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Facilities

Facilities for actor and designer training at the University of Tennessee are among the finest in the nation. In addition to classrooms, shops, labs, and workspaces of the highest caliber, the Department of Theatre has three performance spaces: The Clarence Brown Theatre, The Jenny Boyd Theatre, and the Lab Theatre.

Facilities Overview

Reserve Space

The Jenny Boyd Theatre

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The Jenny Boyd Carousel

From Award Winning productions to commissioning World Premieres, the Carousel continues to impact our community. Respecting the past, recognizing the present, and revealing the future…this is what we hope for the future of the Carousel Theatre.

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Buildings with Department of Theatre Spaces

  • Clarence Brown Theatre – CBT
  • The Jenny Boyd Theatre – CTH
  • Alumni Memorial Building – AMB
  • Walters Academic Building – WAB
  • Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Building – HPER
  • McClung Tower – TOW

Theatres

  • Clarence Brown Theatre, 574 seat proscenium theatre
  • The Jenny Boyd Theatre, 325 seat arena theatre
  • Lab Theatre, 100-125 seat thrust theatre

Meeting Rooms and Offices

  • TOW 206, Department Main Office
  • Faculty offices are located in TOW 101-9,  202-19, WAB F407-15, AMB 207 & 43
  • Production and Box Office Staff are throughout CBT primarily 0101, 0201-4, W011, S012
  • TOW 207, Conference Room
  • WAB M407, Seminar Classroom and Library
  • WAB D308, Commons Area for student use

Undergraduate Acting / Movement Classrooms

  • AMB 209, primary rehearsal room and movement classroom
  • AMB 209B, acting space primarily for student checkout
  • WAB D307, acting coaching room for student checkout
  • WAB D309, prop storage and coaching room
  • WAB D313, acting classroom/rehearsal room, available for student checkout

Design / Technology Classrooms

  • WAB E302, Design Classroom
  • CBT S012B, Costume Construction Lab
  • WAB D301, Computer Lab, Classroom and access for majors, minors, and students with a theatre course.
  • WAB D305, Media Lab, 1/6th scale theatre lighting, sound, projections lab. Available for student checkout.

Graduate Acting / Movement Studio

  • HPER B020, acting and movement classroom suite
  • HPER 111, greenroom/commons area for graduate acting

Graduate Design Workspaces

  • WAB E306, Costume Studio
  • WAB E308, Scenic Design Studio
  • WAB E314, Lighting and Projection Studio
  • WAB D304, D306, Audio/Video Recording Studio.

Production Shops

CBT contains the following typical production shops for the professional and educational theatre: Scenery (S122), Paint (S122), Props (S012), Costumes (W011), Sound (0202), Electrics and Video (S106).

“Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good.”

—Terrence Mann

News

  • Awards Ceremony Group Photo
    2024 Alumni and Philanthropy Awards Honor the Volunteer SpiritNovember 11, 2024
  • Noshir Dalal
    Workshop / Acting for Motion Capture & Video GamesSeptember 24, 2024
  • Image of microphone with abstract theatre lights in the background
    Slam Narrative: How Slam Poetry and Theatre Collide!February 21, 2024
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Department of Theatre

College of Arts and Sciences

206 McClung Tower
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
Phone: 865-974-6011
Email: theatre_dept@utk.edu

 

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