The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts lights up in celebration of the winter holidays each year. (photo by Anna Petrow)
With the holiday season quickly approaching, the search for that memorable gift has begun. The Kauffman Center has you covered with their Performing Arts Sampler! Experience all kinds of live artistry in the beautiful Muriel Kauffman Theatre and Helzberg Hall performance spaces. The Performing Arts Sampler is a unique opportunity for guests to attend four distinct shows in the 2025-2026 season.
This à la carte option is perfect for those who are interested in the performing arts but are unsure where to start or arts aficionados who simply cannot choose between the myriad of options. Patrons can browse the Kauffman Center’s offerings and choose one performance from each of their three resident companies — Kansas City Ballet, Kansas City Symphony and the Lyric Opera of Kansas City — as well as a Kauffman Center Presents Trailblazing Talks presentation to attend.
Whether you’re searching for a creative gift or are looking to schedule your own exciting outings in the new year, this package is an amazing deal. The four-show package costs a total of $116 with fees included.
Visit kauffmancenter.org/performing-arts-sampler to learn more and secure your seats today.
Kansas City Ballet:
- “Stars and Stripes”
- “Swan Lake”*
- “The Great Gatsby”
Kansas City Symphony Classical Series:
- Matthias Conducts Mahler: Symphony No. 7
- Brahams’ Fourth Symphony
- Pines of Rome and Bruch’s Second Violin Concerto
- Beethoven and Beyond
- Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony
- Saint-Saëns’ First Cello Concerto and Strauss
- “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
- Farrenc, Schumann and Dvořák
- Grieg’s Piano Concerto
- Gil Shaham Plays Brahms
- Rachmaninoff Celebration, Part 2: Piano Concerto No. 3
- Rhapsody in Blue and Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony
Lyric Opera of Kansas City:
- “Madame Butterfly”*
- “Porgy and Bess”*
- “Of Mice and Men”*
Trailblazing Talks:
- Digging for Humanity’s Origins with Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey
- Leave Only Footprints with CBS Sunday Morning Correspondent Conor Knighton
- In Search of Lost Cities with Explorer Albert Lin
- The Planet in Our Hands with Photographer Mattias Klum
- Bay of Life: From Wind to Whales with Photographer Frans Lanting and Science Writer Christine Eckstrom
*Select performances
