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MCLA Arts This is the official page for Art, Arts Management, Music, Industry & Production, and Theatre at MCLA.

In the intimate, liberal arts college setting of MCLA, following your artistic passion allows you to grow and thrive as an artist. Innovative courses and high impact learning experiences give you the chance to explore your ideas and take risks while developing your knowledge, skills, and creative values. Our mission is to offer access to professional artistic study in a small public liberal arts environment. Through rich creative endeavors, our work combines traditional and experiential learning to develop innovative artists prepared for careers and graduate study.

10/06/2026

This season, we invite you to gather, imagine, experiment, and discover what theatre can do.

🎭 2026-2027 Season

🪽 Flight
💀 Everybody
🌱 Moments From the Studio: Fall Acting Showcase

🚂 The 39 Steps
📖 Staged Reading Festival
🌱 Moments From the Studio: Spring Acting Showcase

✨ Gather. Imagine. Discover. ✨

For more information see the link in our bio.

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Join us THIS AFTERNOON at the Better Together Block Party. 🕰️ 3-6PM 📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard ACASITA will be providing Al P...
05/01/2026

Join us THIS AFTERNOON at the Better Together Block Party.

🕰️ 3-6PM
📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard A

CASITA will be providing Al Pastor Tacos off the trompo for $2 and BIGGDADDYS will be providing chicken wings. Come early while supplies last! MCLA ID required.

Don’t miss incredible performances from The Blue Steam Project and The Nothing Birds.

FREE museum tours from 3:15pm-5pm for MCLA students. MCLA ID required.

Check out the Crib Crawl! From 3:30pm-5:30pm, join us while we explore some of the creative industries on the MASS MoCA campus  

Enjoy arts and activities such as creating your own Zine and participating in Neurographic art - an artform designed to calm the mind and body!  

🚐 GRAB A FREE MCLA VAN RIDE TO MASS MoCA.
Rides start at 2:45 in the Freel Library Parking lot!

We hope to see you there!! You don’t want to miss it!!

05/01/2026

Join us at the Better Together Block Party.

🗓️ Friday May 1st
🕰️ 3-6 PM
📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard A

Here’s Matt and Sarah at CASITAs who will be providing Al Pastor Tacos off the trompo for $2 to MCLA students with ID while supplies last.

CASITA serves fresh, quality food sourced as locally as possible. Their menus wouldn’t be possible without the hard work of farmers, winemakers, fisherman and all the hands in between.

🚐 FREE MCLA VAN RIDE TO MASS MoCA
🌮 COME EARLY FOR TACOS!
🪪 MCLA ID required



04/30/2026

Join us at the Better Together Block Party.

🗓️ Friday, May 1
🕰️ 3-6PM
📍 MASS MOCA Courtyard A

Here we are at BIGDADDYS sampling their chicken wings!

Come check out Chef Xavier Jones fusion of New England, French, and Mediterranean cuisines. Each recipe is crafted with passion, precision, and a deep appreciation for fresh local ingredients.

🚐 FREE VAN RIDE TO MASS MOCA
🍗 COME EARLY FOR WINGS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
🪪 MCLA ID required



Join us for MCLA Theatre’s Acting Showcase, a celebration of work from the semester’s acting classes.See performances fr...
04/29/2026

Join us for MCLA Theatre’s Acting Showcase, a celebration of work from the semester’s acting classes.

See performances from THEA 260 Voice and Movement and THEA 340 Acting Music Theatre.

🗓️ Tuesday, May 5
🕰️ 7:00PM
📍 Venable Theater

Join us at the Better Together Block Party!🗓️ Friday May 1st 🕰️ 3-6 PM📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard ACome early to experience Th...
04/28/2026

Join us at the Better Together Block Party!

🗓️ Friday May 1st
🕰️ 3-6 PM
📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard A

Come early to experience The Nothing Birds,  a four-piece Indie Rock band from North Adams, Massachusetts. They all met performing at the Studio 9 open mics on a regular basis and joined forces out of a shared passion for musicianship and performance. From left to right: Abigail (guitar, vocals), David (guitar, vocals), Zac (Drums), Joe (Bass). 

Hear for yourself at the Better Together Block Party!



Join us May 2-3 in Venable Theater for MCLA Theatre’s LEVIATHAN: A Performance Art Meditation on Power.This short, work-...
04/27/2026

Join us May 2-3 in Venable Theater for MCLA Theatre’s LEVIATHAN: A Performance Art Meditation on Power.

This short, work-in-progress is performed by students of our New Works Development class, and was devised by the students and Professor of Theatre, Jeremy Wi******er.

Philosophy, history, and justice collide at the intersections of:
Herman Melville & Thomas Hobbes
John Brown & Robert E Lee
Moby-Dick & the Book of Job

Come see what questions surface from the minds of Leviathan’s student creators.

Free to the public.

🗓️ May 2, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
🗓️ May 3, 2026 @ 2:00 PM
🔴 Mark the Date!

Join us at the Better Together Block Party on Friday May 1st 3-6 p.m. in the MASS MoCA Courtyard. Come early to experien...
04/27/2026

Join us at the Better Together Block Party on Friday May 1st 3-6 p.m. in the MASS MoCA Courtyard. Come early to experience the Blue Steam Project!

The Blue Steam Project is solely manned by Jake Bluestein, MCLA senior. A songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, his indie rock/bedroom influence is catchy and resonant.

Hear for yourself at the Better Together Block Party!





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MCLA’s Managing Creativity class presents The Better Together Block Party! Join us at MASS MoCAs Courtyard A for a First...
04/25/2026

MCLA’s Managing Creativity class presents The Better Together Block Party!

Join us at MASS MoCAs Courtyard A for a First Friday kick off event! It will be an afternoon full of music, food, arts, and activities! 

🗓️ Friday, May 1
🕰️ 3-6pm
📍 MASS MoCA Courtyard A

🚐 FREE VAN RIDE - Freel Library Parking Lot
MCLA issued ID required

Only 2 performances left of Eurydice!Come join us.📍 Venable Theater🕰️ 7:30 PM | Free and open to the public📸 Dylan Schen...
04/18/2026

Only 2 performances left of Eurydice!

Come join us.

📍 Venable Theater
🕰️ 7:30 PM | Free and open to the public

📸 Dylan Schenck

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375 Church Street
North Adams, MA
01247

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