April 14, 2026
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee at 7:30 p.m. on April 16–18 and April 21–25, with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. April 19, in the Oakwood Building, Room 101.
April 6, 2026
Actor, producer, and philanthropist Hugh Jackman will address Ball State University’s Class of 2026 at the University’s Spring Commencement ceremony.
April 2, 2026
Cristina Goletti will join the leadership team at Ball State University as dean of the College of Fine Arts, effective July 1, 2026, President Geoffrey S. Mearns announced.
March 11, 2026
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present 'CATS' March 20–21 at 7:30 p.m. and March 22 at 2:30 p.m. in Emens Auditorium.
February 17, 2026
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present Veal, a dystopian revenge thriller with comedic elements by Jojo Jones. The production is co-directed by Dee Dee Batteast, ’07, instructor of theatre, and guest director Payten Romig, ’24.
February 13, 2026
The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University will showcase a special exhibition of work by award-winning illustrator Nora Krug from Feb. 19–Jun. 13, 2026.
February 11, 2026
MOMIX Alice will bring acrobatics, illusion, and inventive movement to Ball State University’s Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, 2026.
February 11, 2026
Ball State University will present The Barricade Boys at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
February 2, 2026
Balls Balls Balls is a new work by award-winning playwright Alice Tuan commissioned by Ball State’s Department of Theatre and Dance. Performances will take place Feb. 6–8 and Feb. 13–14 at 7:30 p.m., with a matinee performance at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 14, in Room 154 of the Oakwood Building.
January 29, 2026
The Ball State Opera Theatre program presents its 10th annual Opera Gala at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, at Sursa Performance Hall in Ball State’s Music Instruction Building.
January 15, 2026
Ball State University’s Arts Alive! series continues with an on-campus presentation followed by a Q&A with artist Jeffrey Gibson at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 4, at Pruis Hall.
January 8, 2026
Ball State University will present the Tony Award®–winning musical CHICAGO at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 22.
December 23, 2025
Ball State University will present the Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways World Wide Tour at Emens Auditorium at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.
November 24, 2025
Ball State University will present the national tour of Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’® at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026.
November 12, 2025
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present Goodnight, Tyler by playwright B.J. Tindal, with original dramaturgy by Mansi Sahay Seth and direction by Lisa Gaye Dixon.
October 29, 2025
Ball State University will present the North American tour of "Tina – The Tina Turner Musical" at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
October 28, 2025
Ball State University will present award-winning comedian, writer, and actor John Mulaney at Emens Auditorium at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2026, as part of his national tour, "Mister Whatever."
October 21, 2025
Ball State University welcomes the multi-Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning Soweto Gospel Choir to Emens Auditorium for a free performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3.
October 9, 2025
Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Muncie this month when the hit musical 'Mrs. Doubtfire' takes the stage at Ball State University’s Emens Auditorium for a 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 performance.
September 29, 2025
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents "The Brementown Musicians"—based on stories by the Grimm Brothers and adapted for the stage by Alison Gregory—Oct. 17-19 and 21-25 at Korsgaard Dance Studio in Ball Gymnasium.
September 12, 2025
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance will present William Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Sept. 26-28, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. each evening at the Brown Family Amphitheater.
September 10, 2025
This Fall, the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University presents two significant exhibitions: one that features international abstraction and another that explores Indiana storytelling through photography.
September 3, 2025
Art historian and philanthropist David T. Owsley, HHD ‘05—heir to the Ball-Mason canning jar company and a longtime supporter of Ball State University and the Dallas Museum of Art—died in New York City on Aug. 23, 2025, at age 96.
September 2, 2025
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents Jason Robert Brown’s "Songs for a New World"—a powerful, genre-blending theatrical song cycle—Sept. 5-7 and 9-14, at Korsgaard Dance Studio in Ball Gymnasium.
August 29, 2025
Ball State University’s School of Music will host the fifth National Sursa American Organ Competition—bringing some of the nation’s most talented young organists to campus—Sept 6-7, 2025.