Potter Center at Jackson Community College

More than 150 cultural events are showcased annually in the Potter Center, including Broadway productions, national and international touring shows, local community groups, in-school productions and visiting performers. The Potter Center houses three theaters: Ruth M. Day Theatre, Michael Baughman Theater and the Harold V. Sheffer Music Hall. The campus complex has enjoyed national attention after more than 30 years of welcoming familiar stars and outstanding productions to the campus. A great public outdoor sculpture, Victory Reconstructed, can be seen from the top floors of the building.

The Hugh Federer Rooms

The Federer Rooms are a complex of seminar & meeting rooms that are centrally located on the first floor of Potter Center. These rooms provide ideal facilities for the accommodation of meetings, seminars, luncheons, displays, lectures, films, teleconferences, PowerPoint presentations, special events, etc. The Federer Rooms have the capability of being subdivided, with acoustically controlled folding wall panels, in various multiples from three separate rooms to one large room. As a result, seating can be adjusted from 40 persons to 200 people. Food arrangements are made through Continental Services Catering at 517.783.1521. For more information on the Federer Rooms, please contact the Cultural Affairs Office at 517.796.8473.

Michael Baughman Theatre

The Baughman Theatre, in a combination of conventional and continental seating patterns, seats a total of 403 persons, including 10 wheelchair spaces. Support facilities include a total of four dressing rooms, fully equipped costume and scene shops, and a formative dance studio with special flooring, mirrored walls and dance bars.

Harold Sheffer Music Hall

This spacious grand concert hall/theatre seats 1,549 patrons, including 20 wheelchair patrons. There are 1,046 seats plus the wheelchair spaces on the lower or Orchestra Level, while the balcony, or Grand Tier, contains 483 seats. On occasion, 37 additional seats can be placed on the orchestra lift, at audience level, for a maximum total of 1,586 seats. Each level contains outer lobbies which afford striking views of the Potter Center Complex. Also included in the theatre is a complete rehearsal room equipped with a dance floor, mirrored walls and an outstanding environment for dance and music programs and classes.  Finally, for the performing artists, the Music Hall houses a total of seven dressing rooms - five for Chorus, two for "Stars," crew dressing rooms and facilities and a canteen and laundry for traveling artists. The "Star" dressing room is carpeted with a sofa and casual chairs. There are also phone lines available for calls, faxes and computer hook-up for the artists or their managers' use.

Ruth Day Theatre

 The Ruth M. Day Theatre is a multiple form, experimental theatre. By incorporating fixed seating on eight movable units, the theatre can be fashioned into four standard staging configurations: Arena, Thrust, Center Aisle and Proscenium. The seating capacity of Day Theatre varies according to the presentation style, but generally seats 104, 126, 168 or 184 persons.

Robert Snyder Dining Room

Located on the first floor of Potter Center is the Robert Snyder Dining Room which can comfortably accommodate 300-350 person. Recently renovated, this is an excellent facility for wedding receptions, banquets and other special events. Food service arrangements are made through the catering service on campus, Continental Services. They offer a complete line of menus ranging from hors d'oeuvre receptions to buffets to sit-down dinners. Managers may be reached at 517.783.1521 or by e-mail at JCC_FoodServices@jccmi.edu. Reservations can be made up to a year in advance. For more information on the Dining Room, please contact the Cultural Affairs Office at 517.796.8473.

Victory Reconstructed, by Richard Hunt, corten steel, 1995, Jackson Community College

Victory Reconstructed, much like Summer Night Tree, is an abstract and non-representational sculpture fabricated in Michigan at K & M Machine Fabricating in Cassopolis, where many works by Hunt and other contemporary sculptors are enlarged.

Hunt's work is in many important public and private collections across the United States and it has even been included in a temporary exhibition on the lawn of the White House in Washington. Like many of Hunt’s statuary, Victory Reconstruction is based on figures of the ancient Greek goddess of victory, Nike. The abstract construction for Jackson Community College is larger and more simplified than his earlier work. The sculpture fits nicely into its setting and people are able to see it from several different levels, from the ground as well as from the top floors of the Potter Center for the Performing Arts.