Salt Lake County Center for the Arts, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Jack E. Madsen III

Capitol Theatre renovations required a careful approach to improve usability, sightlines, flexibility, audience comfort, and revitalize the 1,876-seat theatre while maintaining the its beloved 1913 Vaudevillian style.

The first stage included expansion of the orchestra pit, raising the stage six inches, rearranged and reupholstered seating (excluding the balcony), new seat wagons, new carpeting, and a sprung floor. The second phase will include balcony re-seating, adjustable acoustics, and an improved HVAC system.

Jack E. Madsen III

owner:

Salt Lake County Center for the Arts

architect:

HKS, Inc. | G. Albert Lansburgh (1913 architect)

acoustician:

Akustiks

users:

Ballet West, Utah Opera, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Children’s Dance Theatre, Broadway Across America - Utah, Touring performers and productions

spaces:

1,876-seat multipurpose theatre

construction type:

Renovation

theatre type:

Multipurpose theatres

services:

Programming, concept design, theatre planning, theatre equipment design and specification

completion:

2013

Jack E. Madsen III

Salt Lake County Center for the Arts, Janet Quinney Lawson Capitol Theatre

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