College of Fine Arts School of Dance Undergraduate Handbook

Venues

  1. Rupel Jones Theatre – The Rupel Jones Theatre was built in 1965 as the centerpiece of the OU Fine Arts Center. It is a traditional proscenium-style theatre with the capacity to utilize the apron and an extended apron to create a thrust configuration. It seats a maximum of 600. It is a full fly theatre with two downstage hydraulic lifts and a fully trapped center stage area, the width of the proscenium. A fully equipped scene shop is located through the doors stage right (FAC115). The costume shop (FAC B5) and dressing rooms (FAC B7, 8, 9, 10) are located downstairs.
  1. The A. Max Weitzenhoffer Theatre opened in 1994. The newly renovated and equipped space is a flexible theatre with a seating capacity of 200 to 250. A small scene shop area is in the “backstage” area of the space. A suspended grid makes lighting and rigging easy and accessible.
  1. The Old Science Hall Lab Theatre – Beatrice Carr Wallace Old Science Hall is located in the oldest building on campus and has a rich tradition of the theatrical production over the decades. The Lab Theatre seats 80 and has limited production capacity.
  1. The Gilson Studio Theatre opened in 2005, made possible by the generous donation of SOD benefactor, E. Franklin Gilson.  The Gilson Studio Theatre is an 80-seat black box space equipped with a 12-channel light board and complete stereo sound system.

Other Facilities:

  Audience Development FAC 207/208
  Peggy V. Helmerich Camera Acting Studio FAC 303
  Classrooms FAC 313, 317 & 319
  Computer/CAD Lab FAC 321
  Costume Shop FAC B5
  Dance Studio FAC  302
  Design Studio/Classroom OSH 122
  Digital Sound Studio FAC 303S
  Dressing Rooms/Make-up Studio FAC B7-10, B15
  Electrics Shop Rupel Jones Theatre Stage Left
  Faculty Lounge FAC 205
  Graduate Offices FAC 206 & 209
  Green Room FAC 118
  Light Lab OSH 202
  North Base Storage OU North Base 406
  Prop Shop FAC B11 & 115 loft
  Scene Shop FAC 115
  Script Library OSH 120
  Seminar Room FAC 201/202
  Weight Room & Training Facility FAC 311