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SPRING 2018
EDGEWOOD By: Julie Ward
Edgewood High School is close to launching a dream held by
alumni and families for many years: a multimillion-dollar expansion that enhances the performing
arts and improves accessibility. The new Performing Arts Center will blend old and new, providing 17,500 square feet and a 465-seat auditorium. Stage-level dressing rooms, set construction and storage space will be housed on one level, along with band and
choral rooms, a piano lab and a large reception area that can also be used as an informal study space.
The new Performing Arts Center will break ground this spring. Inside: See more renderings of the new PAC
used on a regular basis by Edgewood College for classes and performances, thanks to a use agreement and a contribution to help fund the project.
accessibility enhancements. In addition, the area just outside the elevators will serve as a casual study area for students.
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This new auditorium isn’t just a boon Approval of the plan from the adjacent for Edgewood. In addition to holding In addition to the new PAC, the plan also neighborhoods and the city is still needed. school plays, liturgies, lectures and more, provides ADA enhancements. Anyone who Approval by the EHS Board of Trustees this space will also allow the community enters Edgewood knows that navigating and the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation to host events. The hope is to open up the the halls of EHS is an adventure! The new was given in January. Edgewood hopes to facility to other theater groups, fulfilling plan addresses the need for easier accessibreak ground this spring. a community need. The space will also beC R Ubility elevators other SPRING 2018 S Athrough D E Rramps, CO N Nand EC TION The PAC and other facility projects identified in the master plan exceed $24M, which will be completely funded through generous gifts. More than $18M has been raised to date, but more needs to be done to see this historic project come to fruition. To learn more, visit edgewoodhs.org/futurefacilities or contact Advancement Director Deborah Still at deborah.still@edgewoodhs.org or 608.257.1023, x168.