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There’s No Place Like Home The School of Dramatic Arts finds a new building at the center of USC’s arts corridor.
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central home for the School. Set to be completed in December 2023, the significant revival and interior redesign of this building will provide the School of Dramatic Arts with a state-of-the-art, nearly 40,000-square-foot home at the center of the USC campus. It will be a place where students, faculty and staff can come together to cultivate the next generation of diverse storytellers and share the power of creativity with the entire community. “I see this as a bold step in the continued transformation of SDA,” says Dean Roxworthy. “This facility will not only enable us to expand our innovative teaching and research, but I am confident that it will spark a new era of creativity among our students and faculty as they collaborate to create and share powerful and transformative stories that will inspire much-needed social change.”
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SINCE ITS FOUNDING, the School of Dramatic Arts has been a community of creative itinerant players, ready and willing to make magic in the unlikeliest of places — from the former barn that became the original Scene Shop to a converted streetcar relay station known as the beloved Stop Gap Theatre. Generations of alumni have their favorite space where they were challenged to tell powerful stories and grow as artists and humans. But, with facilities scattered across campus, the School has often struggled for space and a central location to call home and build community. That’s all about to change. Earlier this fall, Dean Emily Roxworthy and Chair of the School’s Board of Councilors Joshua B. Grode announced the renovation of the historic building that once housed the United University Church as a vibrant new
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Watch a flythrough video of the new building at dramaticarts.usc.edu/ callboard21
