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Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center

Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center

The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center is the hub of cultural activity at the Montgomery College Rockville campus. For the 2023 – 2024 season, patrons can select from a wide variety of performances including music, drama, dance, and comedy. Discover our Guest Artist Series, Saturday Morning Children’s Series, the College Performing Arts Series, and the College Music Series.

Upcoming Events

James Austin Johnson
James Austin Johnson

Friday, March 22, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Stand Up Comedy
With Special Guest Amy Silverberg and Alice Wetterlund

“Saturday Night Live cast member James Austin Johnson brings his stand-up comedy to the Parilla Performing Arts Center for a memorable night, with comedians Amy Silverberg and Alice Wetterlund opening the show!

Tickets are $25 Regular, $23 Seniors, $5 Students with I.D. (student tickets must be purchased through the box office.)

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Gina Chavez
Gina Chavez

Friday, April 5, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Latin Grammy® nominee Gina Chavez blends the sounds of the Americas with tension and grace. A 13-time Austin Music Award winner and Austin Musician of the Year, she and her band can be seen on PBS in “Gina Chavez: Live from the Kate.”

Her bilingual album, Up.Rooted, topped the Amazon and Latin iTunes charts following a feature on NPR’sAll Things Consideredand herNPR Tiny Desk concerthas more than 1.3 million views. Gina’s Spanish-language anthem, “Siete-D,” won the grand prize in the John Lennon International Songwriting Contest. Local Montgomery County musician JChris will open the show!

Tickets are $15 Regular, $12 Seniors, $5 Students with I.D. (student tickets must be purchased through the box office.)

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Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming

Friday, April 12, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Multitalented actor, writer, singer, and activist Alan Cumming sits down with Olney Theatre Center’s Artistic Director, Jason Loewith, for a wide-ranging discussion covering his rural and difficult upbringing, the effect it had on his career, LGBTQ topics, and so much more.

Alan Cumming is beyond eclectic. His most recent projects include creating a dance theatre piece about the Scottish bard Robert Burns, lip-synching the protagonist in a documentary, directing a podcast series about a sperm bank heist, playing a gangster opposite Liam Neason in a Neil Jordan film, curating a cabaret festival in Australia and recording a duet with a Gaelic rapper. Perhaps not surprisingly, Time Magazine called him one of the three most fun people in show business (the others were Cher and Stanley Tucci!)

Thirty years ago his Hamlet stormed the West End and he was hailed as ‘an actor knocking at the door of greatness’. A quarter of a century ago he was a sensation as Cabaret’s Master of Ceremonies in a production that forever changed the Broadway landscape. A decade ago his visceral, virtually one-man Macbeth was a stunning, transatlantic coup de theatre.

Tickets are $45 Regular, $43 Seniors, $5 Students with I.D. (student tickets must be purchased through the box office.)

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Theatre Rental

If you are interested in renting our theatre for your event or have specific questions regarding rentals, please contact the theatre’s booking office at 240-567-7537 or emailing pacrentals@montgomerycollege.edu.

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Guest Artists Series

The Parilla Performing Arts Center’s Guest Artist Series features high quality shows with multicultural appeal and artistic merit.

Photo: 2022-2023 Guest Artist Series, LVIV National Philharmonic Orchestra of Ukraine,  ©2023 Nalinee Darmrong Photography

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College Performing Arts Series

The College Performing Arts Series features the students of Montgomery College in wonderful productions that are an affordable introduction to live theatre and the performing arts.

Photo: 2022-2023 College Performing Arts Series, Electricidad, ©2023 Nalinee Darmrong Photography

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Saturday Morning Children's Series

The Saturday Morning Children’s series is designed for shorter attention spans and introducing children to the fun and magic of live theatre.

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College Music Series

The Montgomery College Music Department presents a variety of free concerts performed by Montgomery College students, faculty, and guests.

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Our Sponsors

The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center is supported by a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC)new window, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive. An agency of the Department of Business and Economic Development, the MSAC provides financial support and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations, units of government, colleges, and universities for arts activities.
Funding for the Maryland State Arts Council is also provided by the National Endowment for the Artsnew window, a federal agency.