Constans Theatre
Encyclopedia
The Constans Theatre is a performing arts
venue located on the University of Florida
campus in Gainesville, Florida
. The facility first opened in 1967, and currently serves as a venue for musical concerts, theater, dance, and lectures. In 2004 the facility was named for the patron H.P. Constans, who donated a considerable donation to renovate Constans Theatre in 2004.
The venue is located on McCarty Drive, and is adjacent to the J. Wayne Reitz Union
. Constans Theatre is a sub-venue of the Nadine McGuire Pavilion and Dance Pavilion, and is part of the School of Theatre and Dance
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Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
venue located on the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
campus in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
. The facility first opened in 1967, and currently serves as a venue for musical concerts, theater, dance, and lectures. In 2004 the facility was named for the patron H.P. Constans, who donated a considerable donation to renovate Constans Theatre in 2004.
The venue is located on McCarty Drive, and is adjacent to the J. Wayne Reitz Union
J. Wayne Reitz Union
The J. Wayne Reitz Union is the student union of the University of Florida, located on Museum Road on the university campus in Gainesville, Florida...
. Constans Theatre is a sub-venue of the Nadine McGuire Pavilion and Dance Pavilion, and is part of the School of Theatre and Dance
University of Florida College of Fine Arts
The University of Florida College of Fine Arts is the academic unit at the University of Florida for the fine arts. In 1975, the College was officially established. The current Dean is .-Composition:The College is composed of three schools...
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Facilities
The Theatre include:- An 18 by 40 flexible apron theatre.
- Overall 415 seats are available.