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Life is a Cabaret at Penn
Plans Underway for Student Performing Arts House at Penn
The more than 1,200 Penn students
who participate in the 43 student
performing arts groups on campus per-haps
know better than anyone… "There’s
no place like home." Indeed, news of
Penn’s plans for a Student Performing
Arts House has the talented students
clicking their heels in anticipation.
As Penn Senior and Performing Arts
Council Executive Board member
Jessica Brand describes, "It is an exciting
prospect to have a place where artists
from all different specialties and
backgrounds can come together for the
development of creative expression."
Front row center, leading the plan is
Provost Robert Barchi. "Our student
performing arts groups reflect a broad
spectrum of talent and interests in the arts
at Penn. This House affirms the Univer-sity’s
commitment to ensure that those
groups are provided with the resources
and physical space they need to flourish."
And flourish they will after renovations,
set to begin in 2004, transform the
lower level of Stouffer House into a
haven for dancers, singers, musicians,
writers, directors, and technicians. Cen-trally
located on campus adjacent to the
Quad, the 10,000-square-foot space will include a cabaret stage and lounge,
rehearsal rooms, offices, a special resource
library, and computer stations equipped
with state-of-the-art software.
Created in the tradition of the Kelly
Writers House, Civic House, and, most
recently, Weiss Tech House, the Student
Performing Arts House will be built on the
energy and will of a shared passion — in
this case, a passion for all aspects of per-forming
arts. It will also serve as the center
of operations to support the activities of the
Office of Student Performing Arts (SPA)
and member student organizations of the
Performing Arts Council (PAC).
"This is a place where the performing
arts will thrive," predicts Alex Feldman,
C’05, president of the Penn Glee Club.
"We will all welcome the practical benefits
of having more space, but there will be other
benefits as well. The common location
will promote collaboration and build
friendships that will make the performing
arts community at Penn stronger."
A truly collaborative and community-wide
venture, future plans for the House
include a professional artist-in-residence
program, a community service arts-in-education
program, and expanded curricular
and college house collaborative programs.
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