The San Angelo PAC is a
theatrical campus in
San Angelo, Texas
San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert to the southwest, Osage Plai ...
, including the Stephens Performing Arts Center and Murphey Performance Hall, which opened to the public after renovation in 2016 with Mark Levine as the founding Executive Director. The complex is located downtown just behind city hall.
* The Stephens Performing Arts Center (dedicated on September 8, 2016) 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. 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.
The first full performance season (2017/18) encompassing both performance spaces was announced on June 15, 2017.
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
An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families.
There are typically four main sections of instruments:
* bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...
and
balcony
A balcony (from it, balcone, "scaffold") is a platform projecting from the wall of a building, supported by columns or console brackets, and enclosed with a balustrade, usually above the ground floor.
Types
The traditional Maltese balcony is ...
.
Brooks & Bates Theatre
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
A black box theater is a simple performance space, typically a square room with black walls and a flat floor. The simplicity of the space allows it to be used to create a variety of configurations of stage and audience interaction. The black ...
," customizable for any event. The Black Box Performance Space is the home of the resident theatre company, Be Theatre.
References
Performing arts centers in Texas
Theatres in Texas
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