Overture Center for the Arts

The center is the result of the renovation and expansion of the Madison Civic Center by a partnership of the Overture Foundation and the City of Madison. Completely funded by the Foundation, the project incorporates new, renovated, and rehabbed performance venues as well as new galleries for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. Spaces include a new 2,250-seat multipurpose theatre (Overture Hall), a renovated 1,000-seat multipurpose theatre (Capitol Theater), a renovated 350-seat thrust theatre (Playhouse), a new 200-seat children's theatre (Rotunda Stage), a new 200-seat flexible theatre (Promenade Hall), and gallery space.

Services

Preliminary development including feasibilty study, programming, concept design, theatre planning, and theatre equipment design and specification

Owner

Overture Development Corporation

Users

Madison Symphony Orchestra, Madison Opera, Madison Ballet, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Kanopy Dance, touring productions

Acoustician

Kirkegaard Associates

Theatre Type(s)

Arts center, Drama theatre, Flexible theatre, Multipurpose theatre, Children's theatre

Seat Count(s)

2250, 1000, 350, 200

Construction Type

Mixed

• Overture Project case study for University of Wisconsin
• A year in review
• Three Extraordinary Openings
• Wall Street Journal features Theatre Projects' white paper Size Matters
• Cue the Overture: A multi-year, multi-space project, Overture Center for the Arts
• The Theatre Projects Timeline
• Theaters 2: Partnerships in Facility Use, Operations, and Management