenty international orchestras.
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The Opelika Center for the Performing Arts has hosted over twenty international orchestras including The National Symphony Orchestra and the Alabama Symphony, fifty nationally touring Broadway productions including “Annie,” “In the Heights,” and “South Pacific“, nine performances of the New York City Opera National Company, twenty-one major ballet and dance companies including Paul Taylor Dance Company and David Parsons Dance, and twenty-one jazz celebrities and popular entertainers including Shirley Horn, John Pizarelli, Roseanne Cash, and The 5 Browns.
For nearly thirty years, the Opelika Center for the Performing Arts has been the place where audiences experience the world’s finest artists and musicians. Some of the visiting artists and guests such as Michael Kaiser, President of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in 1992 and former President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts counts the company's performance in the hall as one of the most memorable in their careers.
“The most moving of all the tour dates I experienced at Ailey was not in a major world capital but in Opelika, Alabama. We performed in a high school auditorium…the audience was remarkably diverse, half black and half white. After the show, most of the audience (and the company and crew) headed to Denny’s for ice cream and pie. The spirit of excitement and fellowship in the restaurant was remarkable. I have to believe that Alvin was smiling down upon us all and saying, ‘This is what I want my company to do.’ ”
Directions to 1700 Lafayette Parkway, Opelika, AL
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Take Exit 62, turn west onto Columbus Parkway/US-280W
Turn right at Fox Run Parkway/US-431N
The OCPA is on the left, directly across from Southern Union Community College.
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Turn North on US-29
Proceed through Opelika for 3.3 miles
Turn left onto Lafayette Pkwy/US431N (“Bulldog Rd”)
The OCPA is on the left, directly across from Southern Union Community College.
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Head South towards US-29
The OCPA is on the left, directly across from Southern Union Community College.
