Park City Institute Now Offering Three-Show Packages

Patrons of the Park City Institute now have the option to enjoy packages of three shows at a discounted price. "We're very excited to offer a new way to explore our programming," says PCI Executive Director Teri Orr. "These three-show packages offer patrons two performances in a genre, and their choice of a third show, for free." The offer is a PCI "holiday treat," and is valid until December 25th only.

Each package includes two pre-selected shows plus a free ticket that can be used for any date except New Year's Eve. "We have many well-known performers on our stage, and we mix in rising stars; people we will talk about-and invite back-for many years to come," says Orr. "So, the packages encourage a little sense of adventure and exploration of our season schedule."

Starting at $57, ticket packages are available in every section of the Eccles, for shows that range from thought-provoking speakers, to inspiring dance performances, emerging and iconic musicians, high-flying acts of circus art, and creatures-real and imagined.

To purchase packages, call the box office at 435-655-3114, or visit ecclescenter.org, select the three performances for your package and enter the name of the package coupon, at checkout.

Packages are as follows:

Conversations

Two evenings with thought-provoking and engaging speakers covering politics, criminal justice reform, and other of-the-moment issues.

December 3: Maureen Dowd and Carl Hulse From the pages of the New York Times to the Eccles Stage, Dowd, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, and Hulse, Chief White House Correspondent will offer perspective on the current political climate and the future we're walking into, together.

January 7: Criminal Justice Reform with Van Jones CNN Commentator and former White House Staffer Van Jones is joined by actor-turned-activist Mike Farrell, and Kirk Bloodsworth, the first death-row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence, for a panel exploring the broken parts of our Criminal Justice system, and how we might fix them.

High Notes

Grammy-winners! Hitmakers! Two unforgettable nights of up-on-your-feet music.

December 17: Pacific Mambo Orchestra The sleeper hit of the Grammy Awards, PMO's Kickstarter-funded, independently produced self-titled album beat out superstars like Marc Anthony and Carlos Vives for Best Tropical Latin Album.

December 29: The Fabulous Thunderbirds They're musicians' musicians, who have recorded with Carlos Santana opened for Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. Their platinum-certified hit, Tuff Enough, is part and parcel of their signature blues-infused sound.

Giant Leaps ("Leaps")

Cutting-edge choreography melds with classical training as two modern dance companies return to the Eccles stage during one week in February.

February 18 Jessica Lang Dance Acclaimed choreographer Lang's company launched in 2011, after she received a Joyce Theater Artist Residency supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and hasn't stopped dazzling audiences, since.

February 24-25 Alvin Ailey Dance Company II Known as "America's Dance Company," Ailey II is a fusion of the best young dance talent and emerging choreographers.

Wordsmiths

You'll enter wondering what each of these writers will say next, and exit knowing you'll never look at culture and curiosity in the same way.

Feb 4: Fran Lebowitz The satirist who has made a career out of being an acerbic observer of life as we know it, delivers a humorous evening of New Yorker-tinged, cut-through-the-B.S. cultural commentary.

March 4: Lidia Yuknavitch Self-proclaimed misfit, teacher and award-winning author Lidia Yuknavitch (Dora: A Headcase, The Chronology of Water, The Small Backs of Children) comes to the stage with her plain-speak, Oregon-style delivery. Her 2016 TED talk, addressing the "misfit" in us all, received a standing ovation and already has more than 1 million views.

Daring Divas

These category-defying artists bring a dramatic mix of music and storytelling to the stage.

February 18: Storm LargeThe co-lead singer of Pink Martini is an unstoppable force, slaying tunes from the likes of Cole Porter and Black Sabbath.

April 15: Nellie McKay The singer-actress-author-playwright's uniquely entertaining and poignant cabaret-indie-pop performance is our Eccles stage season finale.

Mind-Benders

We'll capture the imaginations of kids and kids-at-heart with science of the real and fictional varieties-and physical acts that seem to defy physics.

December 10: An Evening with Adam Savage A Myth-Busting experimenter, Savage has worked in all areas of theatrical and film production-even building models for Star Wars Episode I. He's given a TED Talk on the TED stage and brings that presentation style to Park City for one night only.

Feb 21-22: Cirque Éloize The gravity-defying artistry of this French-Canadian troupe of theatrical acrobats graces the Eccles for two performances.

The Park City Institute 2016-17 Main Stage Season opens Dec 3 with An Evening with Maureen Dowd and Carl Hulse, at the Eccles Center in Park City.

Park City Institute is a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing world-class performances and new ideas to the community. Since 1998, PCI has presented internationally renowned and cutting edge musicians, actors, authors, comedians, dancers, speakers and film at The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use facility with the Park City School District). The organization will embark on its 14thseason of headliner concerts at Deer Valley Resort next summer. PCI is dedicated to introducing young people to the arts through free student outreach workshops, shows and demonstrations. Since 2010, PCI has offered a free after-school literacy program to students in grades one through 12 at the thinky and fun retail-fronted tutoring hub, the Mega-Genius Supply Store and IQ HQ (located at 435 Swede Alley in Old Town). The organization continues to illuminate with Curiosities evenings and the Saints and Sinners Ball.

ENTERTAINING, EDUCATING AND ILLUMINATING SINCE 1998

Park City Institute 2016-17 Main Stage Season at the Eccles Center :

December 3, 2016 Maureen Dowd and Carl Hulse

December 10, 2016 An Evening with Adam Savage

December 17, 2016 Pacific Mambo Orchestra

December 29, 2016 The Fabulous Thunderbirds

December 31, 2016 Alan Cumming

January 7. 2017 Criminal Justice Reform with Van Jones,

Mike Farrell and Kirk Bloodsworth

January 13, 2017 Jessica Lang Dance

February 4. 2017 Fran Lebowitz

February 18, 2017 Storm Large

February 21-22, 2017 Cirque Eloize

February 24-25, 2017 Alvin Ailey Dance Company II

March 4, 2017 Lidia Yuknavitch

March 11, 2017 Jeff Corwin

March 18, 2017 Ballet West

March 25, 2017 Taj Majal

April 1, 2017 SERIAL: Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder

April 8, 2017 John McEuen

April 15, 2017 Nellie McKay

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