About Overture Center
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Welcome to Overture Center for the Arts
Overture Center features seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and four galleries where Broadway tours, national and international touring artists, nine resident companies and hundreds of local artists engage people in nearly 700,000 educational and artistic experiences each year.
Roughly half of the visitors are here for free or low-cost community and education programs, including Kids in the Rotunda, OnStage Student Field Trips and the Jerry Awards. In addition, Overture offers a variety of venues for performances, corporate meetings, conventions, trade shows, weddings, banquets and receptions.
With the vision to “create extraordinary experiences through the arts,” Overture’s mission is to “Support and elevate our community’s creative culture, economy and quality of life through the arts.”
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History
From when Capitol Theater first opened its doors in 1928 to today's building featuring seven state-of-the-art performance spaces and five galleries, Overture Center has almost a century of history behind its doors.
Overture Center Foundation
Learn about our Board of Directors
Board members of the Foundation are well-respected individuals from Madison and Dane County, representing a wide spectrum of professional and civic expertise.
Annual Reports
Our annual report provides the community with a top-level view of Overture operations and financials, and outlines ways to become more involved in our continued success.
Economic Impact Analysis
An economic and fiscal impact analysis by the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Fiscal and Economic Research Center reports Overture Center for the Arts contributed $34,480,000 to the Madison economy during its 2021/22 season, September 2021 through June 2022.
Community Advisory Council
Representing a variety of constituencies, Overture’s Community Advisory Council makes recommendations to Overture Center staff regarding community and educational programming. The Council recommends opportunities to deepen and enrich community engagement and helps develop relationships with community constituents and organizations.
