Performing Arts + Community Center
Coming Fall 2024
A center for shared experiences at the heart of our campus and community.
Urban has long dreamed about a larger home for our exceptional performing arts program and our community at large. Multiple jazz bands and choruses, a chamber orchestra, drama and musical productions, a one-act play festival, peer education theater and a one-of-a-kind circus program overwhelm our rehearsal spaces and attract audiences that our beloved Gumption Theater simply can no longer accommodate. And while our impressive Salkind Center is a wonderful place for boisterous fans or short assemblies, a gymnasium cannot serve the myriad other events that bring us together — performances and lectures, film screenings and parent sessions, musical guests and panel discussions. Cue the Performing Arts + Community Center!
Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Urban community, this dream will soon become a reality. Parents, trustees, alumni and friends of Urban gave nearly $25M in support of the new Performing Arts + Community Center and, in Fall 2024, doors will open. We look forward to welcoming you to this new space!
• Ingeniously embedded inside the shell of the historic St. Agnes Gym.
• Centralized hub for all Urban performing arts, including drama, music, circus, dance and other performances.
• Adequate space for classes, rehearsals, performances and faculty offices.
• School-wide, flexible gathering space allows for varying sizes of events.
• Flexible stage configurations support and enhance a variety of performances.
• Accessibility and pedestrian flow unifies the Salkind Center and Page Campus.
• Opens up much needed classroom and office space in the Page Campus.
• Opportunity for school to support community partnerships and small scale events.
At the heart of your legacy
Urban’s students enjoy programs and facilities made possible by generations of families who came before us. Urban's new Performing Arts + Community Center, made possible by today's families, will provide:
- A stage for our students.
- A forum for ideas.
- A home for our community to gather.
- A campus completed.
