Watch the Wyly Theatre Transform in this New Time Lapse Video

The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a great space for experimentation, and that's due as much to its design as its creative occupants. Crafted to be fully modular, the area accommodates almost any stage layout one can envision. Like a giant Transformer, it morphs. Removable seating, drop down floors,...

By Jamie Laughlin

November 26, 2012

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The Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is a great space for experimentation, and that's due as much to its design as its creative occupants. Crafted to be fully modular, the area accommodates almost any stage layout one can envision. Like a giant Transformer, it morphs. Removable seating, drop down floors, mechanized balconies -- they all work together to provide infinite options for how we choose to offer and view live theater.

Still, knowing and seeing are different things, so check out this new time lapse video. It spans six hours of work by 11 employees as they clear all theatrical evidence out of the 575-seat Potter Rose Performance Hall.

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