Opening Week Celebration: A Reimagined Doris Duke Theatre
Be among the first to step inside the all-new Doris Duke Theatre during its highly anticipated Opening Week Celebration.
Designed as a living lab for innovation, the theater will come alive with bold, immersive works that blend dance and cutting-edge technology. Each day during the week of July 6–13 offers something fresh to see, hear, and feel—featuring performances and appearances by Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Annie-B Parson, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Eiko Otake, Kinetic Light, Unwired Dance Theatre, and many more. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience the future of dance, up close.
Opening Program
On July 9, celebrate the reopening of the Doris Duke Theatre with an unforgettable performance watch party, held in the Ted Shawn Theatre, that honors its legacy and looks to the future. Experience performances by iconic choreographers, cutting-edge tech collaborations, powerful movement and music, and remarks from dance leaders—culminating in a joyful dance party at 9pm. Tickets are now available for the watch party, including a free livestream option.
Opening Week Events
Doris Duke Theatre Open House & Community Pop-Up
July 6, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
This first look at the new Doris Duke Theatre will feature free events and tours of the building, the opening of the inaugural exhibition, and more.
Nature Walk
July 8, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
Misty Cook and Kathi Arnold, enrolled members of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans, will walk the Jacob’s Pillow campus and explain how they gather medicines and plants through practices that have been passed down to them.
Doris Duke Theatre Opening Program
July 9, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
Join for a historic ribbon cutting of the new theater and a watch party of the opening program performances in the Ted Shawn Theatre or via livestream, followed by a dance party.
Eiko Otake
July 10-11, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
Interdisciplinary artist Eiko Otake will give a world-premiere site-specific performance, titled Shadows and Stones, which will take audiences around the site of the new Doris Duke Theatre.
Unwired Dance Theatre
July 12, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
Unwired Dance Theatre presents Where We Meet, an audio-based dance installation where audiences can experience the inner thoughts of a dancer.
PillowTalk: Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Lecoq
July 12, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
In this performative lecture, Aoi Nakamura and Esteban Lecoq reveal how the technologies of AI and extended reality were necessary to tell the story of Lilith, the youngest cryogenically frozen person.
Doris Duke Theatre
Extended Reality Salon
July 12, 2025 | Doris Duke Theatre
Join for an Extended Reality Salon in the Forest Studio, free and open to the public, featuring interactive dance and technology experiences.
