https://sopaa.org/ The file of a small-city performing arts presenter: eleven seasons of touring shows read as dated dispatches, each season a campaign, each show an entry. en-us Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-annual-campaign/https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-annual-campaign/Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe SeasonsA presenter ran on a calendar: announce in spring, sell all summer, open in the fall. The record holds a decade of season pages, each one a campaign filed in order. https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-season-announcement/https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-season-announcement/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe SeasonsEach spring the site published the coming season in one dispatch: the shows, the dates, the pitch. The announcement was the year's most-read page and its most perishable. https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-subscription-drive/https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-subscription-drive/Wed, 16 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe SeasonsSeasons were sold as packages before they were sold by the seat: the subscription drive was the presenter's true opening, and the site's order of pages shows it. https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-20-years-season/https://sopaa.org/the-seasons/the-20-years-season/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe SeasonsA page titled Celebrating 20 Years marks the season the presenter could count backward: twenty campaigns, twenty springs, one file that finally had a history worth announcing. https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-touring-acts/https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-touring-acts/Mon, 14 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe ShowsCanadian Brass, Cirque des Amis, Chinese acrobats, Columbus's orchestras: the show pages are the file's gallery of what a small river town could book. https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-tribute-nights/https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-tribute-nights/Sun, 13 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe ShowsA touring Sweeney Todd and a Beatles tribute named 1964 sit in the same file: the nights when the season borrowed Broadway and the radio. https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-orchestra-nights/https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-orchestra-nights/Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe ShowsThe Columbus Jazz Orchestra and the Columbus Symphony appear again and again in the file: the state's own ensembles were the season's recurring backbone. https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-holiday-shows/https://sopaa.org/the-shows/the-holiday-shows/Fri, 11 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe ShowsA Christmas Carol in two versions, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast: the December slot belonged to the family show, and the file keeps it every year. https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-night-of-the-show/https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-night-of-the-show/Thu, 10 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe HouseReview pages and what-did-you-think forms kept the audience in the file: the night itself, written down the morning after by the people who came. https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-vern-riffe-room/https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-vern-riffe-room/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe HouseEvery dispatch pointed at the same room: the Vern Riffe Center for the Arts on the Shawnee State campus, the house the presenter never had to build. https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-student-nights/https://sopaa.org/the-house/the-student-nights/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe HouseStudent matinees and an education category in the file show the presenter's second audience: schoolchildren bused to the room on a weekday morning. https://sopaa.org/the-desk/how-the-season-was-built/https://sopaa.org/the-desk/how-the-season-was-built/Mon, 07 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe DeskBoard pages, a history page, and a call for suggestions show the season's machinery: volunteers, a choosing process, and an audience asked what it wanted. https://sopaa.org/the-desk/the-ticket-office/https://sopaa.org/the-desk/the-ticket-office/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe DeskTickets-on-sale announcements, a change-seats page and a first-to-know list were the site's working machinery: the season turned into seats, one page at a time. https://sopaa.org/the-desk/the-sponsors-and-suggesters/https://sopaa.org/the-desk/the-sponsors-and-suggesters/Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMTThe DeskAn Arts Midwest page, a Centrus Energy file and the call for suggestions map the season's support: grants, corporate names, and an audience invited into the choosing.