Penn Live Arts at the University of Pennsylvania announced a landmark gift from Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt naming the Platt Student Performing Arts Center, which will provide 38,700 square feet of dynamic, flexible space for student performances and rehearsals. Julie Beren Platt and Marc E. Platt are both 1979 graduates of the College of Arts & Sciences and longtime supporters of the performing arts at Penn.
“Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the new building will include 38,700 square feet of performance, teaching, rehearsal, and practice spaces for use by the 2,000+ students involved in the performing arts on campus. Once complete, the Platt Student Performing Arts Center will be a dedicated, flexible, and modern facility for the University’s student performing arts community, which includes dance, theatre arts, a cappella groups, and musical ensembles.”