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The Center for the Performing Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational, arts, and cultural organization.


Our Mission
The mission of the Center for the Performing Arts is to engage and inspire the Indiana community through enriching arts experiences.



  • A person stands at a microphone surrounded by an audience in a black box theater.
  • A femalee puppeteer performs with a duck marionette before an audience of children and adults in a black box theater.

The Studio Theater

With a seated capacity of 200, the Studio Theater’s flexible black box design offers multiple seating and stage configurations to suit a variety of intimate musical and theatrical productions. It is located in the same building as the Tarkington, across Carter Green from the Palladium and adjacent to the Center Parking Garage.