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Arts & Culture Issue 2023
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FRONTDOORS MAGAZINE | 13 “There’s a lot of old meets new here.” Michelle Mac Lennan is leading a tour of Chandler Center for the Arts. The center’s cultural arts manager, she talks about all of the renovations the building has undergone and what the future holds. As she strides through the center’s event space, rehearsal rooms, set design workshop and underground tunnels, Mac Lennan peppers in anecdotes about the building that only someone who has worked there for 24 years can. The center was built in the late 1980s through a collaboration between the City of Chandler and the BY ABBY PETERSEN Michelle Mac Lennan strives to open the doors of Chandler Center for the Arts to all Driver of Change Chandler Unified School District. Its turntable divisible auditorium boasts a revolutionary architectural design, allowing two rear sections of seats to turn 180 degrees into smaller, more intimate theaters. At full capacity, the mainstage seats 1,508 patrons, while the two smaller theaters seat 346 and 250, respectively. Since 1999, Mac Lennan has been a strong presence and driver of change at CCA through her multitude of roles. Throughout her career, she’s felt compelled to give back to the theater, the craft that captured her heart as a child, aspiring to make it more inclusive and accessible to all. CREATING CULTURE