Performing Arts Center
Under construction- Estimated completion September, 2007.
Community and Performing Arts Space
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This ingenious, attractive building will provide superb theater facilities and technological support for performances. Seating for 400 will comfortably hold school-wide meetings, graduations and the popular Community Forums. This room can be divided for multiple uses, and seats can be retracted to open the floor for receptions, conferences, and student dances. Together with the classrooms and shop, it opens up possibilities for challenging new courses and musical productions that the school can't support with current facilities. The Assembly Hall, which currently serves all these needs, seats 310 people, while the school community has grown to more than 390; we have outgrown the space.
Fine Arts Gallery, Classrooms and Shop
Performing and fine arts classes have grown from a relative few in 1990 to 26 currently, with 14 student performances held last year. Classroom and performance space is crucially needed. The PAC classrooms and auditorium space will make possible additional courses we can't now offer, such as stage set design, small ensemble, and dance classes. Three classrooms will be outfitted for theater and music study. A fourth room will be outfitted with shop equipment for building sets and other student work.
Fine arts classes are held in excellent facilities, but there is no space to display student work. The PAC lobby will include a free-standing gallery where creative student work will be constantly on display. The lobby will also provide space for the school's popular annual fine arts receptions.
The Goal
- More than $8 million of the Trinity Project goal has been raised.
- Timetable: Completion by the Priory's Golden Jubilee Anniversary Celebration in 2007.
Please contact WPS Trustee Ray Rothrock, PAC committee chair, for more information.
A Conversation with Tom Carter
Read the Conversation with former Performing Arts Chair, Tom Carter (PDF Format). Mr. Carter is still actively involved in the design of the facilities. (Reprinted from Priorities Magazine April 2001.)
PAC Vote
In Spring 2003, audiences voted on the most important needs a performing arts center would fill. Ten needs were provided on the ballot, and audience members were asked to contribute their own ideas.
In the end, the voting was quite close, with first place, "Space Crunch" getting 16 percent of the votes, classroom shortage getting 13 percent and the need for more performing arts opportunities pulling 11 percent. Click here to read all of the reasons, see the complete results, and read comments.
For more information contact Siobhan Lawlor in the Golden Jubilee Campaign Office at 650-851-6116 or slawlor@woodsidepriory.com.
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