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Shakespeare Theater

Location: Chicago, IL
Market: Entertainment & Culture
Services: Architecture, Interior Design

Details:

Architecture and interior design project for two complementary performance spaces on Chicago’s Navy pier features a 550 seat theater on the main floor and  a 200 seat studio theater space as well as a rehearsal hall, gift shop, support spaces and facilities for educational workshops, seminars and outreach programs.

Leader: Richard H. Fawell, AIA, NCARB, IIDA
Principal

Team Leader
We modeled the theatre upon the traditional Courtyard Theaters of Shakespeare’s time, when, prior to modern day voice amplification, the audience wrapped the thrust stage and theatrical action came in and out from every angle much like in real life. Actors thrive on the energy of the audience who paper the walls on three levels; the patrons in turn are all participants in every dramatic gesture and move.