Performing Arts


Beijing International Cultural Exchange Center
Beijing, China
Preliminary design of 1,500-seat opera house for the International Cultural Exchange Center
Client: Strand Asia


Carnegie Hall, Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall
New York, New York
Full scope theatre consulting and audio-visual design services for 650-seat flexible performance space, education center and music laboratory
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP


Center for Creative and Performing Arts
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Full scope theatre consulting and sound video and communications consulting for 400-seat auditorium, 150-seat black box/drama rehearsal room and dance studios for arts magnet high school
Client: MacLachlan, Cornelius & Filoni


Clark State Community College, Kuss Arts Center
Springfield, Ohio
Full scope theatre consulting for multi-purpose performing arts and education center
Client: Bohm-NBBJ Architects


Classic Center Theatre, Clarke County Classic Center
Athens, Georgia
2,200-seat performing arts and convocation theatre in regional performing arts and convention center
Client: Programming and preliminary design: Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP. Final design documents and construction administration: Rabun Hogan Ota Rasche Architects


Clovis Veterans Memorial District Center
Clovis, California
Planning and design for a 300-seat lecture hall/screening room
Client: Mark Cavagnero Associates


Cyprus Cultural Center
Nicosia, Cyprus
Development of project brief and base design criteria for cultural project including 1,700-seat symphony hall with technical support for conference and semi-staged performance, 450-seat chamber music hall for classical and world music, dance and other staged performances, education and public spaces
Client: AEA Consulting


Emerson College, Cutler Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts
Renovation of 1903 historic theatre, including new seating, and upgrades to lighting, rigging and audio systems.
Recognized with the Boston Preservation Alliance Award, 2003.
Client: Elkus/Manfredi Architects


Emerson College, Tufte Performance and Production Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Complete theatre and audio-video system consulting for multi-venue facility, including 300-seat thrust theatre, 200-seat end stage theatre and two television studios
Client: Elkus/Manfredi Architects


EXPO 86 World Exposition
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Planning and design for site-wide performing venues, including 12 theatres, outdoor gathering place, three pavilions and a temporary venue for La Scala’s Milan Opera Company
Client: EXPO 86 Corporation


EXPO 86, B.C. Place
Gathering Place Corporation
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Preliminary design of 8,000-seat semi-covered amphitheatre
Client: Arthur Erickson Architects


Finger Lakes Community College, Visual and Performing Arts Auditorium and Academic Building
Canadiagua, New York
Theatre consulting and sound, video and communications consulting through design development for a new building housing 600-seat multipurpose theatre, lobby, academic offices, classrooms, practice labs, editing labs and storage areas for the music, theatre and communications programs
Client: JMZ Architects and Planners


Front Porch Performing Arts Center
Anaheim, California
Adaptive reuse of existing chapel as performing arts center in a retirement community
Client: soArchitect


Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Silva Hall
Eugene, Oregon
Theatre consulting for new orchestra enclosure and rigging system as part of acoustical renovation
Client: McDonnell & Associates


Idaho State University, Stephens Center for the Performing Arts
Pocatello, Idaho
Planning and design of 1,200-seat concert hall, thrust and black box theatres and teaching spaces
Client: Hummel Architects


Jackie Robinson Theatre
Brooklyn, New York
Full service planning, theatre consulting and theatre equipment systems design through construction documents phase for 350-seat theatre in new community center building
Client: Warren Gran & Associates


Johnson City Regional Center for the Arts
Johnson City, Tennessee
Programming and planning for multi-venue performing arts center including 2,000-seat main hall
Client: RACE Studio


KiMo Theatre
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Theatre consulting for historic renovation and reconstruction of 800-seat "Pueblo Deco" theatre. Cited by National Trust for Historic Preservation. USITT Merit Award.
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: Kells + Craig Architects


Liberty Theatre
Astoria, Oregon
Full scope theatre consulting for historic 800-seat theatre
Client: Liberty Restoration, Inc.


Livermore Performing Arts Center
Livermore, California
Peer review of performing arts center planning study
Client: B Squared Consulting


Menlo School
Atherton, California
350-seat theatre, black box, dance studio and rehearsal rooms in private secondary school
Client: Thomas Hacker & Associates


M
esa Arts Center
Mesa, Arizona
Full scope theatre consulting for multi-venue performing arts center and community arts school. Venue includes the 1,600-seat "Lyric Theatre", 550-seat "Repertory Theatre", a 200-seat "Playhouse for Mesa You Theatre" and the "Signature Theatre, an arts incubator studio.
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: BOORA Architects with DWL Architects + Planners, Inc.


Napa Valley College, Performing Arts Center
Napa, California
Theatre consulting for the planning, programming and design of new academic performing arts center including 500-seat multi-use auditorium, black box theatre & rehearsal rooms and production support facilities Client: Mark Cavagnero Associates - Study, HGA - Project


National Hispanic Cultural Center of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Full scope theatre consulting for The Roy E. Disney Center for Performing Arts at the National Hispanic Cultural
Center of New Mexico. Space planning and performance systems design for the 689-seat multi-purpose Albuquerque Journal Theatre and the 300-seat Bank of America Theatre cinema.
Client: Flatow Moore Shaffer McCabe Architects


Next Stage
Prairie, Texas
Programming, planning and design documents for 6,000-seat hall for touring theatre and concert events
Client: ELS


Novato Theatre
Novato, California
Planning and renovation of movie theatre to 350-seat community performing arts center
Client: Novato Theatre Restoration Committee


Ordway Music Theatre
St. Paul, Minnesota
Full scope theatre consulting for 1,900-seat multi-use hall for touring events and home of the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Client: Benjamin Thompson Architects


Philadelphia Academy of Music
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Phased renovation of stage and pro-proscenium areas in historic 2,200-seat auditorium, including stage reconfiguration and orchestra enclosure, rigging, theatrical lighting distribution and dimming, stage lifts, renovated seating, sound reinforcement and production communication systems
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: The Philadelphia Orchestra, VITETTA


Port Theatre
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Full scope theatre consulting services for 800-seat theatre
Client: Wade Williams Young + Wright


Potsdam State University
Potsdam, New York
Study including review of the campus mission statement and academic plan, space utilization, fuctional analysis, site plan, conceptual cost breakdown and alternatives for space allocation
Client: JMZ Architects and Planners


Purdue University, Elliott Hall
West Lafayette, Indiana
Feasibility study for possible upgrades and renovations to seating, front of house lighting positions, forestage lift, flytower, LED video display and back of house spaces
Client: Scholer Corporation


Qatar Education-City Convention Centre
Doha, Qatar
Theatre consulting and sound, video communications consulting for multi-venue convention center including 2,500-seat Lyric Theatre, 500-seat conference hall, 4,000-seat multi-purpose exhibition and banquet hall, six breakout rooms and four meeting rooms.
Client: Yamasaki Associates, Inc.


San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, California
Studies and full scope theatre consulting for music conservatory including three performance spaces, teaching spaces and recording studios
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: SMWM


Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Full scope theatre consulting for performing arts center including 1300-seat proscenium theatre, rehearsal and ancillary spaces
Client: Clancy & Theys Construction Company


Shanghai Grand Theatre
Shanghai, China
Preliminary design of interior space and theatrical accommodation for 2,200-seat opera house
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: STUDIOS Architecture


Symphony Space
New York, New York
Theatre consulting, audio and motion picture projection design for the complete renovation of the Symphony Space and Thaila theatres and support spaces
Client: Polshek Partnership Architects, LLP


The August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Theatre and sound, video and communications consulting for 80,000 square foot facility with a 500-seat multiform theatre, a small theatre, rehearsal space, galleries and teaching facilities
Client: Perkins & Will


University of California, Davis, Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts
Davis, California
Full scope theatre consulting for 1,800-seat multi-use theatre and flexible event studio
Architectural lighting design by Auerbach Glasow French
Client: BOORA Architects


University of Denver, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Lamont School of Music
Denver, Colorado
Full scope theatre consulting for school of music and live performance facilities including the 1,000-seat June Swaner Gates Concert Hall for concerts and opera, the 350-seat flexible Elizabeth Eriksen Byron Theatre, the 300-seat Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, a 100-seat mini recital room and practice facilities
Client: Anderson Mason Dale Architects


University of Oklahoma, School of Music, Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Holmberg Hall
Norman, Oklahoma
Full scope theatre consulting for the renovation of Holmberg Hall as a 750-seat opera theatre, design of a new dance center and support facilities
Client: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates LLP


University of Texas, Permian Basin
Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center
Midland, Texas
Programming, planning and design for 1,800-seat venue for touring attractions and 250-seat recital hall
Client: BOORA Architects


Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park
Alpharetta, Georgia
Theatre consulting and sound, video and communications consulting for 12,000-seat amphitheatre to house both popular music, symphonic pops and classical symphony. The campus will also include accommodation for a future 1,200-seat performing arts center and associated support facilities
Client: KKE Architects


Vern Riffe Center for the Arts
Columbus, Ohio
Full scope theatre consulting and architectural lighting design for 800-seat proscenium/thrust theatre, 250-seat studio theatre, 125-seat multiform theatre, and support spaces including rehearsal facilities and scenic costume shops
Client: Ohio Building Authority, Architect: Bohm-NBBJ


Victoria Gardens Cultural Center
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Planning and design of 450-seat community theatre and professional children’s theatre resident facilities
Client: WLC Architects


Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, Virginia
Theatre and sound, video communications consulting for a new black box theatre
Client: Moseley Architects


War Memorial Auditorium, Trenton
Trenton, New Jersey
Renovation of 1,800-seat WPA era civic auditorium. Work included new theatrical systems upgrades, audience reseating and variable acoustics.
Client: VITETTA


West Kowloon Cultural District Competition
Hong Kong, China
Theatre consulting for program development and competition design for three venue performing arts center in massive mixed-use development consisting of 2300-seat opera house, 800-seat repertory theatre, 500-seat flex studio and support facilities
Client: Henderson Land Development, Cesar Pelli & Associates


Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater
San Francisco, California
Full scope theatre consulting for 775-seat theatre for touring dance, drama, music and corporate events in the Yerba Buena Gardens development
Client: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency


Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Galleries and Forum
San Francisco, California
Theatre consulting, architectural lighting design, audio visual systems, projection and network design for forum event space, screening room and galleries
Client: San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, Maki and Associates with RMW Architects


Yukon Place Arts Center
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
Full scope theatre consulting for 425-seat multi-use theatre and studio theatre
Client: Yukon Territorial Government