Overture's Fifth Anniversary Celebration

Join us for a community celebration with free showcase performances by our resident companies, ticket giveaways, kids activities, birthday cake and red wine!

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Resident Company Showcase Performances

10:15 AM     Madison Symphony Orchestra's Rhapsodie Quartet of the Heartstrings Community Engagement Program (Overture Hall Lobby)

11:00 AM     Sam Hutchison, Madison Symphony Orchestra, Concert Organ Recital (Overture Hall)

11:25 AM     Children's Theater of Madison Season Sampler (Overture Hall Lobby)

12:35 PM     Kanopy Dance Company (Overture Hall Lobby)

Other Activities & Events

10 AM     James Watrous Gallery and Overture Galleries open

10 AM - 1 PM     Madison Opera and Madison Ballet Characters in Costume (throughout Overture)

10 AM - 1 PM     Kids' Costume Dress-Up (Playhouse Lobby)

10 AM & 11:30 AM     Gomeroke for Kids (Rotunda Stage)

Children can be a rock star for a minute, with a great back-up band. 2 shows will provide children of all ages the chance to sing their hearts out.  

10:15 AM - 12:15 PM     VIP Backstage Tours

Join our Overture Tour Guides in a 45-minute visit "down, under and backstage."  Groups will leave every 15 minutes from Rotunda Lobby. Wear comfortable shoes.
 

10:30 AM - 12 PM     Visit the Audubon Room

Not usually open to the public, this room is used for special donor events and "meet 'n greets" with performing artists. It is filled with 25 large engravings by John James Audubon. The prints a gift from Dr. Richard Anderson, Prof. emeritus of pediatrics and psychiatry at UW-Madison.

10:30 AM - 1 PM     Arts Demonstrations for Kids (Playhouse Gallery)

11 AM     Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Gallery Tour (MMoCA)

11:30 AM     Conversation with Overture Experts: Sharing Stories (Overture Hall)

Mike Huffman, (Huffman Facilities Development); Ralph Jackson (Past Pres., Flad Architects; Jim Adams, ( Flad Architects); Jim Yehle,(J.H.Findorf); Sam Hutchison, Madison Symphony Orchestra

12:15 - 12:45 PM     Barton Organ demonstration (Capitol Theater)

Learn the history and hear the sounds of the award-winning "Instrument of exceptional merit" with Overture Friend, Robert Steffen