300 East 23th Street, Austin, TX 78712
Location, Directions and Parking
Opened in 1976, the B. Iden Payne Theatre is a proscenium, 475-seat house, the department's largest venue. This facility not only stages department mainstage productions, but also works by internationally celebrated theatre companies and dance troupes.
- Seats: 475
- Wheelchair Accessible Seating: 8
- Excellent acoustics for voice and stage vocals
- Proscenium stage: 32' opening
- Stage right wing space: 13' x 36' x 25' (width x depth x height)
- Stage left wing space: 41'8" x 36' x 25' (width x depth x height)
- Full fly tower
- Sophisticated lighting and sound systems
- Counterbalance system
- Hydraulic orchestra pit
- Three private dressing rooms
- Loading dock at stage level
- Mezzanine Lobby