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Theatre 14, Smith’s main stage, with seating for 450, has a proscenium stage served by large fly and wing spaces and a hydraulic lift.

Smith has exceptional facilities for dance. The dance department works out of four studios, two dedicated theaters and one informal theater.

A number of the department’s popular annual events, such as February’s MFA thesis concert, are held in Theatre 14 in the Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts.

Theatre 14 and the smaller, flexible Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, are served by a fully equipped scene shop with paint frame elevator, dressing rooms, and professional scene and costume shops.

Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts houses dance studios, faculty offices, classrooms, lighting and set design labs, and the Werner Josten Performing Arts Library.

Mendenhall Center for the Performing Arts was designed in 1961 by architect Helge Westermann, who at the time had just completed work on the Juilliard School of Music at Lincoln Center.

Werner Josten Performing Arts Library is home to an extensive collection of texts, scripts, scores and recordings. Listening rooms and stations are available for student use.

The Sharonjean Moser Leeds and Richard Leeds Studio for Dance Research, on the banks of Paradise Pond, was renovated in 2017.

Classes and rehearsals, as well as a number of dance performances, are held in Scott Dance Studio in Scott Gym, adjacent to Mendenhall Center.