Music Performance Theater

RIT is developing their performing arts program into a leading national program to attract students who can continue their passions for music, dance, and theater. To support this vision, RIT is creating a musical theatre. The venue will support music, theater, and dance programs.

A theater organ, a Barton Opus 234, built in 1927 for the Hollywood Theatre in Detroit, is being restored and will be a centerpiece in RIT’s new theater. Its components are two stories tall and can fill a tractor trailer. The new theater will also have costume and scene shops as well as offices.

SWBR is Architect of Record in collaboration with Design Architect Michael Maltzan Architecture.