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Penn State Centre Stage is the professional arm of the School of Theatre and has its origins in the late 1950s, when theatre department head (and, later, second Dean of the College) Walter H. Walters established a program for current students and professionals to present plays at the on-campus theatre, the Pavilion. [5] Penn's Woods Music Festival
Eisenhower Auditorium (originally named "University Auditorium") is Pennsylvania State University's largest performing arts venue. Located centrally on the University Park campus, Eisenhower Auditorium hosts more than 200 plays, musicals, concerts, lectures, and commencements annually.
Joonas Suotamo, Chewbacca actor in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, former Penn State Basketball forward/center; Talia Suskauer, musical theatre actress; Don Taylor, film actor of the 1940s and 1950s; Tom Verducci, senior writer for Sports Illustrated; Andrew Kevin Walker, screenwriter of Seven; Fred Waring, bandleader; Mel Welles, actor and director
The Penn State Thespians, a student-run theatrical organization at State College, Pennsylvania State University, has the stated goal of 'presenting theatrical entertainment and providing students of the Pennsylvania State University with an educational experience in all phases of a dramatic production, thereby enhancing the cultural diversity of its members and the University [citation needed]
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts Philly present a diverse array of educational offerings, including Jazz For Freedom, which explores social change through the history and traditions of Jazz; Musical Theater Program: Set The Stage, introducing middle school aged students to musical theater; a school ensemble program at KIPP West ...
Although historically performing mainly at Penn State’s Schwab and Eisenhower Auditorium's, respectively, the Glee Club now performs their on-campus concerts in the School of Music's Recital Hall. Dr. Kiver also began a new tradition, In Low Voice (formerly, Men of Song), where many growing young men were invited from across the region to ...
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855 as Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, [13] Penn State was named the state's first land-grant university eight years later, in 1863.
Circa 1990, the City of York granted a deed of land containing approximately 30 acres (120,000 m 2) to the Penn State York Campus. The land was granted with the understanding that a performing arts venue would be erected for the community's enjoyment under the direction of Penn State. Fifteen years later, in August 2005, The Pullo Center ...