2006|2007 ANNUAL REPORT - The Shakespeare Theatre Company

The Orchestra LobbyThe magnificent bay windows of the 3,000-square-foot Orchestra Terrace risefive stories, overlooking F Street and the entrance to the Verizon Center. TheOrchestra Terrace is the main gathering place for patrons seated in the theatre’sorchestra section. As Harman Hall’s largest public space, it is also the site foreducation programs, pre-performance lectures and special events. The OrchestraTerrace houses Will’s Tavern, a 25-foot-long two-sided service bar, which offersbeverages and light snacks before performances and during intermission.The Landon and Carol Butler Theatre StageThe theatre stage located inside Sidney Harman Hall features a prosceniumthat flies, walls that move, and the most technically advanced and flexible stagetechnology of any theatre space in Washington, D.C. Lined with rich Africancherry wood, the theatre stage provides audience members with an inviting andcomfortable contemporary space. The performance space is designed to betransformed from a traditional proscenium stage into a thrust stage, an arena stageand an open stage to accommodate a wide range of theatre, dance, music andspoken-word programming. The state-of-the-art theatre stage design ensures thataudiences will enjoy a broad range of performing arts events.26Photo by Tom Arban.Photo by Tom Arban.Photo by Kevin Allen.Photo by Kevin Allen.