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The 2024-25 season is in full swing! Upcoming highlights include 32 Sounds, an immersive documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sam Green, and Bill’s 44th, a puppet show for grownups.

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Duke Arts Presents Calendar

November 2024


A Maritime Haunting

A Maritime Haunting

November 7 – December 10

A Maritime Haunting is an immersive sound installation that explores loss from Mediterranean border policies through vocal elements and sea sounds. Performers act as a Greek chorus, creating a collective elegy for lives lost during migration. Free and open to the public; no reservations required.

December 2024


VOCES8

VOCES8

Saturday, December 7 at 7:30pm

2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is acclaimed globally for their complex and wide-ranging a cappella concerts. Performing holiday music spanning centuries.

January 2025


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February 2025


An Oak Tree: Tim Crouch

An Oak Tree: Tim Crouch

February 7 – February 8

See the play that shaped a theatre landscape in this rare revival. When it opened in 2005, Tim Crouch’s An Oak Tree changed the rules of the game: bringing in an actor who has neither seen nor read the play.

Ensemble Intercolor

Ensemble Intercolor

Thursday, February 20 at 7:30pm

Ensemble Intercolor is a trailblazing young trio that combines cimbalom, viola, clarinet and voice with their varied cultural backgrounds – the three musicians are from Belarus, Colombia and France

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Michelle Cann

Michelle Cann

Friday, February 21 at 7:30pm

“The Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance”program pairs Cann’s acclaimed renditions of works by each featured artist with spoken commentary about their fascinating lives and histories.

Bill’s 44th

Bill’s 44th

February 28 – March 2

Bill’s 44th is an original comedic puppet show for grown-ups created by puppeteers Dorothy James & Andy Manjuck around one very worried leading man – Bill.

March 2025


Goldmund Quartet

Goldmund Quartet

Saturday, March 1 at 7:30pm

The Goldmund Quartet has garnered a reputation as one of the leading string quartets of the great classical and modern works of the quartet canon, delivering performances of ‘exquisite playing.’

April 2025


May 2025


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Meet Duke Arts Presents

In 2023, Vice Provost for the Arts John V. Brown announced the rebranding of Duke Performances to Duke Arts Presents. Learn more about the history and transformation of this storied presenting organization.

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