Top Penn State donors and leaders, along with students and faculty who have benefited from philanthropic support, gathered in the Bryce Jordan Center on the evening of April 22, to celebrate the success achieved by the University’s current fundraising campaign, “A Greater Penn State for 21st Century Excellence.”
Penn State Centre Stage is presenting the University’s first-ever sensory-friendly performances as part of its production of “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." “We felt it was exceptionally important while we were doing this play to create as much access as possible for folks in the community who may also be neurodivergent,” said School of Theatre Director
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On a typical school day, Jillian Aebli packs dancing, acting, singing, accent and dialect training into seven and a half hours of back-to-back classes â itâs rare that she ever gets a break.
âA packed day last year was kind of fun, being in person⦠but since being on Zoom has been a thing, it s much more exhausting,â Aebli (sophomore-acting) said.
Once her classes finish, she is off to rehearsal from 6:30-10:30 p.m. until her day is finally over â after over 12 hours of staring at a glowing blue laptop screen, she at last gets to look away.
Combined with the emotionally grueling nature of performing and the isolation the coronavirus brought to the table this past year, mental health has been a struggle for some students in the School of Theatre and exacerbated the inequalities within.