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Langston Hughes
Performing Arts Center

 
Information: 206-684-4758
Address: 104 17th Ave S, 98144 (Map It)
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Special Anouncements


Teen Summer Musical Auditions

Saturday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m.
Sunday, June 3 from 12 to 6 p.m.
Monday, June 4 from 5 to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, June 5 from 5to 8 p.m.

Auditioning teens ages 13-18 for our All Teen Musical. Youth need to be prepared to sing a portion of a song AND perform from selected poem, monologue or dramatic short story.

Come early auditions space is limited!!

Contact alfred.love@seattle.gov or call 206-684-4758.

Summer Performing Arts Academy

June 26 to August 11
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Tuesday thru Friday

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center is now registering youth ages 7-18 years old for Summer Performing Arts Academy in theater, dance and string instruments.

Academy Tuition: $210 for 7 week program

Contact kristi.matsuda@seattle.gov or call 206-684-4758.


Office Hours

Monday – Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday Closed



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Mission: The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center celebrates, nurtures, presents and preserves African American performing arts and cultural legacies.

The center provides a unique opportunity for all citizens of Seattle, from various walks of life and diverse backgrounds to experience and engage in the performing arts.

Recent offerings include a partnership with the Seattle Youth Employment Program that provides valuable work experience and training in cultural leadership, creative writing, dance, theatre, and theatre production; a production, in partnership with the AFridaycan ConeXion 09, of "Callejon," an original bilingual musical based on Afro-Peruvian dances and rhythms; and "Hip Hop: Back to its Roots," an in-depth look at violence in our community and its root causes, and an effort to create consensus on its effects and prevention.

The center has a rich history of international theater performances, most recently by the Russian Community Theater Group, led by Pavel Sergeyv; Sub Rosa, performed by Cherrone Wong; and Khamelion Theater, led by Igor Musiyenko.


About the Performing Arts Center

Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center operates as a cultural performing arts center under the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation. The goal of the center is to provide quality cultural entertainment and educational components that meet the needs of the community.

Every season, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center has new classes, events and programs. Langston Hughes offers both performances and instruction, and the programming reflects the diversity of the surrounding neighborhoods, the Central District and the International District.


For a biography of Langston Hughes, please see: http://www.kansasheritage.org/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html

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Updated May 24, 2012

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