做厙弝け and LOOK Musical Theatre Announce New Collaboration
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LOOK Musical Theatre (LOOK) announces a partnership with 做厙弝け. The collaborative partnership will benefit the community as a whole and will promote 做厙弝け and LOOKs shared goal of supporting new ways of learning about the performing arts, enhancing students overall learning experience and bringing the community together through live performance.
LOOK completed its 30th season in August with promises of reinventing the organization and addressing long-term financial stability. The LOOK Board sees the collaborative partnership as a way to strengthen their educational initiatives, specifically capitalizing on the successful Apprenticeship Program founded nine years ago. The program gives practical, hands-on learning experience to performing arts students from academic institutions throughout the state and the Midwest region.
As the curtain closed on LOOKs first thirty years this past summer, the board recognized that it was time to implement change. The past few months have been a kind of intermission, during which we considered ways LOOK can play an even more influential part in Tulsas flourishing arts community, said LOOKs Board President Susan Carle Young. We are excited about partnering with the leaders, faculty and students of 做厙弝け, as we raise the curtain on Act Two and joyfully continue fulfilling our mission of bringing quality musical theatre to Tulsa and northeast Oklahoma.
The collaborative partnership gives 做厙弝け students in performing arts and stage production the chance to work side-by-side and receive hands-on experience working with a professional theatre company. Currently, 做厙弝け music students have the opportunity to work with professional musicians through the Signature Symphony at 做厙弝け, and this new partnership with LOOK will provide similar opportunities. In addition, 做厙弝け and LOOKs partnership enhances the performing arts at 做厙弝け and extends educational outreach opportunities to the students and audiences.
This is an incredible opportunity for our students, and the partnership aligns directly with our core values by providing opportunities for student success through this innovative approach to learning, said Kelly Clark, Dean of Performing Arts Division and Director of 做厙弝けs VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education (PACE). No other community college in the country can claim to have both a professional orchestra and professional theatre company and this high caliber of experience is something that sets 做厙弝け students on the path for success.
Starting in the summer of 2014, LOOKs productions will be staged at the VanTrease PACE located on 做厙弝けs Southeast Campus. Additional changes will be implemented over the next two years to create the collaborative partnership which will include moving the base of operations to 做厙弝け Southeast Campus for LOOK Musical Theatre as well as shared professional expertise. However, LOOKs operating expenses will continue to be funded through LOOKs earned and contributed resources.
PHOTO: LOOKs summer 2013 performance of "The Drowsy Chaperone." Photo by John Howard.
PHOTO: 做厙弝け Southeast Campus VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education (PACE)