The Lab! Theatre performs in both the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre and Historic Playmakers Theatre and holds all rehearsals and meetings in the Center for Dramatic Art. 

Kenan Theatre

Completed in 1999, the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre is a beautiful, sophisticated, and flexible performance space seating near 120 in the thrust configuration and over 200 when in the round. The theatre is located in the Center for Dramatic Art next to the Paul Green Theatre.

Historic Playmakers Theatre

The same stage that Thomas Wolfe and Andy Griffith performed on, this National Historic Landmark serves as a traditional proscenium space seating 285. Originally built in 1851 as a Library for Benjamin Smith, the building was named Smith Building and indeed, served as the University's until 1907 at which point it became home to the the Law School until 1923. The Carolina Playmakers then renovated the space in 1925 and has served as a primary campus performance venue ever since.

Center for Dramatic Art

Rehearsals for all all Lab! productions are held studio rooms in the Center for Dramatic Art, located off Country Club Road. Completed in 1998, the CDA is a 40,000 square-foot addition to the Paul Green Theatre, the 500 seat thrust stage which has served as the home to PlayMakers Reparatory Company since 1976. The CDA provides four furnished acting studios which both Departmental and Lab! shows share for rehearsal spaces and occasionally used for workshop performances. Production and Lab! Board meetings are also held in these studio rooms in addition to The Susan Lucci Green Room, which serves the primary office of the Lab! Theatre.

 

 

Photo Credits: Lab!'s Waiting for Godot, directed by Mike Harwood, October 2005, in the Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre (top), interior of Historic Playmakers Theatre (middle), Lab! rehearsal in Studio Room 104 (bottom)