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OPRF Board hears concept design for "Act 3" performing-arts project after ComEd constraint shifts plan
Summary
Oak Park-River Forest District 200 staff and architects recommended Option 3C for the "Act 3" performing-arts and athletics project after ComEd engineers said an on-site expansion over a transmission line is not feasible; the board was asked to fund schematic design work in January to refine costs ahead of a possible April 2027 referendum.
Oak Park-River Forest SD 200 officials presented a concept design for "Act 3," a proposed performing-arts and athletics renovation at OPRF High School, on Dec. 18, 2025, and recommended a version that fits within the existing building after learning a nearby ComEd transmission line blocks westward expansion.
District architects and staff described seven design options and said their recommended plan, Option 3C, would convert the 1 West Gym footprint into a black-box theater with dedicated backstage, basement rehearsal and storage, and re-create a replacement multiuse gym on an upper floor to preserve physical-education capacity. Karen Sullivan, a district presenter, said the option “meets the programming needs…
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