University of the Arts |
Caplan Center for the
Performing Arts

Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Features two theater performance spaces of 28,000 SF:

  • 200 seat Recital Hall

  • 100 seat Black Box Theater

STATUS

TYPOLOGY

Completed

Arts & Culture

University of the Arts

28,000 SF

SIZE

CLIENT

ARCHITECTS

Varenhorst Architects

Design Team: Stephen Varenhorst, AIA; Cathie Dopkin, AIA

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Varenhorst created two theater performance spaces with a total of 28,000 square feet on the 16th and 17th floors of the University of the Arts’ Terra Building.

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The Ellen and Ronald Caplan Center for the Performing Arts includes a 200-seat Recital Hall for musical performances and a 100-seat Black Box theater for experimental productions.

New classrooms and state of the art theater systems support the educational goals of the University’s School of Music and Theater Arts departments.