Upcoming Events
.png)
A Chorus Lineage: Muppet Edition
Sunday, August 16
An intergenerational performance in music, dance, and story, looking at the journey that is taken when exploring the performing arts. All proceeds go towards supporting our Dance for Joy program.
Featuring Lineage's Dance for Joy students, teenagers, professional performers, and community members side-by-side, A Chorus Lineage: Muppet Edition celebrates the beautiful randomness of human connection at any age. This funny, touching, and deeply personal production reminds us that nobody has to become less themselves to belong.
Staging Your Grand Exit: A Day of Death, Art & Legacy
Saturday, August 22
The Lineage Performing Arts Center is a place for unique artistic connections, inspiration, education and powerful experiences. Join Lineage for a one-day exploration of death, grief, legacy, creativity, and end-of-life planning. Through performances, workshops, stories, conversations, and practical tools, participants will explore how preparing for death can help us live more fully.
Full day workshop: 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Broadway Gamble Ramble 2026
September 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 13, 20, 22
We return to the historic Gamble House for the Broadway Gamble Ramble, an original, site-specific piece that that celebrates the power of American musical theatre and the ways it shapes our own lives. Step into a living timeline of musical theatre at the historic Gamble House, as Lineage Performing Arts Center presents an immersive celebration of song, dance, and storytelling in the context of its era.
See what Natalia Rose in Colorado Boulevard said about the show here!
Photo by Robert Kunstmann
Ghost Light: A Haunted Evening of Music, Movement, and Stories
October 23-24, 2026
Every theater has its ghost stories. The tradition of leaving a single ghost light glowing onstage after the audience has gone home has long been said to welcome the spirits who still linger in the theater—and to remind us that every stage holds the memories of the artists who have come before. Inspired by this timeless theatrical tradition, Ghost Light invites audiences into an enchanting evening where the mysterious, the magical, and the delightfully spooky come to life through music, dance, and storytelling. From haunting melodies and playful Halloween favorites to chilling tales and unforgettable characters, this performance celebrates the wonder of the season with Lineage’s signature blend of artistry and heart.
Photo by Ben Gibbs
After the Fire: The Art of Resilience
January 7-8-9-10, 16-17, 2027
In January 2025, the Eaton Fire forever changed thousands of lives across Altadena, Pasadena, and the surrounding communities. After the Fire is Lineage’s response—not simply as a performance, but as a community act of healing. On August 15 and September 12 (10:00-12:00), we will host two free creative workshops where community members are invited to share stories, movement, music, artwork, writing, photographs, and memories inspired by their experiences. Together with professional artists, composers, writers, and musicians—many of whom were themselves directly impacted by the Eaton Fire—these voices will become the foundation of an original multidisciplinary performance that honors loss, celebrates resilience, and reminds us of the extraordinary strength found in community.
Photo by Robert Kunstmann
Little Shop of Horrors
January 28, 30, 31
February 4, 6, 7
After a completely sold out run, we are bringing back your favorite carnivorous plant for a limited reprise. In true Lineage style, dance breathes a new life into this classic story. Chris Nichols observes that "Lineage’s production employs a troupe of dancers that bring athleticism and grace to the stage, with actors hopping high over broomsticks, contorting into furniture, and wiggling as evil plant tentacles."
Check out what StageScene LA said about Little Shop here!
Check out the review by Chris Nichols in LA Magazine here!
Photo by POPE
30 Below: Stories That Connect Us
February 26-27-28, 2027
30 Below is an original, interdisciplinary performance work that brings together theater, dance, and music to explore mental health through the lens of reflection, memory, and growth. Centered on a group of individuals in their early thirties looking back on their teenage years, the show illuminates the often invisible struggles of adolescence - anxiety, disordered eating, identity, grief, and the quiet, persistent feeling of not belonging - and traces how those experiences evolve over time.
Tick, Tick . . . Boom!
May 14 - June 6, 2027
"Before Rent changed the landscape of musical theater, there was Tick, Tick… Boom!—Jonathan Larson’s deeply personal, exhilarating, and heartbreakingly honest portrait of an artist chasing a dream while racing against time. Set just before his 30th birthday, the autobiographical musical follows Larson as he wrestles with ambition, friendship, love, and the relentless question every artist eventually faces: What if I’m running out of time? Overflowing with the rock music, wit, vulnerability, and emotional intensity that would later define Rent, the show offers an intimate glimpse into the creative spirit of one of Broadway’s most influential voices." Music Theatre International
Community Events
Who We Are
We are a nonprofit performing arts center, classified as 501(c) (3), that focuses on giving back to our community, engaging audiences, and enriching adult and youth development.
We prioritize these 3 main pillars in our programming:
Original Productions
We produce 7-8 productions each year, performing for an audience of over 2,000 people. These productions are multidisciplinary works, combining dance, music, and storytelling to illuminate a topic. Our company members perform a book musical each year, in which we add our Lineage spin, reimagining the story with primarily movement and dance.
Dance for Joy
This is a program unique to Lineage, focused on providing dance, music, and acting classes to people with Parkinson’s, MS, TBI, and stroke. They also appear in many of our Lineage productions. This program is free to all participants and provides creative ways to manage and mitigate the symptoms of neurological conditions. There are 6.5 hours of free classes each week.
Performing Arts Education
We provide Teaching Artists in Dance to several Title 1 schools in the Pasadena Unified School District, serving over 350 students each year. These are classes that offer dance opportunities in schools that do not have formal programs and each of the programs are growing annually. We also sponsor the John Muir Mystics Dance Team, providing space free of charge and hosting their summer intensive and dance concert annually. We teach classes in our facility to all ages in Musical Theatre, Modern Dance, and Acting, serving over 100 students each year.
Lineage’s mission is to serve as a hub for artistic connection and creative expression, offering diverse opportunities in dance, music, theatre, and the performing arts. For over 25 years, we have advanced community accessibility, arts education, and local artist employment while producing impactful performances and hosting visiting artists in our black box theatre and dance studio. Through strategic partnerships with nonprofits, we leverage the arts to raise awareness and support for causes that strengthen and uplift our community.
Lineage connects communities through impactful performing arts, education, and partnerships that inspire change.
Served
3,200+ individuals
from our arts education programs in 2024
Partnered with
80+ local organizations and councils
Raised
$5,000+
for special causes this year
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Get in Touch
Reach out with your questions