Fisher Dachs Associates

Theater Planning & Design

Who we are

The most trusted and experienced theater planning and design team in the industry, capable of providing outstanding conceptual guidance and practical expertise to support you and your design team throughout all stages of a project.

Every type of performance venue.
Every type of client.
All over the world.

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What is Theatre Planning?

A question we are asked all the time. So here is Cathleen Bachman, our head of Planning and Room Design with a brief overview. We believe in providing knowledge-based design through real world experience, and provide a range of core services to support that objective. Take a listen.

OUR SERVICES

Our Work

We’re very proud of our diverse portfolio of projects. While our roots are in the theater, our work includes theaters for drama, dance, and musicals; concert halls opera houses; multi-purpose touring venues; higher education and academic institutions; rock’n’roll clubs and popular music venues all around the world.

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Park Avenue Armory | Wade Thompson Drill Hall

The Park Avenue Armory, which has been called "the single most important collection of 19th century interiors to survive intact in one building" by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, contains interiors designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, the Herter Brothers and other prominent artists at the turn of the century. Built for...

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Stephen Sondheim Theatre

The 1,055 seat theatre is the first entirely new Broadway theater built in the City in over twenty years.

Designed by Cook+Fox Architects in collaboration with theatre consultants Fisher Dachs Associates, the theatre at 124 West 43rd Street (constructed as a part of the Bank of America Tower at Sixth Avenue and 42nd...

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David Geffen Hall - Wu Tsai Theater - Photo by Michael Moran

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | David Geffen Hall

Lincoln Center and the New York Philharmonic are planning a re-imagination of David Geffen Hall, formerly Avery Fisher Hall. The concert hall and all public spaces will be transformed, enhancing the concertgoing experience, fostering a sense of community, and creating bold and innovative ways to connect with the world outside.

Diamond Schmitt Architects will design the...

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Public Hotel Arts Club

The Public Hotel builds on Ian Schrager's Studio 54 of forty years ago, a nighttime renaissance, and a cultural, social, event and party machine. Public Arts is a cutting-edge, progressive and avant-garde multi-media performance space like no other. A new dimension and home to adventurous artists, ideas and people, the space will offer the most...

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The Anthem

A remarkable transformation is taking shape in Washington, D.C. Stretching across 27 acres, the Wharf will revitalize the Southwest waterfront into a vibrant, mixed-use community. This new neighborhood will incorporate shops and restaurants with residences, a hotel, cultural attractions, marinas, and parks. The maritime heritage of the waterfront will be celebrated through the preservation of...

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The Muny

Founded in 1918, The Muny’s mission is to enrich lives by producing exceptional musical theater, accessible to all, serving the entire St. Louis community. The nation’s largest outdoor musical theater company produces seven world-class musicals each year and welcomes over 350,000 theatergoers over a nine-week season.

In anticipation of the Muny's 100th anniversary season in Forest...

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Hamel School of Music, University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin at Madison, Hamel Music Center

A highly competitive RFP process led the State of Wisconsin and the leadership at the University of Wisconsin Madison's music school to select Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture and Fisher Dachs Associates to design a new 57,000 square foot, $50 million music performance building. The feasibility and programming study, now complete, resulted in a cutting edge...

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Xiqu Centre

The new Xiqu Centre will host locally produced Cantonese Opera performances as well as visiting companies from across the Chinese-speaking world, where there are over 250 regional performance traditions. In addition to a main theatre seating 1,100, the project will include a traditional Tea House, rehearsal rooms and educational spaces.

With 1,100 seats and a single...

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National Arts Centre

The National Arts Centre is a Canadian landmark, conceived in 1967 (Canada's Centennial year) as the premier showcase for the very best performing arts in the country. Situated in the heart of the nation's capital on Confederation Square, the NAC displays a Brutalist style that made it a fortress for the arts. In anticipation of...

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The Shed

The Shed is an exciting new home for the visual, performing and multimedia arts on the West Side of Manhattan on the south end of the Hudson Yards district. The concept for The Shed emerged from a need for space to host large projects for larger audiences than most of New York's cultural real...

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Fisher Dachs Associates

Theater Planning & Design

Who we are

Every type of performance venue.Every type of client.All over the world.

What is Theatre Planning?

Our Work

Park Avenue Armory | Wade Thompson Drill Hall

Stephen Sondheim Theatre

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | David Geffen Hall

Public Hotel Arts Club

The Anthem

The Muny

University of Wisconsin at Madison, Hamel Music Center

Xiqu Centre

National Arts Centre

The Shed

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Every type of performance venue.
Every type of client.
All over the world.