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Kimmel Theatre
Proscenium arch
We are a community of professional artists, scholars and students who believe that making theatre—and studying theatre—enables us to travel to other worlds. Visiting those worlds cultivates imagination and creativity, stimulates curiosity and searching analysis, encourages empathy, and provides some of the insight necessary to make our own world just a little bit better. It’s both hard work and serious fun.
Kimmel Theatre, completed in 2003, boasts a 265-seat auditorium and the most current technology in theatre production. Key features include a full rigging system, computerized automated lighting, color mixing scrollers, LCD projection, and a state of the art sound system with wireless body mics.
The theatre is housed in Youngker Hall, a stunning addition to the Cornell Campus. The building won an honor award for excellence in architecture in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Central States Region.
Youngker is connected to historic Armstrong Hall, which underwent a major renovation in 2003. Armstrong gained an intimate black-box performance space -- the Plumb-Fleming Studio Theatre, along with a spacious scene shop, modern classrooms, and office space.
