Powerhouse Theater
powerhouse theater officially hallie flanagan davis powerhouse theater theater building campus vassar college town poughkeepsie new york u originally built power station renovated repurposed theater summer host student production well professional workshop reading part vassar–new york stage film powerhouse theater program vassar college first degreegranting institution higher education woman united state founded town poughkeepsie new york campus transitioned electrical light gas lighting necessitated construction power station building designed lord co constructed adjacent school main building ran thereafter college began buying power nearby utility company old power house retrofitted powerhouse theater chicago architect robertson ward jr black box theater space powerhouse designed allow audience occupy third floor space remaining two third used performance space building officially named hallie flanagan davis powerhouse theater honor hallie flanagan founder vassar experimental theater program powerhouse opening theater critic brook atkinson spoke several scene flanagans work performed renovation powerhouse stood significant construction among nearby cluster former service building known collectively backyard adjacent structure received renovation academic year studentled production presented experimental theater presented powerhouse summer month theater play host eightweek professional theater development program named powerhouse theater eponymous structure many program reading performance take place collaboration vassar college new york stage film nysaf program offer theatermakers room workshop develop work film theater nysaf powerhouse theater program founded max mayer leslie urdang mark linnbaker offered apprenticeship program annual budget ticket work presented powerhouse theater program open anyone review except local paper banned broadway show first presented powerhouse theater program include tony award winner hamilton human tony award nominee bright star outer critic circle award bruno maryann daniel elizabeth vassar college charleston sc arcadia publishing isbn daniel elizabeth main mudd informal history vassar college building poughkeepsie ny vassar college isbn daniel elizabeth main mudd informal history vassar college building poughkeepsie ny vassar college isbn van lengen karen reilly lisa campus guide vassar college new york city princeton architectural press isbn vassar–nysaf powerhouse theater official website