Yale University Pauli Murray College, Lighten Theater
Theatre Projects designed this 75-seat Juliet theatre (think miniature courtyard theatre) within the new residential Pauli Murray and Benjamin Franklin Colleges in order to give non-professional student groups a versatile space to rehearse, workshop new projects, and stage small experimental works. The scale of the intimate venue is easily filled with an actor’s voice and presence, and a wrap-around balcony creates intimacy, giving performers immediate feedback from faces in the crowd. We designed a six-windowed brick wall at the proscenium as a ready-made backdrop that could be used as a scenic or staging element or covered with theatrical drapes. A motorized roll hangs above the proscenium and can be used for scenic projection or to use the theatre as a cinema. With all loose seating, the audience arrangement is entirely configurable and the room’s mix of LED and incandescent lighting helps students learn both systems. Additional features like a control booth, dressing room, and AV systems give this tiny theatre outsized potential.
City Tech Academic Complex
2019
North America
This 365,000 square foot multipurpose academic building will serve as a new campus gateway for City Tech—one of the largest…
South Coast Repertory, Julianne Argyros Stage
2002
North America
An expansion of their existing facility provided South Coast Repertory—one of the country’s most prolific producers of new plays—with a…
Nazareth College, Jane and Laurence Glazer Music Performance Center
2018
North America
With more than 20% of its students pursuing degrees in music, Nazareth College needed a new facility to meet the…
