Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center
The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center serves South Dakota State University, the Brookings community and the region. It is a state-of-the-art performing arts center that is the home for concerts, theatrical and dance performances, special events and SDSU’s School of Performing Arts.
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Featured Events
Fuddy Meers Benefit
Theatre & Dance’s fall production of Fuddy Meers has been invited to perform at the Region 5 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Conference January 21 in Des Moines. This limited one-evening remount of the production at SDSU is to raise funds for the trip. All tickets are $10. The performance does contain live gunfire, language and mature themes and is not recommended for child...
Performing Arts Organizations
The Oscar has multiple event series - Brookings Chamber Music Society, Brookings Community Theatre, Brookings School District, School of Performing Arts Music, Prairie Repertory Theatre, State University Theatre and Dance, and Woodbine Productions.
Performance Spaces and Facilities
Looking for a place to host a business meeting, an event or a wedding? The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center has what you need.
About The Oscar
The Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center’s mission is to engage its community through artistic, educational and cultural experiences that enrich lives, promote lifelong learning in and through the performing arts, and serve as a gateway between SDSU and the greater community.
News from The oscar larson performing arts center
A/B Duo to perform at SDSU
The South Dakota State University School of Performing Arts presents the A/B Duo on Monday, Nov. 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
‘New Worlds’ in sound: SDSU Civic Symphony to present fall concert of classical masterworks
The South Dakota State University Civic Symphony will deliver a vibrant celebration of classical music with its fall concert, “New Worlds,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center.
Kattner to present senior recital
South Dakota State University’s School of Performing Arts invites the community to a recital featuring senior music education major Jamee Kattner in a performance of works by Franz Haydn, Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein and Jerry Bock, among others.