The School of Drama opened its new home, the Purnell Center for the Arts, in January of 2000. This spacious and technologically sophisticated facility contains the following:

•	A 430-seat proscenium theatre, with a 36’ to 50’ variable opening, counterweight fly
	system, rear projection bay and motorized orchestra pit
•	A 140-seat black box studio theatre, with flexible seating for proscenium, arena,
	thrust or environmental productions
•	A fully-equipped sound stage television studio, with single- and
	three-camera capability
•	Acting, dance and voice studios, a light lab and advanced facilities for scenery
	and costume construction
	Facility Policies

 

	Floor A
	Floor 1
	Floor 2
	Floor 3

 

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The Facilities for The Acting/Music Theatre Program

#A41 PCA        Wagner Voice and Speech Room
#118 PCA        Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
#120 PCA        Philip Chosky Theater
#306 PCA        Morie Movement Studio
#310 PCA        Brown Movement Studio
#321 PCA        Checco Rehearsal Studio

The Facilities for The Design Program

#107 PCA        Scene Shop
#118 PCA        Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
#210 PCA        Sound Studio
#214 PCA        Rauh Studio Control/Catwalk
#217 PCA        Sound Booth
#225 PCA        Light Booth
#303 PCA        Shafner Stewart Graduate Design Studio
#304 PCA        Drafting Classroom
#305 PCA        Design Studio I
#308 PCA        Costume Shop

The Facilities for The Directing Program

#115 PCA        Wells Video Studio
#118 PCA        Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
#120 PCA        Philip Chosky Theater
#210 PCA        Sound Studio

The Facilities for The PTM Program

#107 PCA        Scene Shop
#115 PCA        Wells Video Studio
#118 PCA        Helen Wayne Rauh Studio Theater
#120 PCA        Philip Chosky Theater
#209 PCA        PTM Classroom
#210 PCA        Sound Studio
#214 PCA        Rauh Studio Control/Catwalk
#217 PCA        Sound Booth
#225 PCA        Light Booth
#304 PCA        Drafting Classroom

The Facilities for The Dramatic Writing Program

#115 PCA        Wells Video Studio
#120 PCA        Philip Chosky Theater
#324 PCA        Dramatic Writing Seminar Room