91ÊÓƵ

Starting in Fall 2023, the lower floors of One 91ÊÓƵ Plaza East will be reconstructed, creating an inviting and modern building with classroom and creative arts spaces, collaboration spaces, and a Performing Arts Center that will include a proscenium theater, plus other theater and support spaces. This provides up-to-date instructional, creative, and performance spaces, and it keeps our large gathering space—used by the entire University and the broader community—at the center of our campus. Additionally, we will also renovate and upgrade Maria’s Tower, providing additional, desirable residential spaces for our students.

Once the building is complete, One 91ÊÓƵ Plaza will be fully modernized and we would have taken a big step toward reducing our carbon emissions.

Watch this space for additional renderings and animatic videos. 

Building Features

Theater Venues

• Large Venue: This is a flexible 400-seat proscenium theater with a full-size stage and fly. It will showcase the full range of 91ÊÓƵ’s theatrical productions, including those with large casts such as musical theater and dance.
• Medium Venue: This is a double-height, flexible, flat-floored, 230-seat black box theater. Its technical gallery, catwalks, and rearrangeable platforms and chairs will enable ongoing experimentation in performances and theatrical design.
• Small Venue: This is a double-height, flexible, flat-floored, 99-seat black box theater with a pipe grid and rearrangeable platforms and chairs. One wall of the theater can open up completely to extend the theater into the One 91ÊÓƵ Plaza courtyard, encouraging new innovations in theatrical presentations.

Production Shops

• Scene/Prop/Paint Shop: This is a 3,600 SF space dedicated to constructing and painting all sets and props for the project’s three theater venues, with shop equipment, built-in strong points in the ceiling, and direct access to a new robust service elevator. The shop is supported by spaces for welding, upholstery, rigging, tool storage, materials storage, and prop storage.
• Costume Shop: This is a 3,300 SF space dedicated to the design and fabrication of all costumes for the project’s three theater venues, with support spaces for laundry, dye/vat, spraying, distressing, and crafts.

Performing Arts Spaces

• Flexible rehearsal studios
• Dance rehearsal studios
• Drafting studio
• Digital design lab
• Screening room
• Sound stage
• Entertainment production design/light lab
• Vocal/Self-tape rooms

Creative and Educational Spaces

• Animation studio
• Film and Screen Studies sound stage
• Automated dialogue replacement (ADR) Studios
• Podcast studios

Key Design Teams

• FXCollaborative Architects
• LERA
• Kohler Ronan
• Theatre Projects
• Jaffe Holden
• Tillotson Design
• Steven Winter Associates
• NV5
• Romano Gatland
• Owner’s representative: DBI Projects
• Renderings: MOSO Studio

The One 91ÊÓƵ Plaza East Renovations has a target completion/opening date of Fall 2026.