The Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts features three major theaters, flexible event space, and state-of-the-art sound and lighting equipment. Rentals and ticketed programs directly support the programmatic mission of Brooklyn College, and most importantly, the students and artists we work with.
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Layer the Walls — Responsive Layout (Image Spanning Columns)
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In one Lower East Side tenement, forty layers of wallpaper were found clinging to the walls—each piece applied by a new immigrant family. Using puppetry, masks and live action, Layer the Walls tells the incredible stories held within each layer. Through these stories, young audiences engage their imagination and creativity, build empathy, and better understand current events through a historical lens.
TWO DIFFERENT SHOWS!
LAYER THE WALLS PART I: Turn of the Century (1870–1909)
Perfect for Grades 2–8 • Run time: 60 minutes
An Irish father is forced to take a dangerous job building the Brooklyn Bridge
Italian brothers survive discrimination and The Great Blizzard of 1888
Russian Jewish girls must decide if they will join the 1909 Garment Workers' Strike
LAYER THE WALLS PART II: Midcentury (1930–1970)
Perfect for Grades 3–12 • Run time: 65 minutes
A Chinese father swims across the Hudson River to save his family
A teen Holocaust survivor finds home in NYC
Puerto Rican cousins become involved with community and midcentury change
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