Babson College Celebrates 20th Anniversary Of The Sorenson Center For The Arts

Babson College is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Sorenson Center for the Arts on February 26, 2018. Richard MBA'68, P'97, P'00 and Sandra P'97, P'00 Sorenson will be back on campus to celebrate the success of their generous gift. Thanks to their support, BabsonARTS is able to present a diverse and impressive array of theater, dance, music, film, video, literary art, and visual arts programming to the Babson community.

"We are thrilled to have Richard and Sandra Sorenson back on campus to celebrate 20 years of the Sorenson Center," says Steven Maler, Director of BabsonArts and Founding Artistic Director of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. "Through their great generosity, the students at Babson have experienced an unparalleled experience with the arts at a business school, in state-of-the-art facilities."

The celebration will include a dazzling arts showcase from current students and alumni, including performances by AMAN, BDE (Babson Dance Ensemble), Babson Music Collective, Babson Players, Matthew Barte, Alum Alex Markovitz and his band Satellite Mode, Rocket Pitches, Students Against Gravity, The Empty Space Theater (TEST). Fred Sullivan, professional Boston actor and director, and Anthony Rapp, stage and film actor will also be performing.

Doors will open at 5:00 pm, performance from 5:30-6:30 pm, followed by a cocktail reception.

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The Sorenson Center, on College Drive in the heart of the beautiful Babson campus, opened in October 1997. It was named in 1997 in recognition of a $3 million endowment for the performing arts from the Sorenson family. The center was designed by the Boston-based firm of William Rawn Associates Architects, known for its design of the Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood. The intimate 441-seat Carling-Sorenson Theater features wraparound balconies and side-loge seating that maximize the immediacy of live performance. It is fully equipped with state-of-the-art lighting, sound, and projection systems; a dance/rehearsal studio; music practice rooms; dressing rooms, and a spacious and comfortable lobby. The building is wheelchair-accessible. The facility received the 2000 Honor Award in New Architecture, United States Institute for Theatre Technology.

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