WORCESTER
PRIOR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
Updated
Upcoming: Mon 10/19 — Reem Jubran, Visiting Distinguished Practitioner | Screening + Q&A, Wed 10/21 — Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29, Brooks Scholar | Autumn Jazz, Wed 10/21 — Lunchtime Concert: Sophie Rose Riopel ‘29, Brooks Scholar | <em>Autumn Jazz</em>.
ABOUT
The Prior Performing Arts Center is an 84,000-square-foot, $110 million performing arts facility at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. The center houses a 400-seat Luth Concert Hall with a proscenium stage, a 200-seat flexible Studio Theatre, and the relocated Cantor Art Gallery. It was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the New York-based architecture firm.
WHAT TO EXPECT
The Luth Concert Hall features sustainably harvested West African makore hardwood and custom-developed rippling concrete wall panels designed for concert-quality acoustics. Programming includes concerts, opera, drama, dance, and multimedia performances. The center also includes production spaces, rehearsal rooms, a recording studio, galleries, and outdoor performance gardens. It serves as a venue for Music Worcester and other community organizations in addition to college programming.
HISTORY
The Prior Performing Arts Center opened in September 2022. The building anchors the Upper District of the Holy Cross campus, with four pavilions organized around a central hub called the Beehive: the Multipurpose Theater, Studio Theater, Art/Media, and Practice/Production wings.
UPCOMING SHOWS as of 10/12/2026
Full schedule at priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/events/category/events-at-the-prior/ →