Pay What You Can
Overview
PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Paramount believes everyone should have the chance to see live theater, and so we developed this program. Located in downtown Aurora, Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights per show. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It is that simple.
HERE’S HOW YOU GET TICKETS
You can buy tickets in-person, at the box office the day of the show starting at 10 a.m. up to show time.
BOX OFFICE LOCATION
Paramount Theatre, 23 East Galena Boulevard in downtown Aurora.
Copley Theatre, 8 East Galena Boulevard in downtown Aurora.
HOW IT WORKS
Come to the ticket window and let the staff member know you are here for the pay what you can performance. You will be asked how much you’d like to pay per ticket, and that is the price per ticket you will pay.
LIMIT
There is a limit of 4 tickets per person. Tickets are subject to availability. Offer not valid toward previous purchases. Online or over-the-phone purchases will not be permitted.
SEATS
You will get the best possible seats available at the time of your purchase.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call 630-896-6666
COVID INFORMATION
Face masks are not required to attend, but strongly encouraged. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test is no longer required.
ABOUT R.E.A.C.H. AURORA
Paramount is fiercely committed to making the performing arts accessible to the people of the greater Aurora community. To that end, we’ve created a new fundraising program at Paramount called REACH — aka Resources Expanding the Arts and Connecting Humanity.
Paramount’s REACH initiative supports programs that create limitless opportunities for children, and adults alike, to experience the arts. In fact, to kick this season off, we plan to host new Pay-What-You-Can performances and other free or reduced-priced events at our venues throughout the season sponsored by REACH.
Additionally, the REACH fund will support our commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in our community.
The highest purpose of any theater is to inspire its community toward a more perfect humanity. Such humanity can exist only when we reach every member of our community and ensure for them to be included, valued, empowered and heard.
Alderwoman Scheketa Hart-Burns
The late Alderwoman Scheketa Hart-Burns made a profound impact on our community, and we want to carry forward her legacy. Our Pay-What-You-Can initiative will be named in her memory for our 2023-2024 theater season.
Little Shop of Horrors
little shop of horrors
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of Little Shop of Horrors. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple.
Thursday, August 31 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, September 2 at 3 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability
ABOUT THE SHOW
NOMINATED FOR 7 DRAMA DESK AWARDS, INCLUDING WINNER OF OUTSTANDING MUSICAL!
From songwriters Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, the genius duo behind Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, comes the doo-wop R&B sensation Little Shop of Horrors. Join us on Skid Row as meek and mild Seymour Krelborn eeks out a living at the failing Mushnik’s Flower Shop. Until one day, he discovers a strange and unusual plant he names Audrey II – one that feeds on human blood. Seymour becomes caught up in a wild scheme of trying to acquire fresh blood for his carnivorous plant – all while attempting to save the love of his life from her evil dentist boyfriend.
Little Shop of Horrors is a wild ride filled with some of the catchiest songs including “Suddenly Seymour” and “Suppertime.” But remember…DON’T FEED THE PLANTS!\
Includes some mature language and violence
What the Constitution Means to Me
What the Constitution Means to Me
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of What the Constitution Means to Me. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple. Please note that this production is presented at Copley Theatre located directly across the street from Paramount Theatre
Thursday, October 5 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, October 7 at 2 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability
ABOUT THE SHOW
NOMINATED FOR 2 TONY AWARDS, INCLUDING BEST PLAY!
WHAT ONCE WAS, MAY NO LONGER BE TRUE. How do you chart freedom? How can you package liberty? Who’s included and who’s deliberately discarded? How can you create your own future when it’s never certain to begin with? Playwright Heidi Schreck’s Pulitzer Prize nominated play dives into who the U.S Constitution is really for, using her past teenage self, winning college money by debating the Constitution in American Legion halls across the country. Hilarious, heartbreaking and insightful, What the Constitution Means to Me shows the fight for freedom and equality is never done, but passed on from generation to generation.But perhaps Schreck’s most incendiary question is the most obvious: should we abolish the Constitution and start over?
Includes mature language, and discussions of human trafficking, and sexual assault
Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
roald dahl’s charlie and the chocolate factory
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple.
Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, November 11 at 3 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability
ABOUT THE SHOW
NOMINATED FOR 7 LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS INCLUDING BEST NEW MUSICAL!
This fantastical musical follows young Charlie Bucket and his Grandpa Joe as they join four other Golden Ticket winners to tour the magical and mysterious chocolate factory of eccentric “Candy Man” Willy Wonka. When the factory gates are opened, experience the lifechanging journey through a world of “Pure Imagination,” revealed with Wonka’s army of curious “Oompa-Loompas.” Who will win the lifetime supply of chocolate? STEP BEHIND THE GATES AND DISCOVER WHAT AWAITS.
When you arrive at Paramount you’ll be greeted in our Grand Gallery, transformed into a Christmas wonderland with a two-story fully decorated tree.
Billy Elliot
billy elliot
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of Billy Elliot. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple.
Thursday, February 8 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, February 10 at 3 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability
ABOUT THE SHOW
NOMINATED FOR 15 TONY AWARDS WITH 10 WINS, INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL!
The music of Elton John brings to life the story of Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old English boy who stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. His surprise love for dance must be hidden at all costs, especially from his coal miner father. With the help from his sharp-tongued teacher, Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy gets the chance to attend a prestigious ballet school and must decide what is most important: doing what he loves or doing what other people want. Billy Elliot is a coming-of-age story that inspires us all to do what you love no matter what other people think. BE TRUE TO YOU.
Includes some strong mature language and some violence
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of A Streetcar Named Desire. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple. Please note that this production is presented at Copley Theatre located directly across the street from Paramount Theatre
Thursday, March 14 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, March 16 at 2 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability
ABOUT THE SHOW
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR DRAMA!
NEW ORLEANS. The heat is sweltering; the liquor flows, and the secrets are thick as humidity. Pull up a chair and join the high-stakes game of cards. To your left is Stella Kowalski, married, loves her husband and will do anything for him. On your right is Stanley Kowalski, hard drinking, hard playing and hard fists that get used a lot. Across from you is Blanche DuBois, vulnerable, alone and ready to break. Streetcar confronts us with the tenuous relationship between reality and illusion, hope and despair and the brutal battle for beauty and tenderness when the world feels like it’s conspiring against you. The players are in place. The cards are dealt. Hold on for your life.
Includes some mature language, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and mental health topics
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Paramount Theatre is offering two Pay What You Can Nights for their upcoming production of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. What that means is you pay whatever you can and feel comfortable paying per ticket. You can buy up to 4 tickets for that performance. You will get the best seats available for that performance at the time you buy it. It’s that simple.
Thursday, April 25 at 7 p.m., & Saturday, April 27 at 3 p.m. Tickets are subject to availability.
ABOUT THE SHOW
NOMINATED FOR 7 TONY AWARDS, WITH 2 WINS AND A GRAMMY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM!
Before she was the Carole King we know today, she was a young songwriter from Brooklyn trying to make a name for herself. Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom as part of the hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin and going on to become one of the most successful singer, songwriter and musicians in popular music history. Her credits include songs such as “You’ve Got a Friend,” “[You Make Me Feel Like] A Natural Woman,” “It’s Too Late,” “I Feel the Earth Move,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “So Far Away,” and many more. Along the way, she made more than beautiful music, she wrote THE SOUNDTRACK TO A GENERATION.
Includes some mature language and themes