Our Mission:
The Quick Center for the Arts (QCA) serves as a vibrant center of creative and educational activity, making accessible hundreds of enriching and enlivening events to Fairfield University and its surrounding communities. In so doing, the QCA is a leader in presenting, producing and partnering arts and education activities that make a positive difference in the lives of students, staff, faculty, and our friends across the region.
About Us:
Located in Fairfield County, Fairfield University's Quick Center for the Arts is a multi-faceted facility that presents a wide variety of high quality performances, lectures, and exhibits. Opened in 1990, the Quick Center serves a large and diverse population, and strives to serve this community as a place to gather for shared enrichment experiences, both artistic and educational. As an entity of Fairfield University, a Jesuit institution, the Quick Center for the Arts shares the Jesuit mission of developing the creative and intellectual potential of its constituents, including members of the Fairfield University community and the residents of greater Fairfield County.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Emily Coates New Project March 1 - 8, 2024 The Quick Center is dedicated to serving as a creative incubator – providing space for artists around the world to focus on the creation of new work, while simultaneously…
Read More »Missoula Children’s Theatre This summer, the Quick celebrates its 33rd season of Missoula Children’s Theatre Camps for grades 1 - 12. This renowned children’s summer theatre program offers six sessions, including updated favorites…
Read More »There are only 12 hours left to give in 2023! Thank you for following us on this journey as we “Pulled Back the Curtain” and explored what makes the Quick a national treasure in our community. Please give today to help us continue to be…
Read More »PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN Going behind-the-scenes to share why your gift matters. The Quick Center for the Arts is a community leader in the arts, a space for education and innovation, and a place to see the most thought-provoking performances…
Read More »Open MINDS Institute Join us for our upcoming Open MINDS Institute courses, combining academic excellence with open-ended lectures and interactive conversations. The courses are presented in collaboration with the Pequot Library. Open MINDS…
Read More »We are excited to announce a new ticketing system that will streamline the purchasing process and make it easier to manage your account. Your new online account will be a one-stop source for purchasing all your tickets, becoming a Quick Member,…
Read More »FEATURING…THE QUICK The Quick and our artists are in the news. Each season, the Quick programs artists from around the world that offer memorable experiences and engaging post-show conversations. This season is no different and…
Read More »Dear Quick Center Patrons, We value your support and patronage to the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, and want to keep you informed about a critical matter that has come to our attention. Recently, we discovered that our @fairfieldquick…
Read More »Open Visions Forum | Bennett Center For Judaic Studies Art Spiegelman “Surviving Maus: Visualizing the Unimaginable” Tuesday, October 17 | 7:30 p.m. Pulitzer Prize-winning artist, illustrator and author Art Spiegelman will discuss…
Read More »Update on the Roll Out the Red Carpet campaign Thanks to all who participated in this campaign! Your support helped strengthen the Quick’s presence as a vital artistic hub where lovers of the arts can experience exceptional performances,…
Read More »Agathe et Adrien N.Ormes Wednesday, October 4 | 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 5 | 7:30 p.m. Through dance, acrobatics and story-telling, Agathe and Adrien present a truly unique performance that shatters the expectations of a circus and pushes the…
Read More »INSPIRED WRITERS SERIES Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay “The Art of the Personal Essay With Emily Bernard” Thursday, September 21 | 7:30 p.m. Free Virtual Event | Registration required. Emily Bernard is the winner of The 2020 Los…
Read More »THE BENNETT LECTURE IN JUDAIC STUDIES Dara Horn, PhD In the Haunted Jewish Present: On (Not) Confronting Anti-Semitism Tuesday, September 19 | 7:30 p.m. Dara Horn is an award-winning author and National Jewish Book Award recipient. Horn’s work…
Read More »FALL IS HERE Box Office Hours for the Season Whether it's tickets for the kick-off of Open VISIONS Forum with Zanny Minton Beddoes or making sure your Quick Membership is all set, the Quick Box Office staff is ready to assist you. Please note that…
Read More »In collaboration with the Pequot Library the Open MINDS Institute returns with courses taught by community experts. An experimental "classroom without walls," the Open MINDS Institute offers topical seminars and workshops. Your dedication to the…
Read More »Looking for engaging and informative conversations that will make you the most interesting person around the dinner table? Explore our five different events coming up for the 2023-2024 season as part of the OVF: Espresso series sponsored by Cohen…
Read More »View Upcoming Events Going Behind-The-Scenes What’s going on at the Quick this month? You might imagine that on a university campus things might seem a little quiet compared to the hustle and bustle of the school year, but at the Quick,…
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Read More »We have an incredible line-up of concerts taking place for the 2023-24 season with multi-Grammy Award-winners to musicians making their own mark on the scene plus Quick favorites and artists new to our stage. CHAMBER MUSIC Young Concert Artists…
Read More »With only three weeks remaining, now is the time to register or ADD-ON to the day to help your child make special memories through our camps. EXTRA, EXTRA! The perfect afternoon addition after a day of Missoula Children’s Theatre to offer…
Read More »The Quick Center will be hosting 5 different performances from diverse, powerful, and imaginative dancers, choreographers, and performers. Here’s what’s on its way: U.S. PREMIERE nora chipaumire NOT waiting… Thursday,…
Read More »2023 Quick Center Summer Camps From interactive Summer Intensives to those few remaining spots for our Missoula Children’s Theatre camps and EXTRA, EXTRA!, now is the time to register and guarantee a summer of fun. Missoula…
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Read More »The Quick Weekly July 7-16 Upcoming camps and performances you won’t want to miss! MISSOULA CHILDREN’S THEATRE Session A: Hercules Performance: Friday, July 14 | 7:30 p.m. Want to see future thespians shine on the Quick stage? Join us…
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Read More »VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS Beat the afternoon lull with Quick Summer Intensives Summer Intensives at the Quick are a great platform to delve into exciting art forms! Crash courses in cool and exciting subjects are led by amazing local professional…
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Read More »Star Students Students who shine at the Quick Each year, the Quick welcomes thousands of students through our doors for orientations, lectures, performances, and student-led programs. In addition, the Quick employs over 50 students annually as…
Read More »THE MET: LIVE IN HD Don Giovanni (Mozart) Tuesday, May 23 | 1 & 6 p.m. (encores) | 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk Tony Award–winning director Ivo van Hove makes his Met debut with a new staging of Mozart’s tragicomedy Don Giovanni. The…
Read More »The Complete List of our 2023 Summer Intensive Camps Something Fun for Every Child! Summer Intensives take place Monday – Thursday, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Singing for the Stage Session 1: July 10 – 13 Session 2: July 17…
Read More »2023 Summer Intensive Camps Something Fun for Every Child! Summer Intensives take place Monday – Thursday, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Click here to Read more Information About "Quick Center for the Arts News - May 11,…
Read More »THANK YOU You make the difference. Our 2022-23 season was as robust as ever with thousands of visitors coming through our doors to experience a season that was moving, entertaining, and reminded us all of the power of live performances and the…
Read More »2023 Summer Theatre Sessions & Creative Camps Your Kids Will Love! Missoula Children’s Theatre takes place Monday – Thursday 9:15 a.m. – 2 p.m. & Friday 3:30 p.m. through showtime beginning at 7:30 p.m. Missoula…
Read More »National Theatre Live Othello Directed by Clint Dyer Thursday, May 4 | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. On the National Theatre’s Lyttelton stage, Clint Dyer directs an extraordinary new production of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy of envy and…
Read More »Make a contribution that helps a child attend summer camp this year! This summer, the Quick is proudly celebrating its 32nd season of Missoula Children’s Theatre camps and nine years of our Summer Camp Intensives. These renowned programs…
Read More »The Complete List of our 2023 Summer Intensive Camps Your Kids Won’t Forget! Summer Intensives take place Monday – Thursday, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Singing for the Stage Session 1: July 10 – 13 Session 2: July 17…
Read More »GLOBAL THEATRE PERFORMANCE SERIES Why theatre matters? The Global Theatre Performance Series is back for another powerful evening. With a personal passion for theatre that changes the way we see the world, Broadway and off-Broadway producer,…
Read More »The Kingdom Choir Friday, March 10 | 7:30 p.m. This world-renowned gospel choir from London was founded in 1994 by choir conductor and workshop leader, Karen Gibson, otherwise known as “Britain’s godmother of gospel.” This group…
Read More »National Theatre Live The Crucible by Arthur Miller Tuesday, March 7 | 2 p.m. & 7 p.m. A witch hunt begins in Arthur Miller’s captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not…
Read More »The Complete List of our 2023 Summer Intensive Camps Your Kids Won’t Forget! Summer Intensives take place Monday – Thursday, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Singing for the Stage Session 1: July 10 – 13 Session 2: July 17 –…
Read More »MEMBER FEATURE Happy Valentine's Day! If you LOVE dance, music, drama, and intellectual stimulation, then the LOVE at the Quick Center for the Arts extends to YOU, as it has for me since the Center opened in 1990 on the campus of Fairfield…
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Read More »Missoula Children’s Theatre Now more than ever our kids need the arts and theatre to build friendships and share in the collective experience. Summer Camps at the Quick Center provide an opportunity for collaboration, growth, and some good…
Read More »The Quick Weekly January 26 - February 1 MISSION AND MINISTRY Fr. Bryan Massingale, S.T.D. Spirituality for Racial Justice Tuesday, January 31 | 7:30 p.m. Dolan School of Business Event Hall Fr. Massingale, a priest of the Archdiocese of…
Read More »The Met: Live In HD Fedora (Giordano) Saturday, January 14 | 1 p.m. (live) and 6 p.m. (encore) 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk Giordano’s exhilarating drama returns to the Met for the first time in 25 years, starring soprano Sonya Yoncheva…
Read More »THE MET: LIVE IN HD The Hours (Puts) Wednesday, December 14 | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) 12 p.m. Pre-screening Talk Experience the world premiere staging of Kevin Puts’s The Hours, adapted from Michael Cunningham’s acclaimed novel,…
Read More »INSPIRED WRITERS SERIES Katy Carl and Christopher Beha “New Catholic Novelists and Editors” Hosted by MFA Program’s Phil Klay Thursday, December 1 | 7:30 p.m. Free Virtual Event | Registration required Christopher Beha, editor…
Read More »Dear Friends: We wanted to take a moment to thank you for attending events this fall at the Quick. In particular we were fascinated by the Open VISIONS Forum program with Carl Bernstein and hope you were as well. It is through events such as…
Read More »MUSICAL PERFORMANCE Orin Grossman, PhD Musical Borderlands Sunday, November 13 | 3 p.m. Travel through the Americas in Pianist Orin Grossman’s solo recital where he experiences musical borderlands, places where popular culture and…
Read More »THE MET OPERA: LIVE IN HD Medea (Cherubini) Saturday, October 29 | 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. (encores) Pre-screening talk with Jeffrey Johnson: 12 p.m. This sensational drama starring Sondra Radvanovsky as the mythic sorceress who will stop at nothing in…
Read More »THE BOOKSHOP RETURNS Expand your learning with the Quick Bookshop. We invite you to dive deeply into the big ideas and themes in our current and upcoming productions through selected books in our mobile library, which you’ll discover in…
Read More »The Quick Weekly October 13 - 20 OVF ESPRESSO - FREDRICKSON FAMILY INNOVATION LAB Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder “Obscurus Projectum: The Lost Cinematic Art of the Camera Obscura” Monday, October 17 - 7:30 p.m. Dolan School of…
Read More »Live Musical Performance Mariachi Herencia de México with Lupita Infante Herederos Friday, September 30 | 8 p.m. Herederos features this dynamic, Chicago-based, Latin Grammy-nominated ensemble of young Mexican-American musicians,…
Read More »nora chipaumire NEHANDA Friday, September 23 | 6 p.m. Part ritual, part manifestation, part war, part opera – this durational performance structured in seven scenarios called ‘days’ is an immersive, participatory, and…
Read More »Nehanda Preview College of Arts & Sciences Seminar Tuesday, September 20 | 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Event is free, RSVP is required Join Faculty Liaisons Silvia Marsans-Sakly and Michael Ciavaglia as they walk you through the rehearsal process on…
Read More »Dear Thao, As we all squeeze in those final days of summer, the Quick team can’t help but be excited. Next week our building will be packed with Fairfield University students – some attending events for the first time, while others…
Read More »Being a Quick Member is being a part of a thriving community of like-minded, passionate arts and culture advocates who recognize the incredible impact the live performing arts have on our day-to-day lives. For more than 30 years, the Quick has…
Read More »The Met: Live In Hd Puccini’s Madama Butterfly Sunday, July 31 | 1 p.m. (encore) Anthony Minghella’s beautiful, atmospheric production of Puccini’s tragedy returns to cinemas this summer in a stunning performance recorded…
Read More »Missoula Children’s Theatre Summer Camps Open to grades 1-12, the Missoula Children’s Theatre offers six exciting weekly productions for campers to take part in, presenting a full-scale production with costumes, songs, and dance after…
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Read More »THE MET: LIVE IN HD Lehár’s The Merry Widow Sunday, July 17 | 1 p.m. (encore) The great Renée Fleming stars as the heiress who captivates all of Paris in Lehár’s enchanting operetta, recorded live from the…
Read More »THE 2022-23 SEASON IS HERE Our box office is open and ready for your call. The Quick has an incredible new season coming up just around the corner. We’re in no hurry for summer to leave but we also want to make sure you get tickets for the…
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Read More »UNMATCHED PRICES UNBELIEVABLE PERFORMANCES Announcing the Quick Center’s 2022-23 Season It’s finally here! The Quick’s Spring 2022 season is live and we look forward to welcoming you back into the theatre. A few…
Read More »July 11 - 15 The Frog Prince Deep in the royal swamp, a lonely Frog retrieves a golden ball for Princess Prim in exchange for friendship and comfort. The selfish princess doesn’t want to live up to her part of the bargain and puts her…
Read More »How does this all happen? Through the support of our Members! Being a Quick Member is being a part of a thriving community of like-minded, passionate arts and culture advocates who recognize the incredible impact the live performing arts have on…
Read More »With less than a month before Missoula Children’s Theatre and Summer Intensives begin, now is the time to finalize registration. The Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University has a long history of supporting arts education for…
Read More »Missoula Children’s Theatre & Summer Camp Intensives are around the corner The Quick Center is thrilled to curate an environment that builds friendships, promotes collaboration, and allows young minds to explore the arts all summer long.…
Read More »Discover a world of fun with the arts this summer! All camps are in-person. REGISTER NOW Between awesome summer intensives and the famous Missoula Children’s Theatre camp, your child’s summer will be far from boring. Let them unleash…
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