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Fine Arts

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Events Calendar | Box Office | Fine Arts Venues 

Click on the links to go directly to a specific department:  
DanceMusic, and Theatre.

The Plano campus gallery space, The Art Gallery, exposes students to the works of current 
professional artists and showcases student work in both open and juried student shows.

The Auteur Film Series focuses on classic, foreign, and independent films.
Each film has a faculty-led introduction before the screening and a panel discussion following it. 

 

 

Events Calendar

Here's the schedule of our Spring 2025 events.*
Please join us for another exciting semester of Dance, Music, and Theatre performances, Art Gallery exhibitions, and the Auteur Film Series.

Click on event titles for more information or in the case of Dance and Theatre performances to reserve tickets. 
Tickets are not required for Music performances.  There is no cost to attend these performances. 

Please note that due to renovations beginning in April to the John Anthony Theatre, Fine Arts performance events will happen in a variety of different locations – Plano Campus (The Art Gallery, Black Box Theatre, B148, and C103), and the Wylie Campus Conference Center.

We strongly recommend that you review the maps (links below) and allow yourself sufficient time to get to campus, find a parking spot, make your way to the correct venue, and be seated before the performance starts.

* Event dates and details are subject to change.


Unless otherwise indicated all events are at the Collin College Plano Campus.
Click here to download directions and maps to Plano Campus.
Click here to view/download maps to Wylie Campus.


Have a question?  Please email us at boxoffice@collin.edu.


DATES EVENT LOCATION TIME
February 24 – March 14 Exhibition – Sue Anne Rische: Auto/Body The Art Gallery *
Tuesday, March 11 Auteur Film Series: 10 Things I Hate About You McKinney Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 12
Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 13 Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre

7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 14 Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre  7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 15 Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre 2:30 p.m
Saturday, March 15 Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre  7:30  p.m.
Sunday, March 16 Theatre production – The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical John Anthony Theatre 2:30 p.m.
March 27 – April 11 Exhibition – Forces The Art Gallery *
Friday, March 28 Collin Jazz Festival Wylie Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 Collin Jazz Festival Wylie Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
Friday, April 11 Dance interAction Black Box Theatre 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 12 Dance interAction Black Box Theatre
7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16 Keyboard Ensemble concert C 103 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 16 Auteur Film Series: Fight Club McKinney Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
April 24 – May 9 Exhibition – Collin Student Invitational The Art Gallery *
Friday, April 25 OneSound concert Black Box Theatre 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 26 Jazz Combo Too, PM Combo, and Jazz Lab Band concert  Wylie Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29 Symphonic Winds and Strings concert Wylie Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30 Guitar Ensemble concert C 103 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1 Chamber Choir Spring concert and Honors Voice Gala C 103 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1 Dances at 7 Black Box Theatre 7 p.m.
Friday, May 2 Dances at 7 Black Box Theatre 7 p.m.
Sunday, May 4 Opera in a Box TBD 3 p.m.
Monday, May 5 Opera in a Box TBD 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 6 New Music Ensemble concert The Art Gallery 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 Solo Guitar concert C 103 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 11 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 B 148 (The Alt Lab) 2:30 p.m.
May 21 – June 12 Exhibition – Collin Student Photography Portfolio The Art Gallery *

* Exhibitions at The Art Gallery (Plano Campus, A175) are free and open to all.
Gallery hours: 
Monday–Thursday  9 a.m. - 8 p.m. 
Friday  9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Box Office

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Fine Arts Venues

John Anthony Theatre

Collin College’s state-of-the-art theatre facility is comprised of three separate performance spaces including the 350-seat John Anthony Theatre, the 120-seat Black Box Theatre and the intimate ALT Lab Theatre. The complex also houses three dressing rooms, a theatre box office, a costume vault and construction shop, and a scene and paint shop in addition to numerous acting and directing classroom spaces.  The John Anthony Theatre (JAT) is a traditional proscenium stage with 230 seats on the Orchestra Level and 120 seats on the Balcony Level.  Click here for directions.

Black Box Theatre

The Black Box, like the John Anthony Theatre, is located on the Plano Campus (Spring Creek) in the C-module, near the Atrium.  Click here for directions.

The Dance Studio at Plano Campus

The Dance Studio (Plano Campus room AA146) is a spacious 3,100 square ft. space that boasts mirrors and ballet barres on two walls, a piano, inset stereo speakers, adjustable lighting and a Marley floor.  The studio is equipped with a large screen TV so that technique and choreography classes can engage in lecture discourse to enrich the physical processes of dance studies.  Click here for directions.


The Art Gallery (Plano Campus room A175) mounts shows featuring new and unique works by fine arts faculty and students, professional artists, and arts organizations.  It is a two story, 35x45 sq. foot space, able to host large exhibitions.  By presenting quality, interdisciplinary art exhibitions and events The Art Gallery enhances an understanding of the arts within the college and the community.  Click here for directions.