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Farewell to Drake Celebration

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April 21, 2023
6:00PM - 9:00PM
Lobby, Drake Perf & Event Ctr

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Add to Calendar 2023-04-21 18:00:00 2023-04-21 21:00:00 Farewell to Drake Celebration Alumni, faculty, staff, and students are invited to celebrate our final days in the Drake Performance and Event Center. At this event, we will celebrate our time in Drake. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students can share memories of studying and making theatre beside the Olentangy River. There will be a short program that begins at 6:30pm, followed by more time for everyone to mingle and enjoy refreshments. At 7:55pm, attendees will transfer the ghost lights from Drake to the new building in a joyful procession across campus. At Drake, there will be an opportunity to sign one of the doors to Thurber Theatre as well as a video booth where you can reminisce for a documentary about the building being filmed by Scott Spears, a lecturer in the department. Please register by Friday, April 7th. Please note that the Herrick Drive Bridge & the Herrick/Cannon intersection will be closed at this time. The Drake & the Towers parking lots will be accessible from the north via Woody Hayes. Additional parking will still be available in the Stadium lot north of Morrill Tower or across the river at the College of Veterinary Medicine. For more information see the university's Time and Change: Building the Future website for details. Lobby, Drake Perf & Event Ctr Department of Theatre, Film, and Media Arts theatreandfilm@osu.edu America/New_York public

Alumni, faculty, staff, and students are invited to celebrate our final days in the Drake Performance and Event Center.

At this event, we will celebrate our time in Drake. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students can share memories of studying and making theatre beside the Olentangy River. There will be a short program that begins at 6:30pm, followed by more time for everyone to mingle and enjoy refreshments. At 7:55pm, attendees will transfer the ghost lights from Drake to the new building in a joyful procession across campus.

At Drake, there will be an opportunity to sign one of the doors to Thurber Theatre as well as a video booth where you can reminisce for a documentary about the building being filmed by Scott Spears, a lecturer in the department.

Please register by Friday, April 7th.


Please note that the Herrick Drive Bridge & the Herrick/Cannon intersection will be closed at this time. The Drake & the Towers parking lots will be accessible from the north via Woody Hayes. Additional parking will still be available in the Stadium lot north of Morrill Tower or across the river at the College of Veterinary Medicine. For more information see the university's Time and Change: Building the Future website for details.