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Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College

Performing arts center at Dartmouth College, igniting and sustaining a passion for the arts. Art facilities include workshops, studios, and galleries.
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The Hopkins Center, designed by Wallace Harrison, the architect of Lincoln Center and the United Nations Building in New York City, has served as the cultural hub of the Dartmouth College campus in Hanover, NH, since it first opened in November 1962. In 1988 the “Hop” was named by the National Endowment for the Arts as one of the nation’s exemplary performing arts centers. Each year the Hop sells

over 125,000 tickets to 100 or more live performances in virtually all genres of music, theater and dance, plus well over 200 film screenings and other events. The Hop also houses classrooms, studios and other facilities, as well as the offices of the Departments of Music, Theater, Film & Media Studies, and Studio Art. The Hop offers a wide variety of co-curricular activities for arts majors and non-majors alike, and all Dartmouth students are eligible to participate on stage or behind the scenes. The Hop produces and presents the work of 8 professionally directed student music and dance ensembles. The Hop’s Student Workshops program provides well-equipped woodworking, jewelry and pottery studio facilities, and offers professional instruction from beginning to advanced levels. Venues at the Hopkins Center include the 900-seat Spaulding Auditorium, the 480-seat Moore Theater, the Warner Bentley Theater, a flexible “black box” space with up to 180 seats, a small recital hall, plus rehearsal and practice rooms for music and drama.

09/03/2026

what are you after? vibey, thinky? wanna join in or just take it in? 👩‍🍳 we’ve got a bit of everything this season!

09/01/2026

“bore your mind...” advice from the unstoppably creative Kaoru Dill-Ishibashi 📻 ICYMI… listen to Episode 3 of Hop Sessions on New Hampshire Public Radio for his interview and concert at the Hop. New episodes airing this fall!

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08/24/2026

New York Theatre Workshop x Dartmouth College … a lab, a retreat, an adventure to the brilliant edge of new theater! Can’t wait for next year 🤩

🖋️ Nicola Smith
📷 Robert Gill

08/21/2026

new season... new shows to ❤️

08/19/2026

From Bharatanatyam to breakdancing, dance takes over this season with countless traditions, styles and geographies. Catch the rhythm!

08/13/2026

Green grass, great vibes! Thanks to all who came out and the artists that blew us away at our free events on the Green this summer. Favorite show? Comment below!

08/12/2026

Total eclipse of the art 😉 Here are 4 Hop shows to celebrate today’s solar eclipse!

Toni Dove
Sunjammer 6: a tale blown by a solar breeze
📍Daryl Roth Studio Theater

Deirdre Brenner & Chamber Viola
Night Songs
11/3
📍Morris Recital Hall

Manual Cinema
1/15-16
The 4th Witch
📍The Moore Theater

Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra
3/6
Trees & Gustav Holst “The Planets”
📍Spaulding Auditorium

08/04/2026

These past two weeks we’ve been celebrating the 35-year partnership between New York Theatre Workshop and the Hopkins Center, which has provided residency opportunities to talented actors, playwrights and musicians as they develop new works for the stage. Swipe right for more ➡️

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lynn Nottage talks about the benefits of getting out of New York City for dedicated time to collaborate with other artists on new work.

Dartmouth College THEA 65 students, who have been working with NYTW artists throughout the residency, pose with Lynn Nottage, music legend Nona Hendryx and NYTW Artistic Director Patricia McGregor at the opening celebration.

Weekly artist salons highlighted work done by NYTW Artists-in-Residence.
Top: Artists introduce their work to Hop patrons and their workshop peers at the beginning of the salon.
Middle: THEA 65 students
Bottom: nicHi douglas presents her work on a new project.

NYTW Artistic Director Patricia McGregor on the power of adding an audience to the mix.

A rehearsal for ‘Moonie’, written by Stefani Kuo 郭佳怡 and directed by Jisun Kim, during week one.

Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Kayla Davion and Samantha Williams in ‘Nightbirds: The Story of Labelle.’

Scenes from the opening celebration for the 35th annual New York Theatre Workshop summer residency The Hop at Dartmouth.

Dylan Marron performing his immersive solo show, ‘Public Figure.’

Director Cat Rodríguez works with ‘Los Feliz’ actress during rehearsals

Scenes from week two’s artist salon, including presentations by Dylan MarcAurele and Josephine Tarrant

Britton Smith performing during the opening celebration.

07/17/2026

35 years young and still bringing bold theater artists with the freshest of new works in development to Dartmouth. Welcome back … we can't wait to hear your stories!

And this year, all of our NYTW events are FREE. But 🎟️ are going quickly… https://bit.ly/4wMYh3V

07/15/2026

FREE on the Dartmouth Green this afternoon!

Address

4 E Wheelock Street
Hanover, NH
03755

Telephone

+16036462422

Website

http://hop.dartmouth.edu/

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