Compact and intimate, the Roda’s 600-seat proscenium theater offers a large stage, full fly tower and adjustable stage floor. The new theater creates a strong street presence through a dramatic three-story lobby, balcony, and stair overlooking Downtown Berkeley’s Arts District. The addition’s red brick facade and courtyard link the new theater to an existing 400-seat house and Berkeley Rep’s adjacent School of Theatre, completing a half-block entertainment complex and fulfilling broader goals that included treating this site as a cornerstone and catalyst for the creation of Berkeley’s Arts District. This project has received the U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology’s honor award in architecture, a Downtown Berkeley Association award, and an AIA Design award.

Awards

U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology Honor Award in Architecture

Downtown Berkeley Association Award

AIA Design Award