The Twelfth Annual Kaleidoscope Arts Festival will be held April 16-April 28, 2013.  Situated on the Slippery Rock University campus, the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival will showcase the best of Slippery Rock University’s dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, as well as nationally and internationally known guest artists.  Browse Featured Artists 2013 for more information.

Kaleidoscope’s Children’s Day, Saturday, April 20 from 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the University Union, is a family-oriented celebration of theatre, music, dance, arts and crafts, balloons, food, and more.  Featured events include the internationally acclaimed Missoula Children’s Theatre, presenting their unique program for community participation in the arts.  In one week, April 15-April 20, the company will hold auditions, rehearsals, and mount a full production of Blackbeard the Pirate featuring local youth, K-12.  Open auditions will be held April 15 at 3:45 p.m. Rehearsals will follow from 6:15 p.m.-8:15 p.m. April 15, and April 16-April 19 from 3:45 p.m. – 8:15 p.m.  All auditions and rehearsals will be held in the Slippery Rock University Union, Room 206.   Performances of Blackbeard the Pirate are scheduled at 3:00 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the MultiPurpose Room of the University Union on April 20.

The mission of Kaleidoscope Arts Festival is to bring free or low cost, quality programming to an underserviced region.  Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Fine, and Performing Arts, many events are free.  Tickets may be purchased at the door for those events requiring them, or through the University Union Information Booth. For more information contact Colleen Reilly, Director of the Kaleidoscope Arts Festival at (724) 738.4586 or colleen.reilly@sru.edu.