2026-2027 season

Youth Series

Bring the youth in your life to any of our live performances and experience the enrichment that only comes through participation in the performing arts. Our Youth Series performances meet many curricular standards and events fill up quickly, so please make your reservation today! All reservations made by August 15 will be confirmed by August 30, and any remaining reservations will be filled on a first come, first served basis throughout the year.

A large audience sits in an auditorium facing a stage, waiting for an event. Youth Series Purdue Convocations is projected on a wall, and the stage is lit with a black backdrop and podiums.
A man with spiky blond hair, goggles, and gloves covers his ears and looks surprised. He wears an orange lab coat. Above him, large orange text reads UNDER PRESSURE!.

Doktor Kaboom

Under Pressure!

Doktor Kaboom returns with Under Pressure!—a new show blending interactive science, comedy, and personal empowerment.
Experience how physical science concepts serve as powerful metaphors for navigating real-life mental and emotional stress.

School Matinees:
November 23
10:00 am & 1:00 pm / Loeb Playhouse

More Youth Events

Learn more about these engaging cultural experiences for your students.

A diverse group of people in colorful, mismatched marching band uniforms pose with various instruments in a gymnasium. Some hold brass and woodwind instruments, while others wave bright pom-poms. They are smiling and playful.

Mucca Pazza

Outdoor pop-up performances at Purdue featuring this genre-bending ensemble inspired by everything from surf rock to Stravinsky / September 10 / Purdue West Lafayette / FREE
A woman wearing a colorful headwrap and jewelry looks directly at the camera. Next to her is a circular logo for the 30th Annual West Lafayette Global Fest, featuring text about music, food, culture, and dance in West Lafayette, IN.

31st Annual West Lafayette Global Fest

A celebration of global culture, food, and music featuring Brazilian singer Bia Ferreira & Ghanaian musician Gyedu-Blay Amboley / September 19 / Downtown West Lafayette / FREE
A theatrical poster with a green background displays William Shakespeare’s Othello in large white letters, highlighting this legendary Shakespeare play, with a quote from the Yorkshire Post praising its authenticity in the top right corner.

The Lord Chamberlain’s Men present Othello

Elizabethan theatre company presents historically-informed production of William Shakespeare’s Othello / October 14 and 15 / Loeb Playhouse
Allison Miller, sporting short hair and a blue shirt, smiles while playing the drum set on stage for Boom Tic Boom, drumsticks in hand and a microphone stand in the foreground.

37th Annual Purdue Jazz Festival: Boom Tic Boom

Acclaimed drummer Allison Miller headlines the Purdue Jazz Festival; high school workshops the following day / January 22 / Loeb Playhouse
An older man in a suit holds a cigar, with text beside him that reads: Richard Thomas stars in Mark Twain Tonight! by Hal Holbrook on a dark blue background.

Richard Thomas in Mark Twain Tonight!

Hal Holbrook’s legendary one-man show about the great American author and humorist Mark Twain / February 16 / Loeb Playhouse
Children in class

Teacher Resources

From lesson plans, links, artist interviews and more, these sites will help you integrate the arts across the curriculum.

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thank you to our education sponsors
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To learn more about supporting Purdue Convocations educational programming, contact us at (765) 494-9712.