The fall semester is packed with performances. From choral ensembles and a cappella sets to classic plays and multi-genre dance shows. Students and university-affiliated groups will present a versatile range of works, so be sure to mark your calendar.
DANCE
Panoramic Dance Project will perform a dance interpretation of the sculpture “The Cathedral” at the North Carolina Museum of Art on Oct. 18 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. The company is part of the Department of Performing Arts and Technology and rehearses in a variety of styles that challenge students to explore their creative voices.
The North Carolina Dance Festival, hosted in Greensboro on Nov. 7, will feature works from both Panoramic Dance Project and State Dance Company, which focuses on research-based works in styles including modern, contemporary, jazz and dance theatre.
Terrain Dance Project, also part of the Department of Performing Arts and Technology, will present a new work at the Gregg Museum on Nov. 8 from 4 to 6 p.m. The group focuses on performing in nontraditional spaces with both choreographed and improvised pieces. Appropriately, the performance will be included in the Gregg Museum’s free environmental festival, “Rooted: A Community Festival of Nature & Stories.”
On Nov. 13 and 14, Panoramic Dance Project, State Dance Company and Terrain Dance Project will hold a joint concert in Stewart Theatre at 7 p.m. The performance will also feature student-choreographed pieces.
The District Dance Collective, a student-led organization that centers on collaborative dance of all styles, will host its fall concert on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. The performance will feature student choreography and guest performers from on campus and around the Triangle.
NCSU DanceLife will host a showcase on Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Witherspoon Student Center. The performance will be entirely student-choreographed.
Studio 804 Ballet Company, a student organization dedicated to fellowship and creativity through ballet and contemporary dance, will host its fall showcase on Dec. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre.
THEATER
On Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, “QuickSCRIPTS” will present a night of plays written, directed and rehearsed by students and community members in 72 hours.
“The Forest Night,” a student-written one-act play, will be performed in Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre from Oct. 2 through 5. The play was written by the winner of the 2025 Creative Artist Award in Theater. It follows three characters who navigate morally complex questions that arise after a nuclear apocalypse.
University Libraries and University Theatre will collaborate to present an evening of staged readings of banned books by a small company of students. They will be performed on Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.
As a part of its Producing Series, University Theatre will stage the classic Shakespearean tragedy “Romeo and Juliet.” Performances will be in Titmus Theatre from Oct. 23 through Nov. 2.
The Comedic Improv Alliance, NC State’s improv comedy troupe, will perform two free shows on Sept. 19 and Nov. 14 in Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.
MUSIC
Students from the NC State Choirs will perform alongside the North Carolina Symphony in “Video Games Live: Bonus Round” at Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh on Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. The show will feature music from “Final Fantasy,” “Halo,” “Kingdom Hearts,” “The Last of Us,” “Undertale” and more.
NC State Choral Artists, an NC State partnership with the larger music community, and NC State Chorale will present “Ochre,” a choral journey of transformation, on Oct. 4. It will feature a variety of works, including a new piece by North Carolina-native composer Caroline Shaw, also titled “Ochre.”
Chamber Singers, a collection of students from multiple choral classes, will perform a variety of vocal chamber music in small groups on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
The State Chorale and University Singers will host their fall concert on Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. The program will include works by Veljo Tormis, W. A. Mozart, Ola Geilo and more.
The Raleigh Civic Symphony, a 75-member full orchestra, will perform “The Carnival of the Nearly Extinct Animals,” a new work by American composer Stephanie Ann Boyd, on Nov. 9 at 4 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. It will also feature works by Gabriela Ortiz, Ryan Lindveit and Igor Stravinsky, that explore how animals shape imagination.
The Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, NC State’s smaller orchestral ensemble, will present its concert “Hemispheres” on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. The program will feature the world premiere of “Asiyeni” by South African composer Monthati Masebe, along with the U.S. premiere of “Galaxy” by Salina Fisher.
The All People Music Club, Chordination A Cappella, Ladies in Red, Acappology and Music Makers Club will perform on Sept. 5 at 6:30 p.m. in Stafford Commons.
Wolfgang A Cappella, an all-gender a cappella group focused on music and innovation, will host a fall concert on Oct. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre.
Acappology, the first all-gender a cappella group at NC State, will host its fall concert on Nov. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre.
Chordination, NC State’s newest all-gender a cappella group, will host a fall showcase Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre.
