Performance Highlights

Barry Louis Polisar has performed in schools, libraries, museums, and arts centers in almost every state in the U.S. from Fairbanks, Alaska to Washington, DC as well as giving concerts and author visits in Europe.

See the next pages for a complete list of locations.

Performance highlights include:

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC

The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

The White House, Washington, DC

Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center – Filene Stage, Virginia

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

The Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA

The Emelin Theatre, Mamaroneck, NY

The National Theatre, Washington, DC

The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia

The DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Tidewater Arts Center, Tidewater, Virginia

Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, Baltimore, Maryland

The Chrysler Museum of Fine Arts, Norfolk, Virginia

The Painted Bride Arts Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

International Humor Conference, Phoenix, Arizona

Sytrathmore Arts Center,  Bethesda, Maryland

Montpelier Arts Center, Montpelier, Vermont

Three Rivers Festival, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Conner Prairie Center, Fishers, Indiana

Carter Baron Ampitheatre, Washington, DC

Munson Williams Proctor Institute of Art, Syracuse, New York

Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, New York

Virginia Library Association Conference

Young Authors Conference, Huntington, Indiana

South Dakota Fesitval of Books, Brookings, South Dakota

Yellow Springs Arts Center, Yellow Springs, Ohio

The Alden Theatre, McLean, Virginia

Childhood Education Conference, Portland, Maine

Texas Early Childhood Education Conference, Fort Worth, Texas

Aberdeen Book Festival, Aberdeen, South Dakota

Miami International Book Festival, Miami, Florida

Mohawk Valley Arts Center, Little Falls, New York

Bush Gardens Storytelling Festival, Williamsburg, Virginia

The National Aquarium, Baltimore, Maryland

University of Wisconsin Childhood Conference, Whitewater, Wisconsin

The Omega Institute, Rhinebeck, New York

NE Reading Conference, Abington, Pennsylvania

Children’s Museum, Brookings, South Dakota

Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Nebraska Reading Conference, Kearney, Nebraska

Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Baltimore, Maryland

Dekalb Young Writers Conference, Macomb, Illinois

Savannah Authors Festival, Savannah, Georgia

State of Maryland Reading Conference, Baltimore, Maryland

Performing Arts Center, Madison, Wisconsin

Young Author Conference, Connersville, Indiana

Siskiyou Schools Young Author Conference, Yreka, California

South Dakota Reading Conference, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Childhood Education Conference, Portland, Maine

First Night, York, Pennsylvania

First Night, Winchester, Virginia

First Night, Dover, Delaware

The National Cathedral, Washington, DC

Jewish Community Center, Houston, Texas