Important Information For Students
If you are a student registered for a credit course in Music, Dance, Theatre or Speech that has the designation "L" Performance Lab, you are required to attend one or more performances at Center for the Arts. Performances are held in Marsee Auditorium, Campus Theatre or the Recital Hall. The ticket(s) for the required performance(s) are provided at a discount prior to the performance (see below). During the first weeks of class your instructor will inform you which performance(s) you will be required to attend. If you are unable to attend the required performance(s), your instructor will provide you with make up options.
Beginning with summer 2006 classes the following policy will go into effect.
- Your professor will have a complete list of concerts to support your class requirement.
- Student ticket will be $10 per required concert, for Resident and Guest Artist designated events.
- Student ticket will remain $10 until the Friday* before the performance.
Tickets will be sold at full-price day-of-show, so get your ticket(s) early!
- Ticket(s) will not be replaced if lost and no refunds – no exceptions!
- You will be given a “Yellow” half-sheet at the time you purchase your ticket. Please make sure this sheet is completely filled out (please print) before you arrive at the theatre for the performance. These will be collected at the completion of the performance only. Your professor will give you further instructions.
- Students will have the option to place their tickets at “will-call” at time of purchase.
- Placing tickets at “will-call” will insure tickets will not be lost and there is no additional cost for this service. You will however need to present a picture I.D. in order to get your ticket(s) the night of the performance.
- Ticket(s) will go on sale starting the first day of the semester.
- Ticket(s) may be purchased in-person at the ticket office.
- Tickets are assigned seating. Plan ahead for any guest that may want to attend and sit with you.
- Marsee Auditorium Ticket Office hours are as follows:
Monday - Friday: 10am - 6 pm • Phone number is 310-329-5345
Closed Saturday and Sunday unless performance is scheduled, call for exact hours.
Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday 10am - 6pm / Closed Fri-Sun., call for exact hours if performance is scheduled.
- REMINDER: Purchasing an ASB Sticker will allow you the opportunity to save money on several shows at the Center for the Arts, and will allow you to get in FREE to ECC Student productions/performances.
Ticket Office Hours:Mon–Fri 10:00am – 6:00pm • Phone number is 310-329-5345
Closed Saturday and Sunday unless performance is scheduled, call for exact hours.
(Summer Hours: Mon–Thurs 10:00am – 6:00pm)
PERFORMANCE ETIQUETTE AND YOU
Welcome to the Center for the Arts at El Camino College! We are glad that you have chosen a class which gives you the unique opportunity to experience live performing arts events here on campus. We want to share some important information regarding performance attendance so that you and other audience members may fully enjoy the experience. Please remember that although you are required to attend the performance, others in the audience are customers who have purchased tickets.
Gentle Reminder: Audience DO's and DON'Ts
It is always a good time to be reminded of what it takes to be a good audience member.
Etiquette Update
Here's a refresher course. Please read on, and remember, part of one's pact as an audience member is to take seriously the pleasure of others, a responsibility fulfilled by quietly attentive (or silently inattentive) and self-contained behavior. After all, you can be as demonstrative as you want during bows and curtain calls.
GOLDEN RULES:
1. Go easy with the atomizer; many people are highly allergic to perfume and cologne.
2. If you bring a child, make sure etiquette is part of the experience. Children love learning new things. (Children under the age of 5 are not permitted at Theatre events.)
3. Unwrap all candies and cough drops before the curtain goes up or the concert begins.
4. Make sure beepers, cell phones and watch alarms are OFF. And don't jangle the bangles.
5. The overture is part of the performance. Please cease talking at this point.
6. Note to lovebirds: When you lean your heads together, you block the view of the person behind you. Leaning forward also blocks the view.
7. THOU SHALT NOT TALK, or hum, or sing along, or beat time with a body part.
8. Force yourself to wait for a pause or intermission before rifling through a purse, backpack, or shopping bag. This also includes the shuffling of paper in your notebooks or binders.
9. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public transportation is tricky, but leaving while the show is in progress is discourteous.
10. In classical concerts, do not applaud between movements of works and/or sets in vocal performances.
11. The old standby: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
12. The famous conductor Leopold Stokowski once said: “A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence."
NO: No cameras, video or tape recorders are strictly prohibited during the performance.
No eating or drinking in the seating area.
No Smoking inside the facility.
No gum, please.
Please keep your feet on the floor and not on the seats. If you have a coughing, sneezing or allergy attack, please exit the seating area and get a drink, tissue or whatever you need – you and the others around you will feel better. Should you become disruptive, you will be asked to leave the theatre and you will not receive credit for the event.
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