Crane Country Day School Wolf Theatre Renovation

Santa Barbara, California

Firm

John Sergio Fisher & Associates, Inc.

Client

Crane Country Day School

Area

7,661 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$3,829,025

Completion Date

10/2023

Patrick W. Price Architectural Photographer

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The project scope consists of the renovation of the existing Cate Hall Theatre (new seating and seat risers, interior finishes and acoustical treatments) and the addition of a new lobby with a wheelchair lift and a control room. The theater, mechanical and electrical systems are also new.

Architectural improvements: New lobby and control room addition with spiral stair and wheelchair lift; new seating risers and storage underfeed; new accessibility ramps inside the audience chamber and outside the building; new light lock from the lobby.

Theater system upgrades: New main drape and border; new front of house motorized electrics batten; new theatrical lighting control and distribution and reuse of electrical receptacles at stage; new AV system.

Structural improvements: structural framing and foundations for new addition; structural support for seating and risers; reinforcing electrical structure and new framing for ramp into stage.

Mechanical upgrade: new VRF system and heat pump systems to serve the stage, audience chamber and drama classroom.

Electrical upgrades: new electrical wiring and conduit for added systems and HVAC; new power outlets and lighting to comply with Title 2 including 2 new electrical panels.