San Angelo Performing Arts Coalition

The San Angelo PAC is a theatrical campus in San Angelo, Texas, including the Stephens Performing Arts Center and Murphey Performance Hall, which opened to the public after renovation in 2016. The complex is located downtown.

  • The Stephens Performing Arts Center (dedicated on September 8, 2016[1]) is located in the renovating Coca-Cola warehouse with a new 301-seat theater space, a black box performance space, 6 ballet studios, a Pilates studio, and scene shops.[2] The building also houses Ballet San Angelo and Be Theatre.
  • The Elta Joyce Murphey Performance Hall (rededicated on October 3, 2017) is attached to City Hall, and was originally constructed in 1928. The San Angelo Symphony and Ballet San Angelo are regular users of the Performance Hall.
San Angelo PAC
Address82 Gillis Street
San Angelo, Texas
United States
Coordinates31.46599°N 100.43923°W / 31.46599; -100.43923
OwnerSan Angelo Performing Arts Coalition
CapacityMurphey Performance Hall: 1,370
Brooks & Bates Theater:301
San Angelo Health Foundation Black Box:120
Construction
Opened2016
ArchitectKinney Franke Architects (Stephens Performing Arts Center) + Killis Almond (Murphey Performance Hall)
Website
www.sanangelopac.org

The first full performance season (2017/18) encompassing both performance spaces was announced on June 15, 2017[3].

Performance and other venues

Murphey Performance Hall

This 1322-seat theater is the largest facility on the campus of San Angelo PAC and has been renovated to accommodate both acoustic and amplified performances. Seating is on two levels — orchestra and balcony.

Brooks & Bates Theatre

This beautiful jewel-box theater provides an intimate setting for a variety of performances and cultural events. With excellent acoustics and wrapped in bamboo, The Brooks & Bates Theatre seats 300 on one level. The proscenium theater with full backstage features can accommodate nearly any artistic production on a smaller scale.

Black Box Performance Space

Built as a "black box theater," customizable for any event. The Black Box Performance Space is the home of the resident theatre company, Be Theatre.

gollark: JS could be fun because there are so many awful ways to do anything.
gollark: As much as I don't like C, I could do some !!FUN!! stuff.
gollark: Not THAT well, but top quartile apparently.
gollark: Maybe I should play hints about it on osmarks internet radio™ to force people to listen.
gollark: You should believe me when I say things now because I can obviously guess well.

References
  1. "Performing Arts Center takes center stage". Retrieved 2016-09-09.
  2. "San Angelo Performing Arts Center". sa-pac.com. Retrieved 2016-07-12.
  3. "Performing Arts Center announces upcoming 2017-2018 season". San Angelo. Retrieved 2017-07-28.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.