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Events Calendar | Box Office | Fine Arts Venues 

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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.
Please note that due to upcoming renovations 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, and C103), and the Wylie Campus Conference Center.
* 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.


Have a question?  Please email us at boxoffice@51jiyangshi.com.


Dates Event Location Time
January 17 – February 14 Exhibition – Thomas Seawell: A Printmaker's Themes and Variations The Art Gallery *
Thursday, Feb. 6
Annual Guitar Festival: Guest Artist concert, Dr. David Chapman Black Box Theatre  7 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 7
Annual Guitar Festival: Student Recital Black Box Theatre 5 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 13 Auteur Film Series: The Book Thief Frisco Campus Conference Center 7 p.m.
February 24 – March 14 Exhibition – Sue Anne Rische 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 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 Conference Center 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29 Collin Jazz Festival Wylie 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.
Monday, April 21 Honors Voice Gala TBD 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 Conference Center 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 29 Symphonic Winds and Strings concert Wylie Conference Center 7 p.m.
Wednesday, April 30 Guitar Ensemble concert TBD 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 1 Chamber Choir Spring concert C 103 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 Black Box Theatre 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 8 Dances at 7 TBD 7 p.m.
Thursday, May 8 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 Black Box Theatre 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 9 Dances at 7 TBD 7 p.m.
Friday, May 9 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 Black Box Theatre 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 Black Box Theatre 2:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 10 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 Black Box Theatre 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 11 Theatre production – Little Gems 2025 Black Box Theatre 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.