ARTS Building

Completed in 2001, the ARTS Building is home to the departments of Theatre, Film, and Digital Production, Music, Dance, Art History, and Studio Art. The building includes performance spaces, rehearsal halls, theatre shops, art studios, computer laboratories, dance studios, and libraries as well as seminar rooms and offices. Designed by the late Robert Israel and Annie Chu, the building’s design of stucco, brick, glass, and steel, with angular features, ramps, and stairs won the Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ Unbuilt Project Merit Award in 1994.

ARTS Studio Theatre

The ARTS Studio Theatre, where TFDP stages the bulk of its season, is a black box space measuring 55’x 55’x 20′, seating 125 in a 3/4 thrust configuration. It has a full lighting grid, mezzanine lighting positions, stage manager’s booth, and six motorized winches. The Studio Theatre has an adjacent scene shop, costume shop, and dressing rooms that support the Department’s active production schedule throughout the year.

University Theatre

The 460-seat University Theatre is a proscenium theatre with continental seating, an orchestra pit/elevator, and fly system. The complex has adjacent shops, dressing rooms, offices, box office, and other storage and support facilities. TFDP typically stages one large-scale production per year in this theatre.

Theatre Lab, Humanities 411

The Theatre Lab is a black box space measuring 44’x50’x16′, seating 125 on a motorized seating system which is fully retractable. The Theatre Lab is the main “classroom” theatre for TFDP, and it is heavily scheduled for rehearsals along with student work and performances.

ARTS Scene Shop

Adjacent to the ARTS Studio Theatre, TFDP's scene shop has a large open work area for the fabrication, setup, and painting of scenery. This area is surrounded by two mezzanines which are used to store stock scenic pieces, electrics, upholstery work area, and properties. The shop has a wooden floor which is suitable for both building and painting and contains a paint shop, offices, and tool storage. The scene shop works primarily with wood and metal but has the capacity to work in all mediums and has a large outdoor painting area.

ARTS Costume Shop

On the Lower Level of the ARTS Building, TFDP's costume shop encompasses a large open workroom with skylights, a crafts/dye room, a costume storage area, offices, dressing rooms, and restrooms. The costume shop is fully equipped with professional-grade equipment and is capable of producing productions of every period and scale.