Groundbreaking for the

Claudia Stepp Scene Shop

March 23, 2009

Texas Wesleyan broke ground on March 23 for the new Claudia Stepp Scene Shop, which will include classroom areas for carpentry, metal fabrication, and lighting. The new scene shop is named for alumna and Board of Trustees member Claudia Stepp, BS ’72.

Breaking ground: Harold Jeffcoat, president of Texas Wesleyan; Jennye James, student and scene shop foreman; Anne Skipper, BA ’78, chair of the Texas Wesleyan Board of Trustees; Claudia Stepp, BS ’72; and Max Marquez, student and president of Alpha Psi Omega
Connie Whitt-Lambert, professor of theatre; Claudia Stepp, BS ’72; Bryan Stevenson, assistant professor of theatre and technical director; Joe Brown, professor of theatre
Harold Jeffcoat, president of Texas Wesleyan; Claudia Stepp, BS ’72; and Anne Skipper, BA ’78, chair of the Texas Wesleyan Board of Trustees	Thelma Cole Gill, BS ’52, and Joe Brown, professor of theatre and speech. Cole Gill’s late husband, Cecil Cole, BA ’59, MEd ’60, started up the first scene shop as a theatre professor at Texas Wesleyan.
Claudia Stepp, BS ’72, and Texas Wesleyan members of Alpha Psi Omega, the national theatre honor society.	Helena Bussell, associate provost; Lori Logan, controller; Marcel Kerr, interim dean of the School of Arts and Sciences