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Platt Student Performing Arts House offers a supportive programmatic home for creative exploration and expression. We advise and train students pursuing their extra-curricular passions for the performing arts and those preparing for a career in the arts. Platt Student Performing Arts House is named for 1979 graduates Marc E. and Julie Beren Platt.

Platt House is temporarily closed due to COVID-19. Platt House staff are still available as a resource for students engaging virtually in the performing arts! Please contact our team at platthouse@pobox.upenn.edu, or email a staff member directly with your questions.

Updates

PAC Con 2020 is over and done! Head over to our event archive for captioned recordings of this year’s PAC Con sessions.

It was a joy seeing all of you on Zoom last weekend! For those of you who missed a session, had time zone constraints, or want to share and review content, just head over the PAC Con Event page or watch all 8 sessions on our Youtube playlist..

Don’t forget to fill out the PAC Con survey! Send us an email if you attended but did not receive a survey invitation.

Recent Messages

Fall 2020 Follow Up (August 14, 2020)

A Message to the Platt House Community – Black Lives Matter (June 5, 2020)

A Note from Platt Student Performing Arts House in Response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) (Updated March 20, 2020)

View all recent messages from Platt House here.

Platt House Virtual Programming

Backstage @ Platt House Podcast

Listen to the latest installments of our performing arts podcast, featuring alumni and current students!

Listen to more episodes of Backstage @ Platt House

Recorded Events

Platt House Town Hall – Watch Now! (Previously Recorded – 09.04.20)

Platt House & PAC Town Hall Meeting – Virtual Edition Watch Now! (Previously Recorded – 04.26.20)

Career Mentorship with Jason Butler, C’09 – Online Edition Watch Now! (Previously Recorded – 04.05.20)

Home to Student Performing & Visual Arts Groups and More!

Performing Arts Groups Platt House is home to The Performing Arts Council, an umbrella organization for 46 student-run comedy, spoken word, dance, theatre, singing, and music organizations staging about 100 events each year.	Visual Arts Groups Platt House advises a handful of visual arts groups including the Penn Art Club, Women in Art Initiative, and Penn Create.
The Shop The PAC Shop is the place all scenery, lights, and costumes are created for the student performing arts community at Penn. Learn, practice, and hone your skills in design and stagecraft, stage management, and more!	Engage, Give Back, & Learn The Greater Philadelphia Area is alive with the arts, as is Penn’s campus. Platt House works to make arts engagement easily accessible for students through campus engagement, service to the community, and learning opportunities.