Theaters in Phoenix
Showing 1 - 22 of 34In 1957 then ASU President Grady Gammage called on famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright to help create a unique auditorium for the university. Originally Wright had the design that would eventually become Gammage Auditorium in mind for Baghdad, Iraq but ended up placing the opera house in Tempe instead. The 3,000-seat performance hall is 80 […]
Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre is an award-winning, non-profit performing arts theatre located in Arizona’s premiere shopping, entertainment and dining destination, Scottsdale Fashion Square. Established in 1995 by Laurie Cullity, the late Gerry Cullity and Joan Thompson, the theatre is committed to offering high-quality entertainment for the entire community and prides itself on providing a creative […]
Like any theater company, Detour Theater Company has a fair share of difficulties to overcome when coordinating a show. But unlike other companies you can add the fact that every actor in the company has a disability. The theater troupe provides arts education and performance opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, for example deafness, blindness […]
In 2016, the City of Tempe generously granted a community building to Arizona Apparel Foundation (AAF) as part of an economic development initiative to generate growth of the local fashion manufacturing industry. This renovated fashion incubator is now called F.A.B.R.I.C. “F.A.B.R.I.C.” stands for Fashion and Business Resource and Innovation Center. The term “fashion incubator” describes […]
The Helen K. Mason Center for the Performing Arts, home to Black Theater Troupe, includes a 145-seat theater and was built to meet the specific needs of the troupe — with large space for rehearsing musicals and office space for day-to-day operations. It also sits just around the corner from Eastlake Park, a site of […]
The resident theatre of Phoenix College hosting both student performed productions and outside theatre company performances.
Located in downtown Mesa, the Mesa Arts Center is the largest arts center in the state. It includes a total of four performance spaces including the Farnsworth Studio Theater, which seats 99 for an intimate setting, and on the other end of the spectrum the 1,600-seat Ikeda Theater. The complex also includes the Mesa Contemporary […]