Partners form New Academy: Rock Lititz to unveil plans with PCA&D, British firm Monday 3/13/23
Lititz, PA- Rock Lititz is expected to unveil plans with
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design and a prominent British live event
training school to drive the $10 million college-level education center it is
building on its 108-acre campus in Warwick Township.
The plans will be announced Monday (3/13/23)
at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, Rock Lititz told LNP [Lancaster
Online}.
Rock Lititz has said the education
center – part of about $25 million in projects set for its campus – is needed
to develop its love event workforce as the industry experiences robust growth.
The partnership represents a global-scale collaboration, melding the strengths
and expertise of Rock Lititz, PCA&D, and the British higher education
provider, United Kingdom-based Backstage Academy at Production Park. Backstage
has provided love production creative, technical, and professional education
since 2011.
Called the Academy of Live Technology
at Rock Lititz, the center will have educators from the United Kingdom-based
Backstage Academy at Production Park. Production Park, Europe’s largest campus
of live experience studios and professionals, is similar to Rock Lititz’s rehearsal
and custom-built production campus for the live events industry.
Rock Lititz declined to disclose the
full cost of the 29,200-square-foot education facility, but a state grant
approved last year said it would cost $10 million. Rock Litiz was awarded $5
million from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program and it pledged to
contribute $5 million to the project.
Construction has begun on the facility,
which was approved by Warwick Township in October. The education facility adjoins
the existing large-scale rehearsal spaces, Studio 1 and Studio 2. The structure
includes 22,400 square feet of classrooms, production space, digital labs, and
a students’ common area, with the option of expanding to the second and third
floors to meet future needs.
