RENTAL INFORMATION
You can click on any of the 3 theaters for specs and rental information on the right hand side.
An audience of 1200 can be accommodated in the Osterhout Concert Theater, a broad fan-shaped hall with banked rows of comfortable seating and excellent sight lines. A retractable wall at the rear of the auditorium allows the theater to open into a manmade amphitheater. The large stage can be extended by a lift, which at the lowest level, serves as an orchestra pit for up to 80 musicians. The theater's dynamic design, with curved acoustical clouds mirroring the curvature of the rows of the seats, enhances all occasions taking place on the theater's multi-purpose stage.. The Osterhout Concert Theater is equipped with an infra-red hearing assistance system and is handicapped accessible.
The traditionally designed Chamber Hall, which can accommodate an audience of 400, has comfortable seating and excellent sight lines. The large multi-purpose stage can be extended by a lift, which, at the lowest level, serves as an orchestra pit. The Chamber Hall's smaller scale lends itself particularly well to lectures and meetings as well as to recitals and plays. The Chamber Hall also is equipped with an infra-red hearing assistance system and is handicapped accessible.
The Watters Theater seats 574, with 452 on the main level and 122 in the balcony. The theater's comfortable , spacious seating provides excellent sight lines. The large stage floor can be extended by a lift, which, at the lowest level, serves as an orchestra pit. Wood-paneled walls help to provide a warm and exciting atmosphere. The Watters Theater is also handicapped accessible.
Backstage is a complex of brightly lit star and group dressing rooms with showers, a costume shop, a green room for waiting artists, and an elevator capable of moving loads the equivalent of four full-sized automobiles at one time. An immense scene shop with elaborate equipment for set preparation opens onto a wide corridor linking the backstage area of the two performance halls. On another floor (which looks down over the backstage corridor through a large interior window), there are also dance and rehearsal studios beautifully equipped for academic program use and visiting dance companies. A hallway off the main foyer leads to the Anderson Center's reception room.
The technical specifications for the complex are impressive. One thousand lighting instruments fill the spans between the acoustical cloud structures in the four theaters. Sound equipment ranges from small voice and instrument microphones to enormous speakers located in the roof to amplify the sound for the outdoor amphitheater. Sound and light control consoles in the two performances halls-the Osterhout Concert Theater and the Chamber Hall-feature state-of-the-art computerized equipment.
For more information contact:
Annette Burnett, Assistant Business & Operations Director
Office: FA210
607-777-6802
aburnet@binghamton.edu
