BATON ROUGE – LSU’s College of Music & Dramatic Arts raised the curtain on a new era Sunday, Sept. 20, as it celebrated the completion of the $22 million renovation of its historic building.Before a large crowd of alumni, current students and members of the public, faculty and members of the LSU community held a rededication and ribbon-cutting ceremony in the newly restored Claude L. Shaver Theatre.
In addition to the revamped state-of-the-art theater, the building will now be one of the foremost educational performance arts facilities in the Southeast. New smart classrooms, teaching studios, performance theaters, practice rooms and design shops will provide students with the most up-to-date training available.