Describes technical specifications required in designing theatre spaces for high intelligibility of speech. (CH)

Discusses the importance of thorough research when considering construction of a campus performing arts center, including retaining an acoustical consultant or acoustician to recommend a similar center and guide a tour. Offers the example of the Southwest Iowa Arts Center located on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs.…

This book with a three-part format contains information which the would-be thespian needs to know for maximum enjoyment and success in stage activities. The first part, "Heritage," traces the history and development of the theater from primitive ritual through the drama of classical Greece and Rome, the Renaissance, and modern Europe and America,…

The conference reported here was attended by educators and theater professionals from 24 countries, grouped into five discussion sections. Summaries of the proceedings of the discussion groups, each followed by postscripts by individual participants who wished to amplify portions of the summary, are presented. The discussion groups and the editors…

Planning for specific music requirements at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois; Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, led to three quite different solutions. (Author/MLF)

Civic determination, at many levels, restored the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, Nebraska, to its 1925 splendor. (Author/MLF)

In the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, architects have broken some old conventions and rules of good taste in designing offices and a film theater through intelligent use of space and tacky flowered carpeting, garish colors, and automobile hoods and fenders. (Author/MF)

Bringing together the important elements of the creative arts facility requires careful attention to design details. Tuning in the senses should be the guide when planning the important aspects of seating capacity, lighting, and acoustics. (Author)

The "Mighty Mobius" is a portable, theatrical performance tent designed to accept power, light, and sound equipment. (Author/MLF)

The Performing Arts fan-shaped hall at the University of Akron has been structurally and acoustically designed to accommodate audiences of varying sizes and performances ranging from symphonies to intimate theater. (Author/MF)

A performing arts center projects the image of the theater itself as a stage set. (Author)

A review of the state-of-the-art in designing and building music facilities with suitable acoustical features. (MLF)

The second of two articles, describing how auditoriums could be divided with different types of operable walls, covers the rotating turntable technique of dividing auditoriums and the conflicting acoustical requirements for different uses. (MLF)

A complete statement on "the open stage" which will prove of value to architects, consulting engineers and school administrators in the construction of college, community and school auditorium theaters. Directors and teachers of drama should find this booklet a practical source of advanced technical knowledge in their field. The…

DISCUSSES FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED DURING SCHOOL PLANNING STAGES REGARDING NOISE LEVELS AND ACOUSTIC DESIGN IMPLICATIONS. FACTORS ARE--(1) A STAGE HOUSE IS DETRIMENTAL TO ORCHESTRAS, BANDS, CHORUSES, LECTURES, ASSEMBLIES, RECITALS, AND CERTAIN DRAMAS AND SPEECH-MUSIC PERFORMANCES. SUGGESTED IS AN AUDITORIUM WITH AUDIENCE AND PERFORMING PLATFORM…