History: Miami Dade College's North Campus theater presented its first season in 1960 in the old Northside Shopping Center under the direction of Sylvia Furlong of Miami Senior High. In 1961-1962 a nearby barn on a former pig farm housed classes, rehearsals, and the scene shop--hence the Pen Players. (Richard Janaro and Art Chassman, the new theater faculty, wisely left off the "pig".) In 1962-1963 the college moved to the Opa-Locka Naval Air Station--now North Campus, and the theater occupied a former parachute loft. The next season saw them in the base fire station south of the campus--now the maintenance building.
Believing that it is easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission, on a quiet weekend, the theater staff and students painted the building red with white trim like a barn theater. Monday was not quiet when the Administration saw what had been done. By then, it was too late and the show "had to go on". The Theater Department has maintained a solid reputation for quality productions every since.
Miami-Dade College
North Campus Fall 2008 Performing Arts Series
Event
Date & Time
Location
the break/s The Living Word Project
A multimedia explosion in verse, dance and film, bringing the latest news from planet hip-hop. Starring Mark Bamuthi Joseph, DJ EXCESS,and percussionist Tommy Shepherd
Cultura del Lobo
Feb. 20-21, 2009, 8 pm
Lehman Theater
FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
March 11-18. 2009
Campus-wide
SOUTH FLORIDA YOUTH SYMPHONY
March 15, 2009
Lehman Theatre
Music Theory / Composition Forum
Professor Marc Douyon
February 18, 2009
12 noon
Room 5209
Audition Showcase
Musical Theatre Ensemble
February 25, 2009
12 noon
Room 5125
Festival of the Arts Musical Composition Competition Finalists
March 4, 2009
12 noon
Room 5209
Festival of the Arts
Opening Ceremony
March 11, 2009
11:00 a.m.
Lehman Theatre
5000 Building
“Vecinos de la Noche”
Latin Rock Band
March 18, 2009
12 noon
3000 Breezeway
Festival of the Arts Gala
March 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Lehman Theatre
Humanities Forum
”Whitehall, the Palm Beach Mansion
of Henry Flagler”
Dr. Robert Remek
March 25, 2009
12 noon
Room 5117
Piano and Voice Forum
Piano and Voice Faculty
April 1, 2009
12 noon
Room 5209
Student Recital
April 8, 2009, 12 noon
Room 5209
Chamber Singers, North Stars Singers
and Musical Theatre ensemble
in concert
Professor Carol Ann Steele, director
April 22, 2009, 12 noon
TBA
Sunday, April 26, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Coral Gables Baptist Church
5501 Granada Blvd.
Coral Gables, FL
Admission is Free to events listed.
For more information please call Carol Ann Steele at 305-237-8120
All events will take place in the
William and Joan Lehman Theatre
/Pawley Center-Building 5
11380 NW 27th Avenue
Miami, Fl 33167
Special rates for groups
and organizations
For more information
please call Keith Allen at
(305) 237-1091
Fax (305) 237-1850 aallen1@mdc.edu
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