A new community theater for Terre Haute

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Authors
Wills, David G.
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Issue Date
1977
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Thesis (B. Arch.)
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College of Architecture and Planning
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Abstract

This document is a building program for a New Community Theater to be named The Weldin Talley Community Theater. The proposed facility will be located in Fairbanks Park on the central west side of Terre Haute, Indiana.The term 'community theater' is used throughout this document to describe a theater-type facility provided by a board of directors formed for the purpose of acquiring and running the theater. Ideally the community theater should be part of a comprehensive center in which old and young could share in all kinds of leisure pursuits in congenial surroundings.As with any building program this document is much more than a guideline.. It gives definite instructions to create an atmosphere for the designer. It also is specific in delineating the technical activity that will take place in a community theater. It proposes the minimum number of square feet for all primary and supporting theater areas and states the function of each area and the priority of relative location. It also discusses the qualitative issues of growth and change for both, theater facility and park.