Debra Cardona

Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

Recognized as one of the U.S.'s leading not-for-profit performing arts centers, the Ordway is home to a wide variety of performances that encompass the finest in Broadway musical theater, music, dance, and vocal artists in its Music Theater and Concert Hall. In 1980, Saint Paul resident Sally Ordway Irvine challenged her community to help create a performing arts venue in which her dream of offering "everything from opera to the Russian circus" could be realized. She set an example by making the first donation to a fund that eventually built the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Sally's vision is alive today as the Ordway presents a robust schedule of theater, dance, music, family events, and educational programs.