Methuen’s new teaching auditorium
Methuen, MA – The architects at Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc and the Methuen public schools announced that a new 750-seat auditorium at Methuen High School is complete. This marks a milestone in the ongoing renovation and expansion project, which began in the summer of 2012 and will be completed this summer.
“This new auditorium is not only a great resource for the school and the greater community to use for performances,” said Judith Scannel, superintendent of the Methuen public schools, “but the unique features designed and built into the auditorium – including open catwalks, control booth, and technical galleries — create a teaching tool for the students. We are excited to be able to offer this feature to a growing body of students who are interested in the theatrical technology field.”
Martin Vinik of Martin Vinik Planning for the Arts LLC, the theater consultant working on the project, agrees, “The design was configured to make this a cost-effective, safe teaching space, in order to expose students interested in theater technology to the kinds of equipment they will encounter in college or later in the professional world.”
