CATF’S NEW THEATER…
Construction continues on Phase Two of Shepherd University’s Center for Contemporary Arts. This joint project of the University, CATF, and the Shepherd University Foundation was a key component of the recently completed Shepherd comprehensive campaign known as CREATE. The $13.5 million facility should be completed by March. It will include a brand new 185-seat theater (special announcement coming soon!), a sculpture studio, costume and scenery shops, graphic design studios, a rehearsal and small performance room, a small art gallery, and theater support areas like dressing rooms, lobby, etc. Plus, the exterior patios are gorgeous and will lend themselves to special events. The terrific team at Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture have done a great job, as have the construction company Morgan Keller. It’s going to be a great venue for CATF patrons to take in a show and gets us one step closer to our dream of having our full repertory take place in one multi-building complex. Next step? Phase Three…..stay tuned.
Check out the photos here on Shepherd’s Flickr account to see the progress so far (through early November).
And here are a few of our (low res) iPhone shots from the last couple of months:
from the Phase One breezeway, looking east.. (September 2012)
The pre-copper siding goes up on the west wall. September, 2012.
From Phase One. September/October
On the right is the east wall of the new theater along with the stone patio. October 23, 2012.
(left) from the interior lobby looking out to stone wall gallery; (right) Catherine Irwin (retired CATF arts manager), Ed Herendeen, and Jenny Ewing Allen (Board President), October 23, 2012.
December 31. Glass lobby windows and exterior stairs.
Inside the new theater, from the catwalk. September 2012.
From the tech booth.
December 31, 2012.
December 31, 2012.
