To ease the crunch, the College has recently acquired the Hasty Pudding Theater. College control of the building could give administrators leverage over the ART, as the professional company currently uses the Pudding for its productions when undergraduates are on the Mainstage.
Theater space will be more tight than usual over the next two years, while the College completes a full renovation of the Pudding theater. During this time, the traditional Hasty Pudding drag show will be looking for a temporary home, giving the ART leverage of its own.
In addition to its request for a Mainstage slot, the dance proposal also includes a narrative about the history of dance at Harvard, a discussion of current challenges facing dancers and Crimson coverage of the ongoing College space crunch.