• The box office is the window of room 132 in the Williams Center, down the right-hand hallway as you come in the front doors. If the window is closed, the box office is closed. Please respect our business hours and refrain from asking the main office staff to sell you tickets.

• The box office phone number is (610) 330-5009.

• Box office hours are Monday through Friday 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The box office is also open one hour before performances.

• The box office will open for the 2008–2009 season on Tuesday, August 26 FOR WINDOW SALES ONLY. We will begin taking phone orders on Wednesday, August 27. We will fill mail orders as they arrive throughout the summer.

• The box office will be closed for college holidays on these dates:
Monday–Tuesday, October 6–7
Monday–Wednesday, November 24–26
Monday, December 8–Friday, January 23
Monday–Friday, March 16–20

• The box office will close for the 2008–2009 season after the performance by Orpheus and Susan Graham on May 9.

• Tickets may be ordered by phone with a valid Visa or Mastercard. Tickets may be ordered by mail with the inclusion of a valid Visa or Mastercard number (with expiration date) or a check for the full amount, made payable to Lafayette College. We cannot reserve or hold tickets without full payment. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with mail orders.

• A $1.00 handling charge will be added to all telephone and mail orders.

•Please click here for a printable (PDF) order form.

• Please check your order carefully before you mail it, or check your tickets carefully before you leave the box office. Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded.

• Group rates are available for many performances. For more information, click here or call (610) 330-5011.

• Discount ticket offers such as Entertainment coupons, Lafayette alumni cards, WDIY membership cards, etc., are valid for selected performances only. Please click here for a list of discount-eligible performances or check eligibility with the box office, (610) 330-5009.

• All patrons must have tickets, regardless of age. Please be considerate of others and leave your children at home if they are too young to sit quietly through the performance. In general, our performances are unsuitable for children under the age of seven.

• Students enrolled at the member institutions of the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges receive a discount on purchases of tickets to individual events. Full-time college students at other schools, and elementary and secondary school students, also receive a discount.

• If a performance is sold out, a waiting list will be kept at the box office. If any tickets become available, they will be offered to waiting list patrons on a first-come basis. Box office staff will call you if tickets become available; you must pay for the tickets with a Visa or Mastercard. We are unable to hold tickets without payment or to leave messages. The waiting list will expire no later than 5:00 on the day of the sold-out performance.

• If a performance is sold out, we will sell a limited number of Standby tickets at the box office, beginning one hour before the performance begins. Standby tickets must be purchased in person and are limited to one ticket per person; no preference is given to those who may have been on a waiting list. Patrons holding Standby tickets are asked to wait in line at the sign in the lobby. If any tickets are returned or seats become available, these patrons will be seated by the ushers in the order in which they are standing in line. We may also be able to place these patrons in seats that remain open just before the performance begins; however, they may be asked to move if another patron presents a ticket for that seat. If you purchase an Standby ticket and we are unable to seat you, your purchase will be refunded.

• The main performance space at the Williams Center for the Arts has a seating capacity of 400; the Black Box seats approximately 100, depending on configuration. Click here to see a seating chart for the main space, or here to download a printable PDF of the chart.

"Venue promoters always like to brag that there is no 'bad seat' in the house, but this is certainly the case at the Williams Center." The Morning Call

• Parking for Williams Center events is available on campus streets and at the Markle Hall parking deck, half a block away along High Street. Click here for directions to the campus, and here for directions specifically to the Williams Center. Click here to see a local map to the Williams Center.

• The house opens for audience seating half an hour before the performance begins; house opening may be delayed at the discretion of the performers. Patrons who arrive after the performance has begun will be seated at the discretion of the management, at the direction of the performer. Latecomers are distracting to the audience and to the performers. Please be prompt.

• Latecomers will not be seated until intermission for any performances in the Black Box. If the event is performed without intermission, latecomers will not be seated, and their tickets will not be exchanged or refunded.

• Wheelchair seating, large print programs, and infrared hearing assistance devices are available upon advance request. The main floor of the Williams Center is wheelchair-accessible. An elevator to reach balcony seating is through the double doors to the left of the main auditorium entrances. Accessibility in the Black Box varies depending on production design; please call in advance.

• Video cameras, still cameras, and all other recording devices are prohibited in the performance spaces of the Williams Center.

• Food and drink are prohibited in the performance spaces of the Williams Center.

• Smoking is prohibited in all areas of the Williams Center.

• Cellular phones, pagers, watch alarms, and other electronic devices disrupt performances. Please make sure all such devices are turned off, or set to silent alert, before the performance begins. You may choose to leave your telephone or pager with the house staff, along with your seat location.

• You may also give your babysitter these numbers for emergency use:
(610) 330-5011 Williams Center operations director
(610) 330-5333 Lafayette College public safety

• All programs are subject to change.

• In case of inclement weather, performances will be cancelled only if weather conditions prevent the artists from reaching the Williams Center. Such performances will be rescheduled whenever possible, and tickets already purchased will be honored.