“Touted as the most technologically advanced venue of its kind in
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“Touted as the most technologically advanced venue of its kind in
8.5 x 11" DJD Theater brochure:Layout 1 9/12/12 S P E C I F I C AT I O N S AT A G L A N C E 12:39 PM Page 1 S E AT I N G C H A R T T H E A S FA F O U N D AT I O N Seats: 500 The Dorothy Jemison Day Theater was built through Proscenium Opening: 44’ wide x 27’ high foundations. It is named for the late and much beloved ASFA the generosity of many individuals, corporations and Stage Size: 40’ x 75’ Foundation Board member Dorothy "Dodie" Jemison Day. Architect: LIVE Design Group The ASFA Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, headed Consultants: Acoustic Dimensions; by Bryding Adams, Executive Director, has raised over Theater Project Consultants $7.8 million for the facility. The complex project took 18 months Contractor: B.L. Harbert International to complete. It is touted as the most technologically advanced Construction Costs: $8.5 million venue of its kind in the Southeast. Major foundation donors include Alabama Power Foundation, Regions Financial Corpora- Amenities: tion Foundation, EBSCO, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama, • Digital lighting and sound system Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Hill Crest • Wenger orchestra shell Foundation, Jemison Investment Co. Inc., Hugh Kaul Foundation, • Steinway concert grand piano Robert Meyer Foundation, Compass Bank, Vulcan Materials • Mechanical orchestra lift Foundation, AT&T Foundation, Joseph S. Bruno Foundation, • WiFi Ronne and Donald Hess Foundation and Altec/Styslinger • Scene shop, two large dressing rooms, Foundation. green room, laundry/kitchen facilities • Acoustically tuneable listening environment S U S TA I N T H E T H E AT E R • Sprung stage floor Providing Birmingham’s arts community, and our • Complete set of Marley dance flooring talented young people, an optimum place to perform is • Movie Screen for high definition video a loving legacy to our city and the arts in general. There are • Orchestra pit for 50+ musicians Location: downtown Birmingham Arts District many ways to give, and ASFA Foundation’s Bryding Adams C O N TAC T I N F O R M AT I O N Parking available: street parking, open lot, Dan Gainey, most recently with the Alys Stephens Center as across 19th Street in theater management to the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater. and Boutwell Auditorium parking deck Facilities Manager, brings an extensive background advanced venue of its kind in the entire Southeast.” As an example, engraved seat plaques are offered for $250 and $500. It is a wonderful way to honor or remember someone special, or to personally support the theater. Bryding can be reached at 205.252.6617 or [email protected]. Dan can provide guidance in all aspects of this venue, from performance technical needs, meetings and presentations, “Touted as the most technologically can advise you no matter what the level of your generous gift. catering, set up and decor. For more information, rental fees, tours, or to book the theater, please contact Dan at: Dan Gainey, Facilities Manager Phone: 205-458-0381 Email: [email protected] DOROTHY JEMISON DAY THEATER 8.5 x 11" DJD Theater brochure:Layout 1 9/12/12 12:39 PM Page 2 DOROTHY JEMISON DAY THEATER SPECIFICATIONS & INFORMATION D O R O T H Y J E M I S O N DAY T H E AT E R ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS Theater offers the arts community a much needed alternative to public school authorized and funded by the Alabama both smaller and larger facilities. It also benefits all areas of the school, providing a professional environment in which students will learn the inner-workings, challenges and opportunities of performing on a professional stage. The theater is located at 800 19th Street North in the heart of Birmingham's downtown arts district. Craig Krawczyk of Birmingham's LIVE Design Group was The Alabama School of Fine Arts is a partially residential Legislature to provide tuition-free instruction to impassioned students, grades 7-12. The school provides focused specialty instruction in Creative Writing, Dance, Mathematics/Science, F ASA With 500 seats, ASFA's 19,000 square foot Dorothy Jemison Day Music, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts, plus core academic courses necessary to earn an Alabama high school diploma, which historically, 100% of seniors pass. With this, they the architect for the $8.5 million project. Theater acoustics were also averaged over $135,000 each in college scholarships this New York, and technical theater design was by Michael Ferguson of in grades 7-11, and the mathematics and science department designed by David Kahn of Acoustic Dimensions, New Rochelle, Theatre Project Consultants, Norwalk, Connecticut. Included in the building is a 40 x 75 foot sprung stage floor with a mechanical orchestra lift, a 60 foot stage house with fly gallery for changing scenery, and a Wenger orchestra shell. The acoustically tuneable listening environment also has a Steinway concert grand piano past year. ASFA’s five arts departments accept students accepts students in grades 8 - 11. Admission is by audition only. Students traditionally and consistently win national awards and scholarships. ASFA has produced many Presidential Scholars and winners of youngArts, Gates Millenium Scholarship winners, National Merit Scholars and and a complete set of Marley dance flooring. There are two large National Achievement Scholars. ASFA alumni have bath facilities for performers, laundry/kitchen facilities, and a movies and best-sellers such as Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games” audience rest rooms, a Green Room, dressing rooms with full scene shop for the construction of sets. The building is equipped with WiFi, ethernet voice/data connections and a large high definition movie screen. Constructed by B.L.Harbert International, the theater will help stimulate the economic development and revitalization of the downtown arts district, which has a shortage of mid-sized performance venues available to local performing artists. gone on to make news in medical research, the stage, music, trilogy. For more information about the school, please call 205.252.9241 or go to www.asfa.k12.al.us. DOROTHY JEMISON DAY THEATER 800 19th Street North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 205.458.0360