Theatre Facilities & Past Programs
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Hardin-Simmons University is the home of three theatre facilities.
Behren’s Chapel is a 1,900 seat auditorium which serves as our chapel twice weekly as well as an auditorium for concerts, meetings, operas, musicals, and other theatrical presentations.
Van Ellis Theatre is a versatile theatre space which can serve as a traditional proscenium theatre, thrust stage, arena stage, proscenium stage with large side stages, and a versatile black-box theatre. It serves as the primary venue for Theatre Department productions.
Down Center Stage Lab Theatre is a small production space that has been home to many different types of productions, including numerous student-directed productions since it’s completion in 1996. This renovated space also serves as classroom, rehearsal hall, and meeting room.
![Van Ellis Theatre](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Van-Ellis-Theatre.jpg)
![Working, Van Ellis Theatre, Fall 2019](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Working-.jpg)
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![Behren's Auditorium](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Behrens-House.jpg)
![Into the Woods, Spring 2021, Behren's Auditorium](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Into-the-Woods.jpg)
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![Time Stands Still, Spring 2020, Down Center Stage Lab](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Time-Stands-Still.jpg)
![Pops at the Pond, Fall 2021](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Popspond.jpg)
![Pops at the Pond, Anthony Barone, Fall 2021](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Pops-Slide-10.jpg)
![Starlight Extravaganza, Van Ellis Theatre](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Starlight-Slide-11.jpg)
![Starlight Extravaganza, Van Ellis Theatre](http://3grt.secretsilm.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Starlight-Slide-12.jpg)