Formerly Snow Goose Theater

The ACPA (Alaska Center for the Performing Arts) is located in the heart of downtown Anchorage adjacent to the Town Square Park at F Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. The ACPA houses 4 performances spaces - Atwood Concert Hall, Discovery Theatre, Sydney Laurence and Voth Hall.

Acoustically sensitive and dramatically designed, the largest venue in the Alaska Center is the Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall. It seats over 2,000 and features a large stage (120' wide by 52' deep with a proscenium opening that is 57' wide and 35' high) as well as state-of-the-art equipment such as a Meyers Sound System. It showcases symphonic, chamber and popular music presentations as well as dance and Broadway musicals. The star burst ceiling in the auditorium of the Atwood Concert Hall, radiating out from the proscenium arch in reds, gold and greens, stunningly captures the effect of an aurora borealis. Evangeline Atwood was a noted historian, author of several books and Anchorage’s most famous hostess. She and her husband Robert Atwood (owner of the Times and champion of Alaska statehood) arrived in Alaska in 1935. The Atwood Concert Hall seats approximately 2,000 and consists of three levels (orchestra, mezzanine and balcony). A horseshoe-shaped parterre surrounds the center floor section of the orchestra.

brul liBOX OFFICE HOURS: 1 hour prior to event br liSERVICE CHARGES: None br liPAYMENT: Cash br liPARKING: Free event parking is available in the Bartlett High School parking lots. /ul

Recognized as an excellent setting for theatre, opera, dance, film and musical presentations, the Discovery Theatre boasts a stage in size equal to the Atwood Concert Hall with a seating capacity of approximately 700. The auditorium of the Discovery Theatre is characterized by long, sweeping curves, defining partitions and balconies and a ceiling of silvery, saucer-shaped acoustical discs. The seat upholstery, a tapestry designed by Alaskan resident Paula Dickey entitled "Salmonberries," adds to the overall effect with a palette of rose and forest green. The Discovery Theatre seats approximately 700 and consists of two levels (orchestra and mezzanine).

Jitters Where Coffee Is Art

The Lorene Harrison Lobby provides entrance to the Evangeline Atwood Concert Hall. The architecture and interior design of the lobbies was meant to bring to mind bright Alaskan summers even in the darkest months. The colorful lobby "Arctic Poppies," designed by local artist Nancy Taylor Stonington, and the tall forest green columns climbing four stories, create an enjoyable park-like setting. Large, ceiling-high windows allow daylight to stream into the lobbies.

Downtown Anchorage at F Street

The Sydney Laurence Theatre is a flexible proscenium theatre, perfectly suited for theatre, film and chamber music. It has an ample stage (94' wide by 27' deep with a proscenium opening of 47' wide by 21' high) and a seating capacity of approximately 340 The asymmetrical seating arrangement in the Laurence Theatre, with open boxes on the sides, creates a strong dramatic effect. The twilight palette of blues, grays and mauves is reinforced in the seating upholstery, designed by Alaskan resident Hugh McPeck, entitled emForest Floor Sydney Laurence (1865-1940) was the foremost painter of Alaskan landscapes. He came to Alaska in 1904 in search of gold and found painting to be more productive. His large canvas of Denali (Mt. McKinley) is part of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Collection of Fine Arts. The Anchorage Museum of History and Art has an entire gallery dedicated to his work. p class="bodyText"The Sydney Laurence Theatre seats approximately 340 and consists of two levels (orchestra and mezzanine)./p

The UAA Fine Arts Box Office only sells UAA Department of Theare and Dance event tickets and Department of Music event tickets. For non-UAA sponsored events, a ticket table is setup at the door within 1 hour of curtain. brul liBOX OFFICE HOURS: Hours vary. Please call 786-4TIX for current hours. br liSERVICE CHARGES: None br liPAYMENT: Cash, Check, MasterCard, Visa, and WolfBucks. br liPARKING: Parking is free Friday/Saturday/Sunday. Monday through Thursday, permit parking only up until 7:30 pm, with PayNPark available at $1.00 per hour. br /ul

p class="bodyText"ACPA kicked off the Alaska Center’s 15th Anniversary Celebration in October, 2003 with the Grand Opening of Elvera Voth Hall, a 1,800 square-foot performance and rehearsal space located on the Center’s second level. Voth Hall is a supremely flexible space perfect for a variety of uses, including rehearsals of all kinds, black box theatre, recitals, lectures, teleconferencing, public meetings, fundraising and other special events./p p class="bodyText"The Center’s newest space boasts a sprung floor and state-of-the-art acoustic panels that swing out from two walls. Installed above Voth Hall’s entrance is an exquisite metal and neon sculpture entitled "Nature’s Illumination," created by Girdwood, Alaska artists, Joy and Drew Motsinger. The artwork was included in the hall’s construction through the a href="http://www.anchoragemuseum.org/ae_onepercent.asp" target="_blank"Municipality of Anchorage’s 1% for Art Program/a. For technical information about Voth Hall, contact the Alaska Center’s Production Department, 263-2900./p p class="bodyText"Elvera Voth was a faculty member at a href="http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/" target="_blank"UAA/a and at the a href="http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/ctc/" target="_blank"Anchorage Community College/a. She became the third director of the Anchorage Community Chorus and founded the a href="http://www.alaskachambersingers.org/" target="_blank"Alaska Chamber Singers/a in 1986. She moved to Kansas in 1994 and in 1996 established the a href="http://www.artsinprison.org/ArtsinPrison4.htm" target="_blank"East Hill Singers/a, a choir comprised of community member and of inmates from the a href="http://www.accesskansas.org/lcf/LCFNET/Public/Standard/Tour/tour.htm" target="_blank"East Unit of the Lansing Correctional Facility/a./p