The Hasty Pudding Club has opened its stage to undergraduate productions in addition to their annual burlesque show, and what was the Adams House Pool has been converted into a theater space for smaller scale productions.
And then there's Agassiz.
The End of an Era
The theater's old-fashioned interior--elaborate cream-colored moldings, huge glass windows and decorative chandeliers--stands in sharp contrast to the more contemporary-styled Loeb.
Alan P. Symonds, technical director for college theater programs, calls it a "space with character" and a theater "unique to campus."
And students don't seem to mind Agassiz's shortcomings--some obstructed views, mediocre acoustics and limited space in the wings.
"These problems aren't that bad, and they can be worked out," says Matthew B. Denman '00-'01, technical director for Harvard Theater Advisory Group (HTAG). " It's a very nice space to go up in."
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