Macalester College, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Theatre and Dance Building Expansion

The flexibility of the larger space influences the relationship between the audience and performers. Room configurations are dictated by the needs of the performance piece and vary from a traditional wing and border end stage to a unique two level structures. The combination of hinged seating galleries, the tension wire grid, the rigging and motorized winch system allow for multiple seating and stage configurations with minimal effort. State of the art rigging, lighting, and platform systems, as well as full trap area provide unique staging opportunities for a theatre and department of this size.

The architectural lighting included the theatre spaces, classrooms, offices, corridors, adjacent parking lots and pathways, and the exterior feature wall. Schuler Shook also specified the lighting control system for the public spaces, classrooms, and offices.