About CenterThe Performing Arts Center Purchase College, a four-theatre complex, is the major professional, non-profit arts presenter in the Southeastern New YorkSouthwestern Connecticut region, and the largest program in the SUNY system. Each theatre is specifically designed for the optimum presentation of a different type of performance, enabling the presentation of any kind of event.The Center presents a broad range of performances that engage, challenge, and educate as well as entertain, offering music, dance and theatre to audiences from Westchester and the surrounding communities. Music presenting features leading artists of our time as well as emerging artists ; as the major regional presenter of dance, programs have included only area appearances of several important traditional, contemporary, and folkloric companies ; theatre presentations reflect a deep commitment to presenting innovative ensembles.The Center's on-going initiatives also encompass artist partnerships, residency activities, and commissions ; creating opportunities for students to participate in the artistic process ; increasing educational opportunities in the arts for k -12 students and multi-generational learners ; and revitalizing efforts in the community to make the arts more accessible to broad and diverse audiences.
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The WPPAC also provides a professional theatre for local arts organizations and groups to rent to present their performances or to host their meetings in an intimate setting. Over the past several years, the WPPAC has hosted numerous performers and performances including: Ambassador Satch starring Tony-Award winner Andre de Shields, A Christmas Carol, Swango, All Under Heaven starring Valerie Harper, If You Ever Leave Me, I'm Going With You starring Renee Taylor and Joe Bologna, Ballet Los Pampas, Theodore Bikel, and The Bacon Brothers. The WPPAC has produced critically acclaimed productions of Man of La Mancha starring Robert Cuccioli, Ragtime, Camelot, Oliver! and A Little Night Music starring Penny Fuller and Mark Jacoby. The family programming has included the The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Syren Modern Dance Company, Pippi Longstocking, Peter and the Wolf, Seussical and the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats. Some of the organizations that have rented the theatre include: Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization ; Playgroup Theatre Company, the Music Conservatory of Westchester Mentoring Orchestra and Summer Theatre Program ; Berkeley College New Student Orientation and Carlos Jimenez Latin Jazz Concert. The WPPAC has also hosted benefit concerts for the Ronald McDonald House ; Pace Women's Justice Center, St. Joseph's Medical Center, and Tsunami & Haitian Relief organized by the City of White Plains Youth Bureau. The organizations that rent the theatre not only secure a professional venue for their event but also provide a diverse roster of artists and opportunities for many culturally specific communities to participate in programs at the WPPAC. The White Plains Performing Arts Center Conservatory Theatre is in residence at the White Plains Performing Arts Center and is a professional training and presentation program for all theatrical artists between the ages of 10-25, offering year-round. Professional training for the stars of today, tomorrow and beyondThe WPPAC is constantly working to establish itself as a premier venue for the performing arts in White Plains and Westchester County live entertainment in the heart of Westchester County.
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