Broadway producer Daryl Roth and husband Steven Roth have donated $25 million to support the performing arts at Dartmouth College, Steven's alma mater. The gift is part of an $89 million investment toward reimagining Dartmouth’s Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.
The center's expansion will include a new recital hall, the facility's first dance studio, and a new performance lab.
“When you think about where they have devoted their time, energy, their gifts—Daryl in creative projects and young, new artists, Steve in buildings with purpose and effect—they are the perfect pair to invest in this project that marries both,” Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock said in a statement.
“We feel that the new wing at the Hop will be a place that brings people together and that this space will welcome programs that engage and inspire," added Daryl Roth, who has produced numerous Pulitzer- and Tony-winning productions. "I believe theatre, in particular, can be the ultimate bridge builder, with stories that open our hearts and minds and take us places where we can come to better understand ourselves and others."
Dartmouth's notable arts alumni include Rachel Dratch, Mindy Kaling, and Shonda Rhimes.