'62 Center for Theatre and Dance

The '62 Center for Theatre and Dance is a 106,000-square-foot complex featuring a prominent lobby on Main Street in Williamstown -- a dramatic glass cube with a strong overhanging roof and dense wood shutters -- that greets visitors with warm materials and natural light. Also, there are three distinct performance venues of varying styles and sizes: The MainStage, a courtyard-style proscenium theatre with 550 seats and two balconies, is large enough to attract world-class artists but retains an intimacy and connection between performers and the audience; The Adams Memorial Theatre, which was originally built in 1941 but has been incorporated into '62 as an intimate space with 200 seats and a flexible stage that can be used with either a thrust or traditional front; and finally The CenterStage, a flexible flat-floor "Studio Theatre" with audience seating for 200, and an internal stage lift and movable balconies that allow for a variety of performance styles and sets.