Indianapolis Museum of Art
Performance Spaces
hours vary by programming

Art doesn’t hold still. Art wants to get up and perform, or start a discussion, or find its way to the big screen. Here are some of the spaces for that at Newfields.

Performances in the Tobias Theater

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Cereal Cinema: Night at the Museum

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
10 AM

Prepare for the ultimate after-hours adventure! When Larry Daley starts his new job as the night guard at the Museum of Natural History, he expects a boring shift—until the exhibits come to life!

Friday, May 30, Saturday, May 31, & Sunday, June 1, 2025

Dance Kaleidoscope presents Under the Covers

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
Times Vary

Get ready for an unforgettable season finale packed with passion, creativity, and dazzling performances! 

June 7, 2025

The Secret Sisters

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
8 PM

The Secret Sisters boldly blur the edges of country-folk to songs that untangle the thorniest aspects of life, love, and womanhood.

June 21, 2025

Old Gods of Appalachia: Unhallowed Grounds

The Tobias Theater at Newfields
8 PM

A storytelling performance based on the horror fiction podcast with show creators Steve Shell and Cam Collins, and a rotating cast of guests.

Performances in the DeBoest Lecture Hall

Friday, April 25, 2025

Beethoven's Nine: Ode to Humanity

DeBoest Lecture Hall at Newfields
5:30 Doors Open | 5:45 PM Butler University Performance | 6:30 PM Film Begins

In early 2023, filmmaker Larry Weinstein set out to make a documentary about Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Beethoven’s Nine: Ode to Humanity is about music, war, and hope. It follows nine unique individuals including Ukrainian musicians, a deaf com ...

Friday, May 2, 2025

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang

DeBoest Lecture Hall at Newfields
6:30 PM

Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang is a documentary about the life and art of Chinese-born, New York-based artist Cai Guo-Qiang who is known for his signature pyrotechnic events. The film culminates with a stunning and literally explosive "painting ...


Make someone's memory bloom - reserve your planter today!