New three-story LEED Silver facility with a 500 seat main theater designed by renowned designer of performing arts theater projects, John Sergio Fisher. Scope included a 150 seat black box theater and a 1,500 seat outdoor below grade amphitheater. The main audience chamber/stage is complete with a tension grid, catwalks, and grid iron deck. The state-of-the-art theater has theatrical lighting and sound systems plus control booth, mechanical and technical galleries, side galleries, an orchestra pit and sound reflectors. 30,000 lb theatrical rigging system, 80′ fly loft, orchestra towers, trap doors, speaker arrays and variable platforms were also provided. Construction included 19 miles of A/V wiring and 9 miles of theatrical lighting control wiring. The facility also features a state of the art recording studio, classrooms, offices, costume shop with garment carousels, fully equipped scene shop, piano and theory labs, rehearsal rooms and a gallery. Campus remained occupied throughout construction.
