Live at Rose Lehrman Artist Series

INTIMATE, COMFORTABLE, ACCESSIBLE

Mission Statement:

Built in 1975, the Rose Lehrman Arts Center at Harrisburg Area Community College is home to the college’s acclaimed performing artist series, Live at Rose Lehrman. The Auditorium Theatre in the center is a
state-of-the-art 400 proscenium theatre facility. Boasting fully accessible, technically superior intimate theatre performances, every seat is “the best seat in the house.”

The Live at Rose Lehrman Artist Series at the Rose Lehrman Arts Center on the Harrisburg campus of Harrisburg Area Community College serves both the Central Pennsylvania region and the College as a resource for cultural and artistic expression. Each year the Series presents a variety of distinctive, diverse, high-quality, professional offerings of live dance, music, theatre and family events targeted to bring community audiences to the campus. The Series provides numerous opportunities for curriculum enhancement and audience development through a wide variety of professional artist residency activities. From pre-show lectures and artist master classes to post show talkbacks and artist meet-and-greets, a Live at Rose Lehrman event is “More Than a Show.”

We present live professional performing events to educate, entertain, and improve the quality of life for Central Pennsylvania audiences. We believe that community members and students who experience high-quality professional events are enriched and informed, and therefore can become more successful and engaged citizens. Our programming is both an extension of the traditional classroom and a community outreach.

Programs:
The Live at Rose Lehrman series has featured dynamic professional programming in dance, music, theatre and family events. Presentations in dance have included notable companies such as Martha Graham Dance Company, Pilobolus Dance Theatre, Momix, Alvin Ailey II, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Tango Fire, Parsons Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, Philadanco, Sydney Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico and Rennie Harris Puremovement.

In music, we have hosted such artists as Turtle Island String Quartet, Richie Havens, Gaelic Storm, Ethos Percussion Group, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Buckwheat Zydeco, Plena Libre, and The Dixie Hummingbirds. Our theatre presentations have included national tours of Aquila Theatre, Missouri Repertory Theatre and The Acting Company, as well as, Imago, Chicago City Limits, and the Underground Railway Theatre. Family events have featured Tom Chapin, Missoula Children's Theatre, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia, The Paper Bag Players and numerous shows from Theatreworks USA.

The Facility:
The Auditorium Theatre, home of the Live at Rose Lehrman artist series, is a state-of-the-art technically superior proscenium theatre featuring a 400 seat intimate house with no seat more than 45 feet from the stage.

The Studio Theatre, a flexible black box theatre, can seat up to 150. It is the home of HACC TheatreWorks, a student theatre production company and HACC Theatre for Young People, a program that provides theatre training and experiences for young people in the Central PA region.

Support areas for both theatres include a fully equipped scene shop, a movement studio, a green room, workrooms for properties and costumes and large and small dressing rooms.

Also included in the facility:
The Rose Lehrman Art Gallery accommodates both two and three dimensional art and is staffed by a full time curator. Nationally and internationally known artist exhibit in the gallery.

The Rose Garden Plaza adjacent to the gallery is used for receptions.

The Rose Lehrman Arts Center Box Office, concession and coatroom are located in the lobby.

Art studios and classrooms are located on the first and second floors.