The Meeting Place, as of 1985, was the only location on campus with enough space to stage a large-scale production. However, the “atrocious” acoustics necessitated the proposal and planning of an art center to be added to Scarborough College (source: Judith Begley. A Market Research Report for the Construction of the Arts Centre at Scarborough College. December 18, 1985).
Scarborough Hall
This led to the fundraising efforts for “Scarborough Hall,” an arts centre featuring a theatre, studio, and gallery which would serve Scarborough College and the greater community (source: UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, Scarborough College Council Subseries, File 5-51). In the end, $400,000 was raised for Scarborough Hall.
Leigha Lee Browne Theatre
Scarborough Hall was never realized. Instead, the $400,000 raised for Scarborough Hall went towards transforming the old TV Studio into the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre, which opened in 1993 (source: Paula Sperdakos, 2020).
Pictured to the left is a group of people posing in front of the entrance to the Leigha Lee Browne Theatre, circa 1993.
Page Bibliography
Ainsworth, Amelia and Mariam Mian. Interview with Paula Sperdakos. Oral history conducted by Amelia Ainsworth and Mariam Mian, Scarborough Oral History Project, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, 2020. https://sohp.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/nearbystudies:1324.
Begley, Judith. A Market Research Report for the Construction of the Arts Centre at Scarborough College. December 18, 1985.
No author listed. “Scarborough College Cultural Centre.” Found in UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, Scarborough College Council Subseries, Fund Raising File 5-51.
Images
University of Toronto Scarborough Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, Box 4 – File 2. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/utsc%3A686.
UTSC Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Archives Legacy Collection, CA UTSC 003-B-9-5-51.
Library, Archives & Special Collections, UTSC Photographic Services Collection, identifier: 2012-001C-3-1-75. This image is available at https://collections.digital.utsc.utoronto.ca/islandora/object/photoservices%3A431.
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- Arts and Administration Building – AA
- Bibliography
- Bladen Wing
- Environmental Science and Chemistry Building – EV
- Highland Hall – HL
- Instructional Centre – IC
- Introduction
- Library
- N’Sheemaehn Child Care Centre
- Residences
- Science Research Building – SY
- Social Sciences Building – MW
- Student Centre – SL
- SuperBuild – A New Phase of UTSC
- The Original Scarborough College
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre – TPASC