Lenfest Center Facilities
GERRY AND ANNE MARGUERITE LENFEST HALLJOHN AND ANNE WILSON HALL
The Lenfest Center for the Arts, home of the department of theater, music and art and is a multi-use facility designed and equipped to accommodate a broad spectrum of the performing arts, including theater, musical theater, opera and operetta, choral and band music, dance and performance art. We are looking forward to the opening of the John and Anne Wilson Music and Art Center in the fall of 2006. This magnificent new facility, well under construction, will bring together all of the arts at Washington and Lee in one energizing complex.
The original building features two theaters, the Keller Theatre and the Johnson Theatre, and also houses teaching classrooms, faculty offices, and theatrical support facilities such as the scene shop, the costume shop and modest storage.
H.F. (Gerry) and Marguerite Lenfest of Huntington Valley, Pennsylvania were the principal partons of the facility. Mr. Lenfest is a 1953 graduate of Washington and Lee. Click on any photo to show a larger version.
Gerry and
Anne Marguerite
Lenfest Hall
Keller Theatre
The
Keller Theatre is a 415 seat proscenium theatre. The proscenium opening
is 41' wide by 24' tall. The stage area behind the curtain is 30' deep
by 77' wide.Equipped with state-of-the-art sound and lighting, full
theater rigging, a supurb sound system, and elevator type orchestra
lift, the Keller boasts an impressive stage house capable of handling
most performances.
Johnson Theatre
The Johnson Theatre is
a 48 ft.x 58
ft.flexible "black box" theater. The space may be arranged in any
configuration desired by the director and designer including
proscenium, arena and thrust. The theater is fully equipped with
state-of-the-art lighting and sound.
Stan Kamen Gallery
The
Stan Kamen Collection was bequeathed to Washington and Lee in 1986 by
Stan Kamen '49 LL.B. The collection is permanently installed in the
lobby of the Lenfest Center for the Performing Arts and is regularly
rotated for conservation purposes.
The collection offers a view of the American West and
particularly the "Old West" that has been created by some of America's
foremost 20th-century artists.
Dressing Rooms
The theaters are
serviced by two
large choral dressing rooms each capable of holding 15 people. The
dressing rooms are equipped with bathrooms and showers.
John and Anne
Wilson Hall
Concert Hall
Wilson
Hall also contains a 300 seat, state-of-the-art Concert Hall which
plays host not only to the University’s many student,
faculty,
and ensemble groups, but also world renowned concert artists.
Staniar Gallery
The
Staniar Art Gallery is a beautiful new site in Wilson Hall
and an
excellent venue for the works of student, faculty and professional
artists.
