Award-Winning Entertainment

The Mesa Arts Center is home to a wide variety of live performances in our four theaters, on our outdoor Shadow Walk, and in other areas of campus. We entertain and enthrall tens of thousands of patrons every year in our award-winning facilities. Performing Live is our very own program of popular and exciting acts that feature music, dance, theater, comedy, and our partnership with National Geographic Live! Stageworks is our in-house company that produces and presents high-quality, educational theater for young audiences. Our Affiliate companies are Mesa-based arts organizations the perform at our facility, including Ballet Etudes, East Valley Children’s Theatre, Mesa Encore Theatre, Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Sonoran Desert Chorale, Southwest Shakespeare Company, Symphony of the Southwest, and Xico, Inc.

Also part of our performances package is our Dinner and a Show option, where ticket buyers can purchase dinner specials at a variety of local restaurants. In addition, Theatre League presents a wonderful menu of shows at the MAC, and there are a number of other presenting rental clients that further expand the options for top-flight entertainment at the Mesa Arts Center.