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My name is Varlo Davenport and I work at SPA as Chair of the Theatre Program. Each year we welcome a new class of eager and talented students that we’re so excited to get to know. We work hard to provide outstanding learning opportunities and engaging performance events to bring our school’s community together, and to help our students grow.
Imagine though, trying to train the next generation of scientists and engineers, but not being able to provide them with the materials and labs that help them hone and perfect their knowledge and skills. Or having top quality gymnasts, but no equipment to train them on. We know that we are giving our students the best education possible, but we need the resources to enable them to practice what they are learning and fully demonstrate the depth of their craft and artistry.
We are constantly in need of new scrips and sheet music, and smaller donations have a significant impact on that need.
Online resources like Drama Online and Broadway HD provide students with some of the most current scripts and printed resources, while also giving our students access to streaming video of the best of US and UK theatre. Subscriptions to services like this range from $200 to $800 a year.
If you would like to help with a larger project, we are renovating the 4th floor lobby with the equipment and furnishing that it need to be a viable performance venue. As you might imagine, the challenges of turning this (wonderful) building into a performance venue are made even more difficult by budgetary constraints, and the ever rising costs of construction materials and labor. Perhaps you have a connection to a corporate or private foundation that funds projects like this? Our development office would be eager to share more information, and naming rights are certainly an option.
Will you help us make this happen? If you choose to help our school, you will be giving more than just equipment, labor or furnishings. You’ll be a hero enabling students to able pursue their dreams - and showing the rest of the world the magic that the young artists from Utah are capable of.
Please feel free to contact me at 435-705-8042 or by email [email protected] if you have any additional questions about our program, or if you have other ways you can help us reach or goals.
Thank you,
Varlo Davenport
Theatre Department Chair
Salt Lake School for the Performing Arts