New Haven Green

Location
New Haven CT

Institution
Committee of the Proprietors
City of New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation, & Trees

Acres
16

The new Center for Theatre and Dance brings together the diverse needs of the university’s nationally ranked undergraduate program in musical theater, which was spread out among multiple retrofit spaces throughout Decatur. The centerpiece of the new building is a 265-seat courtyard theater with overhead wire grid, side wall galleries, and under stage traproom. A safe and efficient platform and seating system allows the theater to be transformed in a few hours to endstage, thrust, traverse, and arena configurations. Exceptional studio and production spaces round out a building dedicated to developing young performing artists, technicians, designers, and artisans.

Users
School of Theatre and Dance

Construction Type
Renovation

Cost
$1.5 million

Completion
2017

Spaces
City of New Haven Department of Parks, Recreation and Trees
International Festival of Arts & Ideas
Music on the Green
New Haven Bed Race
New Haven Grand Prix
New Haven Jazz Festival
New Haven Road Race
New Haven Symphony

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