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.
Goodman Theatre
2000
North America
Theatre Projects conducted several studies for the Goodman Theatre—the largest and longest-running regional theatre in Chicago—eventually ruling out a renovation…
Belmont University, The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
2021
North America
Belmont’s stunning new 87,000-square-foot concert hall provides a world-class venue for acoustic and amplified music in the heart of America’s…
Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto Star Stage
2013
North America
In 2007, Theatre Projects, working with Perkins + Will, won a design competition for a revitalization of Nathan Phillips Square,…
