KEY CITY PLAYERS HIRES ARCHITECT

 

 

Key City Players has hired theatre architect Andrea Wickham of Seattle to design preliminary plans for its new theatre to be constructed at 1128 Lawrence Street in Port Townsend’s historic Uptown District.

 

Wickham received her BA degree in Drama from Kenyon College in 1989 and her Master of Architecture Degree from Yale University School of Architecture in 1996. She has designed performance spaces including theatres for the Dodger Stages Off-Broadway Theatre Complex in New York City and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

 

Commenting on her selection as architect for the project, Wickham said, “I am thrilled to be working with Key City Players. The project is particularly exciting for me as it combines two important aspects of my life, theater and architecture.”

 

Planning documents for the new 150 seat state-of-the-art facility will be completed by June.  The theatre will feature a thrust stage, a lobby with box office and restrooms, a rehearsal room, dressing rooms, a light and sound control room, a scene shop, a costume shop, storage for furniture and props, and administrative offices.

 

A Capital Campaign to raise funds for the new theatre and the Lawrence Street property will be officially launched this summer.