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Iowa City district staff pitch ‘black box’ theaters and consolidated fine-arts work in facility master plan
Summary
District staff reviewed a fine-arts facilities study and advanced the idea of flexible “black box” theaters at City, Liberty and West high schools as a way to address rehearsal, dress/scene-shop and performance-space constraints while seeking budget and timeline guidance for an FMP 2.2 package.
District staff presented findings from a fine-arts facilities study and sketched designs for flexible “black box” theater spaces at City High, Liberty High and West High during an Oct. 12 work session of the Iowa City Community School District Board of Education.
District staff lead Dwayne Sandler framed the conversation as an initial step in the district’s Facility Master Plan update (FMP 2.2), saying the technical recommendations in the study are sound but that “the challenge is putting it all together in an FMP plan and being able to finance it.”
The presentation described recurring problems in the three high school auditoriums and adjacent support spaces: worn dressing and makeup rooms, limited rehearsal and practice rooms, aging audio and lighting systems, HVAC and acoustics needs, and constrained wing and fly-loft space that limit set movement. Sandler noted the district performs annual rigging and stage safety…
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