The PW Upstairs Space

The upstairs space is a flexible black box theatre ideal for theatre, performance art, workshops, musical events, poetry readings, dance concerts, and more. The upstairs space is geared towards providing Brown undergraduates with an artistic performance venue. Only undergraduates will be allowed to enter the lottery. Other members of the Brown community may use the space, but priority is given to undergraduates: contact the the upstairs space coordinators for more information. 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.

Want to see what’s going on in the upspace? Check out our Upspace Calendar!

Serge (212)444-8229 and Sam (310)963-4034 are the current upstairs space coordinators. Please contact either of them if you are interested in scheduling the space, or if you have any general questions or concerns.

Check out our upspace show archive. See something missing? Email Serge and he’ll update it!

If you are interested in using the space, please review the rules and regulations and contact the upstairs space coordinators with any questions.
Upspace reservations for the Fall 2009 will be open until this Wednesday, September 16th.
There will be a lottery that determines who gets the space when. You will be notified via e-mail about the lottery status the following day.
Email Sam anytime on September before 12:00pm (noon) with a completed Lottery Submission Form.

The available dates are as follows:

Sept. 28th - Oct. 3rd
Oct. 5th - 10th
Oct. 26th - 31st
Nov. 2nd - 7th
Nov. 16th - 21st
Nov. 23rd - 28th
Nov. 30th - Dec. 5th
Dec. 7th - 12th
Dec. 14th - 19th
Dec. 21st - 26th

Who’s using the space now and what’s coming up? Check out our calendar!

We will be offering one week this semester for Graduate Students!
Please contact the upstairs space coordinators if you are interested in these weeks.
If there is large interest, there will be a lottery held the same night as the undergraduate lottery (see above).

Weeks available:
May 4th - 9th
May 10 - 15th

To look at our upcoming events, check out our calendar.

The space 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 (see rules and regulations). 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 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.

PW also gives away a $1000 work of new works grants 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. However, they will only accept one application from PW a semester so please be in contact with the upstairs space coordinators about applying for this grant.