Forbes Center for the Performing Arts

About the Forbes Center:

Experience the excitement of the Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University, featuring five remarkable venues, each unique and acoustically designed to perfection. The Forbes Center will captivate your spirit with its soaring floor-to-ceiling glass lobbies, comfortable seating with ample legroom and upgraded audience amenities. Park just steps away from the entrance and be seated in minutes, ready to enjoy extraordinary dance, theatre and music performances by critically acclaimed guest artists and JMU's award-winning faculty members, students and alumni. Engage in pre- and post-show dialogues with visiting composers, choreographers, world-renowned guest artists and distinguished faculty and students.

The Forbes Center for the Performing Arts is the home to JMU's School of Theatre and Dance, and provides performance venues and support spaces for the School of Music. It also showcases work from the School of Art and Art History. The 175,000-square-foot facility is located on the west side of South Main Street directly across from Wilson Hall. It completes the historic "Quad" on the JMU campus.