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Harvard’s Office of the Arts (OFA), which managed the renovations and will also manage the active theatre, deserves most of the credit. The current season’s line-up, which features both student-produced and professional events and includes performances by Yo-Yo Ma ’76, is particularly exciting. We hope that it sets a strong precedent of diverse events for seasons to come. In this regard, the OFA is the ideal theater operator as its obligation is to promote the wellbeing of all arts disciplines at Harvard. In its previous incarnation the building...
...both Megan and Knox, an important part of fulfilling this mission will be the incorporation of theater professionals into the program schedule. “Learning From Performers,” a visiting artist program in conjunction with the OFA has in the past welcomed guests with an array of talents, from actor Jack Lemmon ’46 (a former member of the HPT) to singer Bonnie L. Raitt...
...Communications Manager of the OFA, says he hopes to hold future events in the series at the NCT. The annual Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year awards will draw still more attention to the new theater when their ceremonies return to the building this year...
...meantime, the NCT staff and the OFA have concentrated on creating a successful opening season and getting out the word about the theater’s revival. Christine K.L. Bendorf ’10, an intern at the NCT and board member of the Harvard Radcliffe Gilbert and Sullivan Players, believes that the general student body is already curious about the recent reappearance of the NCT’s Georgian façade, “Something that the New College Theatre has is that it is right in the middle of the College,” she says...
...Everyone that gets involved really, especially the OFA staff, it’s like this big parade of giddy school children, just totally excited with this new toy. They’re as excited as we are and I think that that excitement breeds new excitement...