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Tickets are $11.00 for Adults, $9.00 for Seniors and Students (with ID), and $7.00 for children 12 and under. Season Tickets for the Theater are $45.00 for adults, and $35 for Seniors & Students.
Hours: 10 am – 5 pm, Tuesday – Friday
Location: Located in the main lobby at the Imperial Centre, 270 Gay Street
Payment: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, & Discover are accepted.
Phone: (252) 972-1266
2023-2024 Theatrical Performances
You Wouldn’t Expect
Performances: Feb. 1-3 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. – Powers Recital Hall in the Dunn Center, North Carolina Wesleyan University
Almost 8,000 North Carolinians were forcibly sterilized under the NC Eugenics Program. This is their story.
Risen Voices
Performances: Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. – Booker T. Theater
An Evening of Spoken Word and Slam Poetry Honoring Black History performed by the community members of Rocky Mount.
9 to 5 The Musical
Performances: March 1, 2, 8 and 9 at 7:30 p.m. and March 3 and10 at 2 p.m.- Imperial Centre Theatre
Based on the 1980’s hit movie, three unlikely friends take control of their office and learn there is nothing they can’t do, even in a man’s world.
Gretchen the Grudge
Performances: April 12 at 7:30 p.m. – Imperial Centre Theatre
Who knew holding a grudge could cause so much trouble? It does when the Grudge is a real-life downer that won’t go away, won’t leave you alone and brings all of his crummy friends along to bug you, too!
Performed by DIRECTIONS
48 Hour Film Festival
Movie Premiers: April 21 at 4:00 p.m.- Imperial Centre Theatre
Screening of movies celebrating diverse stories made by Rocky Mount community members within a 48-hour timeframe.
To view the festival rules, please click HERE
Harvey
Performances: May 16-18 at 7:30 p.m. and May 19 at 2 p.m.- Imperial Centre Theatre
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his friend Harvey in all of his sister Veta’s social gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit. To avoid future embarrassment for her family—and especially for her daughter, Myrtle Mae—Veta decides to have Elwood committed to a sanitarium. Trouble and comedy arise when Veta is accidentally committed instead.
Willy Wonka Kids
Performances: June 27 and 28 @ 7:30 p.m. – Imperial Centre Theatre
Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka KIDS follows enigmatic candy manufacturer Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory — or suffer the consequences. Part of the Youth Theatre Experience for students in grades K-7.
To register your K-8 student for the summer experience, please click the following link: Theatre Summer Camp Registration
Footloose
Performances: July 18 – 20 at 7:30 p.m. and July 21 at 2 p.m. – Imperial Centre Theatre
The explosive movie musical bursts onto the live stage! With dynamic new songs augmenting the powerhouse hits from its bestselling Oscar-nominated score, Footloose celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening to one another, and the power of forgiveness.