The Frederick Loewe Theatre is a 50' x 54' black box performance space where most of the Department's productions are rehearsed, built, and staged. Located on the first floor of the landmark building named for Thomas Hunter, it was beautifully renovated in 1998 and is extremely flexible and intimate, with modular seating accommodating 116 spectators in proscenium, thrust or arena arrangements. It has fully equipped men's and women's dressing rooms with showers, a state-of-the-art DAT/CD/tape sound system, a 96-channel computerized light board, and a full component of lighting instruments.

Goldberg Studio

The Goldberg Studio is a 50-seat flexible space formed by joining two of the department's acting studios. Most student-generated acting and directing projects take place here, as do occasional faculty-directed productions. The Goldberg Studio is located at 537 Hunter North.

Gruber Rehearsal Space

The Gruber Rehearsal Space is used as a classroom, rehearsal space, and a venue for student directed projects. The Gruber Rehearsal Space is located in the basement between Thomas Hunter Hall and Hunter North.

Kaye Playhouse

The Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse is a 624-seat proscenium theatre renovated in 1993 and located on the ground floor of the North Building. It is used by the department every other spring semester, offering students the chance to experience production in a professional setting.

kayeplayhouse@hunter.cuny.edu

Lang Recital Hall

The Ida K. Lang Recital Hall is a 148-seat concert space with superb acoustics, designed by the architectural firm Abramowitz Kingsland Schiff and inaugurated in the spring of 1995. Used principally by the Department of Music for its music events, it also accommodates Theatre Department readings, lectures, symposia and performances requiring no wing space or stage depth. The Lang is located at 424 Hunter North and its schedule is managed by the Performing Arts Office.

denise.mazzaferro@hunter.cuny.edu

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