SVA Theatre
Located at 333 West 23rd Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues, in Chelsea. It was formerly the Clearview Chelsea West Cinema, and was purchased in 2008. Renovation of it began that September, and it opened in January 2009. Designer and SVA Acting Chairman Milton Glaser produced designs for the Theater's interior and exterior of the building, including the sculpture situated atop its marquee. The 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) facility houses two separate auditoriums, one with 265 seats and the other with 480, hosts class meetings, lectures, film screenings and other public events. The SVA Theatre has also hosted the red-carpet New York première of Ethan Hawke’s The Daybreakers: and a diverse list of world premières connected to SVA’s educational mission and student interests ranging from the feature documentary Redlight, produced and narrated by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Lucy Liu (2010); to the FOX animated comedy Allen Gregory (2011); and The Hunger Games (2012). Community partners that have used the theater include the Tribeca and GenArt film festivals, Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s PlaNYC environmental initiative, and the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. The theatre is also home to the Dusty Film & Animation Festival, held annually since 1990, which showcases the work of emerging filmmakers and animators from the SVA Film, Video and Animation Department. More than 3,000 people typically attend the Dusty Festival, which is considered one of the top student film festivals in the country.
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