DePaul’s Many Dreams, One Mission Campaign includes support for the design and construction of new performance and classrooms designed to liberate the full potential of richly talented students and faculty. The university’s new theatre facilities will widen artistic horizons, add vitality to the community, and welcome generations of new artists, performers, and audiences. Learn more at: campaign.depaul.edu

The Theatre School is working with renowned architect Cesar Pelli, and his firm Pelli Clarke Pelli, to design and build new facilities on the Lincoln Park Campus. New classroom, rehearsal, and performance spaces will align the school’s physical plant with its national ranking for excellence.

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“It's structure that’s changed, but not the heart of the school.” – Dean John Culbert, addressing Goodman School of Drama and Theatre School alumni at an event in November of 2010.

About the new facility:

Located at the corner of West Fullerton and North Racine on the Lincoln Park Campus, the new school will house a 250 seat thrust Studio theatre and 100 seat flexible theatre along with creative spaces designed for community interaction. These theatres will provide expanded cultural opportunities for all DePaul students, will enliven the community, and will strengthen the audience’s connection and public dialogue in conjunction with The Theatre School’s programming and performances.

- Spaces will include appropriately sized set, prop, and costume shops, rehearsal studios, lighting laboratories, and new-media workshops. For the first time since joining DePaul in 1978, the school will have space designed for the demands of making theatre–from multi-media visualization rooms to dedicated movement rooms, and much more. In the new building, students will be able to rehearse, collaborate, and learn in a facility developed specifically for the creative needs of theatre artists. Throughout the building, specialized technical areas for theatre will be integrated with lounges and informal space, encouraging creative interaction and process-driven dialogue.

About Pelli Clarke Pelli:

Founded by Cesar Pelli, former dean of the Yale University School of Architecture, Pelli Clarke Pelli has designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings, including the Petronas Towers in Malaysia, the World Financial Center in New York, and the International Finance Centre in Hong Kong. The firm has a strong portfolio of performing arts centers affiliated with universities, including those at Vassar College, Grinnell College, and the University of Minnesota.

For more information, please contact Tessa Craib-Cox, Director of Development, 773 325 7929 or at tcraibco@depaul.edu