Shows

Anchorage, Alaska

Atwood Concert Hall at the Alaska Center is Anchorage's finest classical music venue — a 2,000-seat hall presenting the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, internationally touring classical ensembles, and major cultural events. The Anchorage Symphony's extraordinary programming (presenting classical music to America's most geographically remote major city) and Atwood Hall's outstanding acoustic properties create a classical music experience of genuine significance in Alaska's cultural life.

621 W 6th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501

Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska Dance Theatre is Alaska's most important professional dance company — presenting classical ballet and contemporary dance to Anchorage's culturally engaged community. Its extraordinary role in creating quality dance performances in one of America's most isolated cities and its consistent development of Alaska-born dance talent create a dance organization of genuine cultural significance.

Anchorage, AK 99501

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Opera presents full-scale opera productions in America's most remote major city — a remarkable cultural achievement that reflects Alaska's extraordinary investment in the performing arts. Presenting opera in Anchorage (where even getting a touring production requires transporting sets and costumes via Alaska Airlines cargo) reflects a genuine community commitment to cultural excellence that defines Alaska's most ambitious arts institutions.

621 W 6th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Symphony Orchestra is Alaska's most important classical music organization — presenting a full orchestral season to one of the most geographically isolated metropolitan populations in the world. Its extraordinary commitment to bringing world-class orchestral music to Alaska and its role in Anchorage's vibrant cultural life create an orchestra of unusual community significance in America's largest and most remote state.

621 W 6th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501

Anchorage, Alaska

Cyrano's Theatre Company is Anchorage's most beloved independent theater — a D Street institution presenting adventurous new works and important productions in an intimate setting that has been central to Anchorage's performing arts community for decades. Its extraordinary commitment to theater that engages with Alaska's unique cultural and political landscape creates a theater company of genuine Alaskan artistic identity.

413 D St, Anchorage, AK 99501

Anchorage, Alaska

Out North is Anchorage's most progressive performing arts organization — a contemporary arts center presenting new performance work, LGBTQ+ theater, and experimental performance for Anchorage's creative community. Its extraordinary commitment to presenting work that challenges Alaska's conventional cultural narratives and its role in supporting LGBTQ+ artistic expression in America's most frontier-oriented state create a theater of genuine cultural courage and artistic significance.

3800 DeBarr Rd, Anchorage, AK 99508

Douglas, Alaska

Perseverance Theatre is Alaska's most nationally recognized professional theater company — a Douglas Island institution that has produced world-premiere productions exploring Alaska's extraordinary cultural complexity and has received national recognition for its extraordinary theatrical achievements. Its Hamlet set in rural Alaska became one of the most discussed American theater productions of the 2000s, demonstrating how profoundly Alaska's unique cultural landscape can transform even the most canonical Western theatrical texts.

914 3rd St, Douglas, AK 99824

Homer, Alaska

Bunnell Street Arts Center is Homer's most important cultural institution — a 1935 hardware store converted into a gallery and performance space presenting visual arts, concerts, and cultural events for one of Alaska's most creatively active communities. Homer's extraordinary concentration of artists (per capita, it may be the most artist-dense community in Alaska) and the Bunnell Street Arts Center's consistent programming of outstanding visual and performing arts create a cultural center of genuine Alaskan artistic significance.

106 W Bunnell Ave, Homer, AK 99603

Homer, Alaska

Pier One Theatre at Homer Spit is Alaska's most beloved community theater — a fishing dock theater serving one of Alaska's most artistically active small communities. Homer's extraordinary cultural vitality (it calls itself the "Cosmic Hamlet by the Sea") and the remarkable concentration of artists, writers, and musicians who have settled on the Kenai Peninsula create a theater that punches well above its weight in artistic ambition and cultural significance.

Homer Spit, Homer, AK 99603

Juneau, Alaska

Juneau Symphony Orchestra is Alaska's second-most important classical music organization — presenting orchestral concerts for one of the world's most dramatically situated capital cities. Its extraordinary role in providing world-class music to a city of 32,000 that can only be reached by sea or air and its consistent development of Alaska music culture create an orchestra of unusual significance in the context of American orchestral culture.

Centennial Hall, Juneau, AK 99801