Davis-Waldorf Performing Arts Series

2025-2026 Season

The University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma proudly announces the 25th season of the Davis-Waldorf Performing Arts Series, featuring an inspiring lineup that celebrates cultural expressions through music, dance, storytelling and comedy. This season, embark on a journey spanning through the seasons, all united by a common thread of artistic excellence and engaging performances.

Single tickets are $25 per show. Students can register with the name of their school to subscribe to the series for free. Peking Acrobats tickets are $40/adult and $20/child as this is our season fundraiser.

This year, DWPAS's FLEX exchange continues with Chisholm Trail Arts Council. Season Ticket subscribers will receive a FLEX pass that allows them to exchange, with advance reservation and confirmed available seating, one pass for a ticket to one event of the CTAC Live Concert Series. Information about the CTAC Concert Series is available at the Chisholm Trail Arts Website.

Upcoming Shows

Chicago Tap Theatre | October 30, 2025

6:30 p.m. in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium

Chicago Tap Theatre is a vibrant dance company with a unique mission to preserve the quintessentially American dance form of tap and to take tap to the next level of creativity and innovation. The company stands apart from other dance companies by bridging the gap between tap and other forms of concert dance (such as jazz, ballet and modern) by adopting a conceptual, narrative (i.e., story based) and more emotional approach to its work. Chicago Tap Theatre performs exclusively with live music provided by some of Chicago’s finest musicians playing everything from Duke Ellington to David Bowie, and many artists in between.

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GRAND OL’ CHRISTMAS SHOW | November 20, 2025

7:30 p.m. in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium

Will Hearn’s Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is a retro radio show bringing your all-time favorite Christmas classics and sketch comedy antics broadcasting live on Christmas Eve from the 1225 AM N-O-E-L Radio studios. This raucous rollicking retro radio show features all-time favorite festive Christmas classics like you’ve never heard them before and sketch comedy shenanigans that progressively and cleverly blur the lines between nostalgia and satire. Made for music and comedy lovers alike, The Grand Ol’ Christmas Show is an inspiring Holiday tradition that gets better every year!

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MOJO & THE BAYOU GYPSIES | February 12, 2026

6:30 p.m. in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium

All-Original American Roots Music and Stories in the Louisiana Bayou Tradition.

This Bayou Man, Mister MOJO, and his troupe of near-mad musical provocateurs, have poured Louisiana Fire on audiences across the planet for over a quarter century. Performing all original Louisiana music certified by the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. The music reflects the Louisiana Zydeco band as well as Cajun and New Orleans two-steps, rock and roll and blues rhythms. Mojo combines the styles in a gleeful gumbo he calls “red hot mojo music”. The band delivers a thrilling crescendo of Cajun accordion, fiddle, rubboards and more. There is no match for the unbridled fever this charismatic singer/accordionist and his band bring to the stage.

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THE PEKING ACROBATS | March 5, 2026

6:30 p.m. in Te Ata Memorial Auditorium

THE PEKING ACROBATS® have redefined audience perceptions of Chinese acrobatics. They perform daring maneuvers atop a precarious pagoda of chairs and display their

technical prowess at such arts as trick-cycling, precision tumbling, juggling, somersaulting, and gymnastics. They push the limits of human ability, defying gravity with amazing displays of contortion, flexibility, and control. THE PEKING ACROBATS are often accompanied by live musicians who skillfully play traditional Chinese instruments; the time-honored Chinese music coalesces with high-tech special effects and awe-inspiring acrobatic feats, creating an exuberant entertainment event with the festive pageantry of a Chinese Carnival. THE PEKING ACROBATS are part of a time-honored Chinese tradition, rooted in centuries of Chinese history and folk art.

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