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ABOUT

The Mullen Center for the Performing Arts is an academic building specifically designed for instruction, research, and presentation of ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ University’s performing arts and teaching communities. Our mission is to nurture and guide the talents of ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ students, faculty, and staff in their artistic and educational endeavors by providing state-of-the-art facilities in a collaborative and inclusive environment.

The approximately 85,000 square-foot center features world-class performance spaces, studios, and classrooms to advance education and artistic innovation, as well as common areas to foster collaboration between scholars and artists in the ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ community.  

Serving as the production and teaching hub for the ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ Theatre and Studio Arts Department; the Mullen Center is additionally the central location for all of ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s performing arts enterprises. 

Chief among the versatile performance spaces within the Mullen Center is the Topper Theatre, a 400-seat proscenium-style theatre with tailored acoustics, state-of-the-art theatrical lighting and sound equipment together with a 30-member orchestra pit. The multi-faceted center also houses the 200-seat Court Theatre with flexible seating, a balcony, technologically advanced lighting, and sound equipment, along with the Smith Performance Lab that allows for approximately 75 flexible seating options.

The Mullen Center contains a dance studio, scene shop, costume shop, rehearsal room, dressing rooms, and green rooms. There are practice rooms, classrooms, a box office, faculty and staff offices, three lobbies plus a roof terrace that are all suitable for receptions. Parking is available in the I-1 Garage adjacent to the center on Ithan Avenue.

Staff Directory

Executive Director:  Parris Bradley

Building Operations Manager: Andrea Rumble-Moore

Lead Technical Coordinator: John Stovicek

Technical Coordinator: Steve Purpuri

Audience Services Manager: Tina Sheing

Assistant Box Office Manager: Eileen Ciccarone

Scheduler/Administrative Coordinator: Tina Lynch

Box Office: Email

Mullen Center for the Performing Arts

ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥ University 

800 Lancaster Avenue

ÄÌÌÇÖ±²¥, PA 19085 

Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.