Rooke
Theatre
The Alice Withington
Rooke Theatre is an airy, modern brick building. The main stage
theatre is an intimate 192-seat facility, with excellent acoustics,
sight lines, and state-of-the-art technical systems (lighting,
sound, scenic machinery). The backstage shop is well equipped
for wood and steel construction. The basement Black Box is a flexible
space adaptable to experimental productions, with varied seating
(capacity about 50). The building's lobby, a comfortably carpeted
area opening through window walls to a patio, can be used for
receptions and parties. The rest of the building is given over
to a design studio, a classroom, a recently refurbished green
room/common room, a costume shop, and departmental offices. The
entire building is handicap accessible.
Originally called
the Laboratory Theater, Rooke Theatre was renamed in 1977 to honor
the mother of trustee Dorothy Rooke McCullough, member of the
class of 1950. Rooke is built on the site of the former Playshop
and Laboratory Theater, a small laboratory theater that Mount
Holyoke students had used since 1929.
For more information, visit
Theatre at Mount Holyoke.
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