Mesa Arts Center — Attraction in Mesa

Attended the C.S. Lewis "Great Divorce" and was very disappointed (not in the performance, in the venue and the staff). Entering the venue, it was not clearly marked that there were two concurrent performances. The ticket takers (on the main level) did not direct us to the BALCONY, so we waited in the downstairs main line excessively. The house manager herself tore our paper tickets and sent us inside the main house without directing us upstairs (where there were ticket takers on the upper levels doing nothing, They could have alleviated the crowded line downstairs had people been sent directly to them for ticket-tearing). It was as though the staff had never had to deal with guests arriving for a play previously nor managed a crowd with both electronic and paper tickets. Ridiculous. Finally, our seats were in the balcony and it was extremely hot. For $193 with fees, three of us sat in a hot balcony after waiting to park and waiting in line in the lobby for far too long. Everyone was nice, but their incompetence was troubling. I would avoid attending another event here, just because of this one experience. I brought students with me who had never been to a live play before, and their first experience was...

Cute small festival for stuff throughout the year nothing to crazy or out of control great for family's and children to spend time together enjoying them self and having fun it's for the whole family anyone can join in.Also my fav thing is they have lovely free lunch concerts throughout the year to bring everyone and spread joy to the world with very fun and excellent singers everyone always look like they are having a blast it's very hard not to join in and dancing,clapping to just relax and have fun you always end up meeting new people and sharing stories I have also heard from family and strangers that the glass blowing class is the class there to take to have some fun and make all kinds of stuff and feel accomplished and proud of yourself they also have so many other wonderful classes I have heard from family and friends that the classes are always worth doing they do seem like they are always having fun in class just enjoying life if you ever get the chance to go there for something don't hesitate just go do whatever they have going on you won't be disappointed you should just take the opportunity and check it out I'm sure you won't be...

Buyer beware. I booked my girlfriend and I our first art class for our birthdays. On the day of the class we had an emergency and were unable to attend that class so I reached out to see if I could reschedule. I attempted to call the admissions office that morning and was met by a rude, young sounding receptionist who misunderstood what I was asking and attempted to angrily spout out the wrong details. When I corrected what I was asking for I was advised that she couldn’t help me and advised that I send an email to ask for permission. Today I find the response to my email advising that I am out $150 since they are unwilling to offer a reschedule or even a partial credit for an upcoming class. The director of studios blames it on someone above her, which is really a corporate way of passing the blame since she didn’t even attempt to loop this individual in. I really would have loved to make this my go to place for activities since it’s so close to home, but it’s sad that I can’t even feel confident in my community art center being understanding about a...