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.
Salt Lake County Center for the Arts, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre and Jessie Eccles Quinney Ballet Centre
2013
North America
Capitol Theatre renovations required a careful approach to improve usability, sightlines, flexibility, audience comfort, and revitalize the 1,876-seat theatre while…
BRIC Arts | Media House
2013
North America
Once an abandoned movie house, the former Strand Theatre was reborn into an 60,000 square foot, LEED Silver-certified arts and…
