Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

Location
St. Louis, Missouri

Owner
Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

Team
Acoustics - Threshold 
Architects - Jacobs

Size
38,000 square feet
525-seat proscenium theatre

Schedule
Completed 2020

Budget
$25 million

The Kirkwood Performing Arts Center, outside of St. Louis, scheduled for opening at the start of next theatre season, will be a community asset and cultural hub, as well as the anchor for a new downtown Arts & Entertainment District.

The facility is comprised of a state-of-the-art, two-level, traditional proscenium theatre and performance support spaces; a 3,000-square-foot Black Box performance theatre; a 2,000-square-foot Events Space; and a two-story atrium lobby that will serve as the face of community events. The main theatre is designed as an intimate space with the inclusion of a balcony and stage extensions to ensure proximity to the stage for theatregoers. 

The Black Box, which can vary in size to create a flexible stage and varied audience interaction opportunities, is an intimate performance space where more experimental performance and staging can be explored, with the most human and least technical elements in focus.