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Evening Performance Open To All Audiences DURHAM, NC — February 18, 2026 —The Carolina Theatre of Durham will present “Right in the Eye: Alcoléa & Cie” on Tuesday, April 28, at 7 p.m. The production is part of the 2025-2026 season of the Carolina Theatre’s Arts Discovery Educational Series, which offers school-day performances for students […]

Community performance of the live musical book adaptation open to the public  DURHAM, NC — JANUARY XX, 2026 — The Carolina Theatre of Durham presents a unique matinee community show of “The Remember Balloons” on January 28 at 1PM as the first performance in the January- June 2026 season of its Arts Discovery Educational Series (ADES). Tickets can be purchased at the box office and online at carolinatheatre.org.   “The Remember Balloons” adapts the children’s book of the same name, to […]

Community performance of the live musical book adaptation open to the public  DURHAM, NC — JANUARY 21, 2026 — The Carolina Theatre of Durham presents a unique matinee community show of “The Remember Balloons” on January 28 at 1PM as the first performance in the January- June 2026 season of its Arts Discovery Educational Series (ADES). Tickets can be purchased at the box office and online at carolinatheatre.org.   “The Remember Balloons” adapts the children’s […]

Shana Adams Joins Theater Staff With a Wealth of Arts Education Experience in Durham  DURHAM, August 23, 2022 — The Carolina Theatre of Durham has hired a new senior director of education and community outreach, Shana Adams. Adams will succeed former director, Noel James, who has retired.   Adams will be responsible for leading the Carolina […]

Tickets On Sale Now  DURHAM, NC — April 27, 2022 — Rissi Palmer comes to the Carolina Theatre of Durham on May 7th at 11 am as part of the theater’s Family Saturday Series.   Tickets to see Rissi Palmer are $5 and are available at the Carolina Theatre box office, the venue’s website — carolinatheatre.org […]

The theater’s Arts Discovery Educational Series marks milestone of serving K-12 students Durham, NC September 21, 2021—The Carolina Theatre of Durham is celebrating 25 years of presenting its Arts Discovery Educational Series. The series has introduced more than 100,000 young audiences to hundreds of live arts performances from the Triangle and beyond. The Arts Discovery […]

DURHAM, NC (September 21, 2020) — After decades of welcoming children into its historic showplace, the Carolina Theatre of Durham will now stream virtual field trips to school-aged students via its highly regarded Arts Discovery Educational Series (ADES). Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc., the nonprofit that manages the city-owned venue, announced the nine programs that […]

With children at home across the world, artists are sharing kid-friendly performances to educate and entertain. As artists involved in our Arts Discovery Educational Series and Family Saturday Series release resources, we’ll update the list below. Sonia De Los Santos, En Casa con Sophia While De Los Santos’ March appearance in the Arts Discovery Educational Series […]

The Carolina Theatre of Durham welcomed 16,099 students, including 9,842 from Durham Public Schools (DPS), to 20 entertaining and enriching Arts Discovery Educational Series (ADES) shows during the 2016-17 school year. The attendance was a 79 percent increase from the 2015-16 school year. Attendance among DPS students increased fivefold in 2016-17. The theatre partnered with the school […]

DURHAM, July 26, 2016 — Continuing its decades-long tradition of presenting vital arts education experiences to the students of Durham, the Carolina Theatre is launching a new pilot program with Durham Public Schools that will provide students the opportunity to obtain free tickets to 22 Arts Discovery Educational Series events scheduled for the historic downtown venue […]