Upspace reservations for the first half of Fall 2008 will open Thursday, May 15th at 11pm. Email Arik between 11:00-11:30pm that night with the dates below in your preferential order. There will be a lottery that determines who gets the space when. The reservations for the second half of Fall 2008 will open up at the beginning of next semester.

The following dates are available:

September 1st - September 6th
September 8th - September 13th
September 23rd - September 27th
September 29th - October 4th

Alex (914) 522-8820 is in charge of the upstairs space. Please contact him if you are interested in scheduling the space, or if you have any general questions or concerns.

The upstairs space is a flexible black box theatre ideal for theatre, performance art, workshops, musical events, poetry readings, art galleries, dance concerts, and more. Although the space is administered by PW, it can be used by any Brown student and does not require an application. In the upstairs space, you are encouraged to experiment and push the envelope. Restrictions are made only in the interest of preserving the space as a venue for the Brown community in years to come.

Check out our upspace show archive.

Recent events have included:

• Proof, student directed work
• A day of scenes presented by Shakespeare on the Green
• The Skriker, student directed work
• Several multimedia musical installations
• Romeo and Juliet, student directed work
• Staged readings of two student written musicals
• A magic show

Additionally, the upstairs space has been host to fashion shows, dance concerts, poetry readings, rehearsals, performances by local elementary school students, and countless theatrical productions. To look at our upcoming events, check out our calendar.

The space is newly renovated and upgraded, and features a lighting truss, 24 dimmers, and a light board. The sound system features a sound board, CD-player, amps and four speakers. Reservation of the space comes with the use of 6 fresnel lights and access to the lighting and sound systems, both located in the tech booth. The space also contains a beautiful 1893 Steinway Model D 9’ concert grand piano in pretty good shape, though its tuning is not at all guaranteed. Additional equipment may be supplied by the production workshop board on a case-by-case basis (contact the upstairs space administrator for more information). It can be an ideal place to employ new designers just learning their craft or to try a new technical position without the bigger size of a downstairs space show.

The upstairs space does not have an application. To sign up for the space,contact Alex.

Useful upstairs space links:

The University’s scheduling office. They handle reseravtions of rooms other than the upstairs space for rehearsals.

PW gives away about $400 worth grants (maximum of $200 per project) each semester.

The Creative Arts Council. They give out grants of up to $2000 for student projects each semester.

The Late Night Fund. They will give grants to alcohol free events sponsored by student groups.