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To continue the tour, please exit the studio and turn down the hallway to the right towards the scene shop.
Stop Six:
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Studio 2.180 serves as a classroom, rehearsal space, and performance venue for faculty and student curated work. The lighting grid, sound booth, and flexible seating make it an admirable option for students to practice their craft in a black box style theatre. Exit the studio for the next stop on our tour.
Stop Seven: Costume Shop
Costumes for all of our main stage productions are made in-house in our costume shop. The shop consists of a community of staff members, graduate, and undergraduate students who design and make the costumes for each show. Students can apply to work in the costume shop as stitchers, craft assistants, office/shop assistants, wardrobe crew chiefs, or costume stock workers. Follow the hallway on the second floor until you reach the area that overlooks the atrium (see below).
Stop Eight: Studio 2.116 or 2.120
(Note: No street shoes allowed in these studios.)
Studios 2.116 and 2.120 are used for classes like Movement Lab, Stage Combat, and Projects in Dance Performance and Repertory. These spaces are also used for rehearsals and are equipped with marley flooring and a stereo system. Continue down the hall to the left.
Stop Nine: Lecture Hall 2.112
This is the only traditional lecture hall located within the Winship Drama building. This classroom seats about 48 people and includes a projection system. Dance and Theatre History are examples of classes that take place in this space, and it is also often used as a rehearsal and performance venue for faculty or student projects. To continue the tour, you can head down the stair case to the Payne Lobby, or take the elevator to level 1T*.
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Scene Shop
The scene shop is used as a load-in space for our two main stage theaters, the Oscar Brockett Theater and the Payne Theater. You can see backstage of both theaters if you stand in the center of the shop. We build our sets in the Texas Performing Arts scene shop just a couple of blocks away. Many of our students work in the shop part time during the semester to learn valuable skills about building and designing set structures, amongst other projects. You can learn more about the Texas Performing Arts Fabrication Studio by checking out their YouTube page.
To continue the tour, please re-trace your steps to the Winship Lobby. From the Lobby, take the staircase or elevator to the "T" level to reach the Payne Lobby.
Stop Seven: Payne Lobby/Payne Theatre
The Payne Lobby is the welcome center for our second main stage venue, the Payne Theatre. When a show is being produced in the Payne Theatre, the community engagement team sets up an installation in the lobby for patrons to experience interact with before or after the show. The lobby is also used as an informal meeting or rehearsal space during the day, and on evenings when there is not a show in the Payne Theatretheater.
Go through the large wooden doors on the right to enter the theatre. Note that sometimes the lights in the hallway are turned off, so please have your phone light on and ready before you enter the doors. You will go around the corner and enter the first doorway on the left into the house. Do not go down the staircase.
The Payne Theatre is our second main stage venue and seats approximately 450 people. The large proscenium stage is an excellent a nice contrast to the intimate black box style of the Oscar Brockett Theatre, creating an opportunity for students to gain experience working in multiple types of spaces. There is a full orchestra pit at the front of the stage, large wings for entrances and exitson each side, and a double fly system that allows our designers to explore multiple scenic options. The control booth is located across from the stage, directly above where you are standing.
To exit the theatre, turn right and retrace your steps back to the Payne Lobby. Remember to turn on the flashlight on your phone if you have one.
Take the staircase or elevator to the 2nd level to continue your tour.
Stop Eight: Lecture Hall 2.112
This is the only traditional lecture hall located within the Winship Drama building. This classroom seats 48 people and includes a projection system. Most of our Theatre and Dance classes occur in our studio spaces, however, Theatre History and Dance History are examples of classes that take place in this classroom. Even some of those larger classes only have a capacity of about 35 students, which means each student has the opportunity to develop a close working relationship with our faculty members. This room is also often used as a rehearsal and performance venue for faculty or student projects.
To continue the tour, please head down the hallway to the right.
Stop Nine: Studio 2.116 or 2.120
(Note: No street shoes allowed in these studios.)
Studios 2.116 and 2.120 are used for classes like Movement Lab, Voice Lab, and Projects in Dance Performance and Repertory. These spaces are also used for rehearsals and are equipped with sprung, marley flooring and a stereo system.
Continue down the hall to the right and around the corner.
Stop Ten: Costume Studio
Costumes for all of our main stage productions are made in-house in our costume studio. We have a community of staff members, graduate, and undergraduate students who design and construct the costumes for each show. Students can apply to work in the costume shop as stitchers, craft assistants, office/shop assistants, wardrobe crew chiefs, or costume stock workers.
Stop Eleven: Studio 2.180
Studio 2.180 serves as a classroom, rehearsal space, and performance venue for faculty and student curated work. The lighting grid, sound booth, and flexible seating make it an admirable option for students to practice their craft in a black box style theatre.
This concludes our tour!
Thank you for visiting the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin. If you have any follow-up questions after this tour, please contact our Undergraduate Admissions Coordinator at tadadmissions@utexas.edu. You . To exit the building, retrace your pathway to the staircase and elevator you used to access the second floor. You may exit through the glass doors in the Payne Lobby, or you can take the stairs/elevator to the first floor and exit through the celebrated entrance in the lobby.
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