Northlight Theatre

Theatre planning focused on creating a flexible, technically capable venue suited to Northlight’s professional productions and range of programming. The performance space incorporates manual counterweight rigging with strategically located provisions for future motorized linesets and a hybrid stage lighting system that accommodates both LED and incandescent fixtures, allowing Northlight to bring viable equipment from its previous venue while establishing a modern infrastructure for future productions. The design also provides comprehensive backstage stage-management systems, including intercom, paging, video monitoring, cue lights, and lighting controls.

Architectural lighting reinforces the building’s contemporary character while creating a welcoming sense of arrival from the surrounding streetscape. Exterior color-changing LEDs highlight the building’s entrances, while inside, layered lighting strategies define circulation, seating, gathering, and performance-related spaces. Integrated lighting enhances stairs and decorative fixtures provide a human-scaled character throughout the lobby, bar, and lounge. 

In the rehearsal hall, integrated linear lighting within acoustic elements provides flexible ambient and task illumination, while coordinated lighting extends into the second-floor lobby to create a cohesive presence visible from the street.