-: Right now this is actually
a super exciting time to be at Western,
because number one we're housed in the
visual and performing arts center
Which is, it's only been open for about four years,
It's...
It houses the theater, music and art.
It's a 98 million dollar facility,
the facilities are kind of unparalleled
with other programs that I've seen in my experience.
So you have that, you also have,
almost all of us have worked in
the broadway community for a number of years
so you're getting to actually work with people
that have done it, which is another strength.
We do six main stage shows a year,
we also have an involvement with the Kennedy Center,
American College Theater Festival,
and in the last three years we've won...
Well, the last two years we've won national awards
for our musicals that we've done.
So the students have also won acting awards
and gotten to go down to D.C. to participate in that.
So it's kind of a, I think with what we're doing right now,
it's just kind of an exciting and contagious time to be here
and knowing that we're still
challenging ourselves to get to another level.