The main hospital building is being renovated to include the University welcome center, reception venue and associated office and administrative space. The building will also house faculty offices and rehearsal space for Theatre and Dance, as well as museums dedicated to both University history and the history of mental health in Alabama.
The new Performing Arts Academic Center, which will connect to the restored Bryce Main, will be the grand centerpiece of this vibrant new nucleus of campus and ensure that our patrons will experience the highest level of performance in a setting of unparalleled beauty.
The powerful combination of world-class performance venues showcasing the exceptional talents of our students in the historic and pastoral setting of the Bryce property ensures that the Performing Arts Academic Center will be a marquee public space for the campus community as well as visitors. The Performing Arts Academic Center will become one of the most iconic and visited buildings on campus—bringing student artists, faculty mentors, arts lovers, community members and visitors together to explore the human condition through the arts in a remarkable, one-of-a-kind facility.
The stage is set for a new home for the performing arts at The University of Alabama.
The facility will include four performance theatres—a black box theatre with flexible seating for 175-275, a 350-seat proscenium style theatre, a 450-seat venue specifically designed for dance and a dance studio theatre with flexible space for rehearsals, recitals and smaller performances. These performance spaces will set the stage for an intimate artist-to-audience connection, elevating the experience for each patron.
All Theatre and Dance students in every area of performance and production will experience the immediate impact of this critical project. Performers, designers, directors, choreographers and theatre management students will finally have the space they need to create and collaborate in a new experiential learning environment that includes a rehearsal space, classrooms and production space.
With costume, scenery, production and lighting studios sized and equipped to match commercial studios, our design and technical students will experience a seamless transition into the professional world. Adjustable acoustics in the drama theatres and precisely engineered floors for dance will allow our faculty to train students in facilities equivalent to the ones in which they will be working as professionals.
The state-of-the-art equipped theatres will also allow our students to design for and perform in productions with multifaceted scenery, lighting and effects comparable to major regional theatres and Broadway.
ENTIRE FACILITY
$20,000,000
Committed
PLAZA
$1,500,000
COURTYARD B
$500,000
Committed
COURTYARD C
$500,000
Committed
COURTYARD A (STUDENT COURTYARD)
$250,000
Committed
COLUMNS (16)
$100,000
DANCE THEATRE
$3,000,000
Committed
DRAMA THEATRE
$3,000,000
Committed
LOBBY
$1,500,000
DRAMA STUDIO THEATRE
$1,500,000
OPERA THEATRE
$1,000,000
SCENE STUDIO
$750,000
LARGE REHEARSAL (2)
$500,000
PAINT STUDIO
$350,000
Committed
DANCE THEATRE GREEN ROOM
$250,000
DRAMA THEATRE GREEN ROOM
$250,000
Committed
DRAMA STUDIO THEATRE GREEN ROOM
$200,000
Committed
LIGHTING LABORATORY
$100,000
DRAMA STUDIO THEATRE DRESSING ROOM (LARGE)
$100,000
DRAMA THEATRE DRESSING ROOM (LARGE)
$100,000
SOUND & AUDIO LABORATORY
$100,000
CORP MEN DRESSING ROOM (LARGE)
$75,000
CORP SWING DRESSING ROOM (LARGE) (2)
$75,000
CORP WOMEN DRESSING ROOM (LARGE)
$75,000
OPERA DRESSING ROOM (2)
$75,000
DANCE WARDROBE RUN ROOM
$50,000
DANCE DRESSING ROOM (SMALL)
$50,000
DANCE LOCKER ROOM (2)
$50,000
DANCE STUDIO THEATRE DRESSING ROOM (SMALL) (2)
$50,000
DRAMA THEATRE DRESSING ROOM (SMALL)
$50,000
Committed
DRAMA WARDROBE RUN ROOM
$50,000
ORCHESTRA PIT (DRAMA)
$50,000
Committed
MOTHER'S ROOM
$10,000
LOBBY
$1,500,000
Committed
WELCOME CENTER (ENTIRE FIRST FLOOR)
$5,000,000
WELCOME CENTER LOUNGE
$1,500,000
WELCOME CENTER THEATRE
$1,500,000
RECEPTION HALL
$500,000
Committed
LARGE GALLERY (ROTATING EXHIBIT WEST)
$250,000
Committed
GALLERY (EXHIBITION 1)
$150,000
GALLERY (EXHIBITION 2)
$150,000
Committed
PORCH
$150,000
Committed
STUDENT LOUNGE
$150,000
Committed
THE GRAND SALON (DONOR SUITE/PATRONS LOUNGE)
$2,000,000
THEATRE AND DANCE FACULTY SUITE
$1,000,000
GRAND HALL
$1,000,000
Committed
PIANO LAB
$100,000
DONOR LOUNGE EAST
$125,000
DONOR LOUNGE WEST
$125,000
FRONT PORCH
$100,000
Committed
SEMINAR
$50,000
STUDENT LOUNGE
$50,000
DANCE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OFFICE
$50,000
Committed
FACULTY OFFICES (20)
$25,000
THEATRE AND DANCE CREATIVE SUITE
$1,000,000
LARGE REHEARSAL
$500,000
Committed
REHEARSAL ROOM
$250,000
Committed
PROJECTION/ LIGHT LAB
$250,000
Reserved
STUDIO THEATER REHEARSAL
$200,000
THEATER HISTORY
$100,000
SMALL REHEARSAL
$100,000
Reserved
LOBBY (2 AVAILABLE)
$100,000
KINESIOLOGY
$75,000
STAGE DESIGN CLASSROOM
$75,000
STAGE CRAFT CLASSROOM
$75,000
THEATER AUTOMATION
$75,000
SMALL REHEARSAL ROOM (2 AVAILABLE)
$75,000
FRONT PORCH
$75,000
Committed
STAGE MANAGER OFFICE
$50,000
COMPUTER LAB
$50,000
RECORDING STUDIO
$50,000
Committed
STUDENT LOUNGE (1 AVAILABLE)
$50,000
Reserved
