8th Annual Central PA Theatre & Dance Fest June 20-22, 2025
schedule of events*
Friday, June 20
Noon
Wild About Will and Solstice Celebration! Tempest Productions and VanDance Inc, MLK Plaza, Free
Playwrights Fest, Tempest Productions, Livestream, Free
12:30pm
Hometown Voices, Alison Condie Jaenicke, Lisa Mangini, Joe Bueter, Lee Peterson, and Steven Sherrill. 3Dots, Free
1-4pm
Kids Activities, MLK Plaza, Free
2:30pm
Writing with a Sense of Place Workshop, Jim Colbert, 3Dots, Free
4pm
Playwrights Fest: Clap Your Hands if You Believe by Timothy FitzPatrick, Tempest Studios, $10 or Fest Pass
5pm
Dance Celebration with hosts Adam Swartz Puppets and performances by Black Cat Belly Dance and Centre Dance MLK Plaza, Free
Playwrights Fest: Two Sisters by Barb Blatner, What Are You Thinking by Lisa Marciano, Tempest Studios, $10 or Fest Pass
6pm
Playwrights Fest: A Meeting of the Minds by Dan Borengasser, Eternity by Elan David Garonzik, Full Moon by Joe Weinstraub, Peter Pan Man by Colin Waitt, What Are You Thinking by Lisa Marciano, Tempest Studios, $10 or Fest Pass
7pm
Friday Night Improv, Happy Valley Improv, The Blue Brick Theatre, $15/$12 + fees
Roll for Initiative: A Campaign in Concert, Squid Ink Collective, Harvest Fields, $15/$16.50 with fees
7:30pm
Twelfth Night: Love is Love is Love, Tempest Studios, $22.50-$25 incl fees
9:30pm
A Midsummer’s Eve: A Solstice Celebration, VanDance Inc, Tempest Studios, Free
*schedule subject to change
Sat, June 21
Noon
Hometown Voices - Little Stars: A Love Story, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Tempest Studios, Free
Playwrights Fest, Tempest Productions, Livestream, Free
12:30pm
Miss Margot's Music, 3Dots, Free
1pm
Duck & Goose and Swine Lake, CPDW Children's Ensemble,The State Theatre, $12/$8
CommonWealth: Songs and Stories from the Keystone State, Jim Colbert, Tempest Studios, Free
1:30pm
Dance Styles Lab with Ann Van Kuren, 3Dots, Free
2pm
Playwrights Fest: The Lion in Winter by James Goldman Tempest Studios, $15 or Fest Pas
Shakespeare by Moonlight, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza, Free
2:30pm
Jon Vickers Jones, Poetry, Stories, & Songs, 3Dots, Free
3:15pm
Writers Lab, hosted by Michelle Rodino-Colocino, 3Dots, Free
4pm
Curtis McKenzie US Colored Troops by Charles Dumas, Loaves & Fish Theatre, Tempest Studios, Free
Shakespeare by Moonlight, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza, Free
6pm
Kelly Scott Studios, MLK Plaza, Free
Playwrights Fest: Fresh Hell by Brian Cern, The DMV One by Nick Zagone, What Are You Thinking by Lisa Marciano, Where the Love Light Gleams by David Valdez, Tempest Studios, $10 or Fest Pass
7pm
Battle at the Brick, Happy Valley Improv, The Blue Brick Theatre, $16/$10 + fees
7:30pm
Twelfth Night: Love is Love is Love, Tempest Studios, $22.50-$25 incl fees
*schedule subject to change
Sun, June 22
Noon
Playwrights Fest, Tempest Productions, Livestream, Free
1pm
Playwrights Fest: Enemies by Neith Boyce and Hutchins Hapgood, Something Blue by Steve (Sache) Satta, What Are You Thinking by Lisa Marciano, Tempest Studios, $10 or Fest Pass
2pm
Shakespeare by Moonlight, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza, Free
3pm
Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Sock & Buskin Theatre, The Blue Brick Theatre, $15-$20 incl fees.
Scottish Highland Dance, MLK Plaza, Free
Twelfth Night: Love is Love is Love, Tempest Studios, $22.50-$25 incl fees
4pm
Shakespeare by Moonlight, Class Act Productions, MLK Plaza, Free
*schedule subject to change