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Our Vision
The Department of Theater is dedicated to offering a comprehensive study of
theater. Implicit in those studies are learning skills in creative problem-solving,
effective teamwork, and interpersonal communications. Students leave our classrooms,
laboratories, and stages as polished professionals and as men and women ready
to navigate life in and out of the theater world. These skills and values,
perhaps more important today than ever, change lives and are essential to developing
rewarding careers.
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A possible new look for the Rand Theater, as designed by Kuhn-Riddle. |
Our Campaign
Dynamic Theater: The Campaign for Transforming the Rand Theater seeks
to raise $12 million to expand programs and create conditions that will
maintain the excellence of the Department of Theater well into the 21st
century. The campaign’s centerpiece is the remodeling of the Rand
Theater and the creation of a new multi-purpose theater space. Funds also
are needed to update equipment as well as improve accessibility and incorporate
new building standards.
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A studio space to be created from unused space at the back
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Our Needs
To this end, the Department of Theater and the College of Humanities and
Fine Arts commissioned Kuhn-Riddle Architects and Artec Consultants to create
a feasibility study for the rebuilding of the theaters. Their study focused
on reconfiguring the Rand Theater and constructing a new laboratory theater.
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Proposed Changes
• Transforming the Rand Theater into a smaller, 350-seat theater,
thereby creating a more intimate, dynamic, and engaging performance
space.
• Improving the seating in the Rand by removing the balcony
and loge and creating semi-circular seating pattern, as well as removing
the isolating barriers placed between the rows of seats.
• Creating wheelchair seating and offer assisted listening
technology.
• Building a multi-faceted all new studio theater suitable for
special class projects, rehearsals, and laboratory performances.
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Ways to Contribute
If you'd like to make a contribution, download our gift
form (in pdf),
and mail it to the address on the form.
There are also other ways of helping students out, including support
for tickets, internships, and professional development. Please contact
Gil McCauley, Department Chair, at gilmac@theater.umass.edu, for more
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