Bainbridge Performing Arts has been entertaining Bainbridge Island and beyond for nearly six decades and recently announced the lineup for its 59th season.
BPA’s mission to promote appreciation of and participation in the performing arts to build, educate, and inspire this vibrant, creative community is manifest in the 2015-2016 season set list.
This season’s offerings begin with the iconic musical “Hair,” which will take the stage Oct. 8-25
The wildly popular “Mary Poppins” offers fun for the whole family, Dec. 3-20.
A.R. Gurney’s “Love Letters” was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and, running Feb. 4 through Feb. 14, it serves up a perfect banquet of love.
Peter Shaffer’s award-winning “Amadeus” will run March 10-27.
The BPA Shakespeare Society returns with another fantastic outdoor performance in July 2016.
Join the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra for its 42nd season and help celebrate the orchestra’s flourishing vitality and contribution to the arts on Bainbridge Island.
Performances for the BSO’s 2015-2016 four-concert season are Nov. 14-15, Feb. 20-21, April 16-17 and June 3-5. With the exception of the final concert, all performances are Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m. The June concerts are Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. to accommodate the first-Saturday return of The Edge on June 4.
This season’s One Acts, produced by Tom Challinor and Swinging Hammer Productions, run Jan. 22-24 and features “All in the Timing,” a collection of one-act plays by David Ives which, according to Time Magazine, is “theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart.”
BPA’s “Season Subscriptions” are on sale at the box office and via phone at 206-842-8569.
Individual tickets may soon be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone and also in person at 200 Madison Ave. North.
Box office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday as well as one hour prior to each performance.
Through the Open Doors program, free and reduced cost tickets are always available to those in need; inquire at the BPA Box Office or Helpline House for more information.
