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The 2023/2024 season at the Center for the Arts is full of impressive acts ranging from acrobatic to operatic, but undeniably featuring, incredible women. Collectively, these women have toured the world and changed lives, affecting audiences everywhere. Read on to learn more about these powerhouse women.

“An evening like no other,” ARTS by George! returns on September 30 for an evening that showcases the remarkable talents of Mason students amid an array of spectacular food and beverages, culminating with a special performance by Broadway superstar, Renée Elise Goldsberry in Concert.

Friends of the Center for the Arts and Subscribers work together to bring the arts to life, providing the best experience for new and repeat visitors. By becoming a Friend, you can directly partake in seeing your gift in action and by becoming a subscriber, you can maximize your savings for the Center’s entire season of performances.

Save 20% by subscribing to all four Virginia Opera productions or all four Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel.

Culminating the 2022/2023 season at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University,  Indigenous Enterprise engaged with George Mason University’s campus as well as the local Fairfax community as a  Mason Artist-in-Residence over the course of the last week in April.  

Mason Artist-in-Residence Indigenous Enterprise Leads Events Across Campus and Community

effrey Siegel performs Mozart and Friends on Sunday, April 16 at 7 p.m., his final Keyboard Conversations® event of the 2022/2023 Great Performances at Mason season, and of his 30th year at the Center for the Arts at George Mason University.

Mason Artist-in-Residence Indigenous Enterprise Shares Indigenous Culture with Mason Community this April

Friends of the Center for the Arts Share Moving Experiences

Praised by The Washington Post for combining “staggering technical prowess, a sense of command, and depth of expression,” pianist George Li possesses brilliant virtuosity and effortless grace far beyond his years. Li joins the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Christopher Zimmerman, at the Center for the Arts on Saturday, April 22 at 8 p.m. for a performance of Rachmaninoff’s immortal Piano Concerto No. 2.

Identified by The Los Angeles Times as “classy, edgy, jaw-dropping and hilarious,” The Passing Zone has been leaving its audiences speechless since its first appearance on national television’s The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1990. The Passing Zone visits the Center for the Arts at George Mason University on Sunday, April 23. Read on to get to know The Passing Zone.

D.C.-area dance enthusiasts are invited to witness talented young dancers perform spectacular works from world-renowned choreographers this spring during the 2023 Mason Dance Company Gala Concert performances.