Royal Caribbean International – Brilliance of the Seas, Pacifica Theater

Royal Caribbean International
Brilliance of the Seas, Pacifica Theater


The second of RCI’s six new Vantage-class cruise ships left the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, in July, 2002. This 900-seat theatre comes fully equipped with a full-height fly-loft and three orchestra lifts that create enormous flexibility backstage, and complement the luxurious interior accommodations designed by Wilson Butler Lodge, making this theatre both technically and esthetically sophisticated.

The main stage lounge is fitted out with a movable orchestra lift wagon that can transport the entire 14-piece RCCL Orchestra in and out of the pit as well as off-stage, almost instantly. FDA’s versatile stage lighting and rigging are the result of several years of collaboration between Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and our design partners.

  • Client: Royal Caribbean International
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Architects
  • Completion Year: 2002
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden
  • Capacity: 900 seats

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Royal Caribbean International – Radiance of the Seas, Aurora Theater

Royal Caribbean International
Radiance of the Seas, Aurora Theater


The first of RCI’s six new Vantage-class cruise ships sailed from the shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, in March, 2001. All have performance spaces designed by FDA these 868-seat theatres are fully equipped with full-height fly-lofts and three orchestra lifts that create enormous flexibility backstage, and complement the luxurious interior accommodations designed by Wilson Butler Lodge, making this theatre both technically and esthetically sophisticated.

The main stage lounges are fitted out with movable orchestra lift wagons that can transport the entire 14-piece RCCL Orchestra in and out of the pit as well as off-stage, almost instantly. FDA’s versatile stage lighting and rigging systems are the result of several years of collaboration between Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and our design partners.

  • Client: Royal Caribbean International
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Lodge
  • Completion Year: 2001
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Capacity: 868 seats

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Royal Caribbean International – Voyager of the Seas, Studio B

Royal Caribbean International
Voyager of the Seas, Studio B


For the first time, Royal Caribbean International (RCI) turned to theatre planning and design consultants to assist in designing onboard theatres for its new fleet of “Voyager” class cruise ships. The Voyager Class of ships contain entertainment spaces unlike anything ever built onboard, including this versatile 900-seat theatre. Called Studio B, the space transforms into a television studio for game shows broadcast shipwide. In fact, any event on the ship can be uplinked anywhere in the world via satellite. In perhaps the most unusal configuration, telescopic seating and a sliding floor retract to reveal a 40′ x 60′ rink for ice shows and recreational skating. Fitted with an enormous array of equipment for sound, light, and video production, as well as full complement of stage rigging, Studio B can accommodate almost any type of performance. Studio B can be found on the following ships:

  • Voyager of the Seas
  • Navigator of the Seas
  • Mariner of the Seas
  • Explorer of the Seas
  • Adventure of the Seas
  • Client: Royal Caribbean International
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Lodge
  • Completion Year: 1999
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Capacity: 900 seats

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Royal Caribbean International – Voyager of the Seas, La Scala Theatre

Royal Caribbean International
Voyager of the Seas, La Scala Theatre


For the first time, Royal Caribbean International (RCI) turned to theatre planning and design consultants to help design two types of onboard theatres for its new Voyager class ships. FDA’s team of architects Wilson Butler Lodge, architectural lighting designers Fisher Marantz Stone, video designers Boyce Nemec, and acousticians Jaffe Holden was selected by RCI in a design competition among leading architectural and theatre design firms.

The elegant, 1,350-seat horseshoe-shaped La Scala Theatre is modeled after the legendary opera house in Milan. Some of its extraordinary features are: Broadway-quality rigging, highly versatile stage and orchestra lifts, and sophisticated sound, lighting, and video systems.

Technically, this theatre space provides a full complement of equipment for Broadway-style productions. The full-height flytower (a first on a cruise ship) allows the 25 foot-tall scenery to magically disappear on cue, while keeping the stage wings clear for a myriad of motorized scenic wagons that track on and off stage. A fast-moving turntable and multiple stage lifts accommodate both performers and scenic elements, while surround-sound speakers and hundreds of conventional and moving theatrical lights transform the theatre into a showcase for Royal Caribbean’s entertainment programs.

  • Client: Royal Caribbean International
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Lodge
  • Completion Year: 1999
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
  • Acoustician: Jaffe Holden Acoustics
  • Capacity: 1,347 seats

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Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Cruises

For over 20 years, the FDA has immersed itself in the cruise ship industry and helped to deliver state-of-the-art performance and entertainment spaces. We have even helped to invent new kinds of venues never before seen aboard ship – in the same way that our work reinvented discotheques in the late 70s and 80s with Studio 54 and The Palladium. Thus, in addition to the reputation that FDA enjoys as consultants for some of the most significant land-based performing arts spaces throughout the U.S. and abroad, we bring imagination and creativity to our work on new and distinctive venues on board.

Since 2000, FDA has designed venues on Celebrity Cruise Line ships, including the Infinity, Solstice, and Celebrity vessels.


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Royal Caribbean International – Explorer of the Seas, The Palace Theater

Royal Caribbean International
Explorer of the Seas, The Palace Theater

Photo Credit: Wilson Butler Architects


In 1998, Royal Caribbean International (RCI) turned to theatre planning and design consultants to help design two types of onboard theatres for its new Voyager Class ships. FDA’s design partners – architects Wilson Butler Lodge, architectural lighting designers Fisher Marantz Stone, video designers Boyce Nemec, and acousticians Jaffe Holden were selected by RCI in a design competition among leading architectural and theatre design firms.

Explorer of the Seas is the second of five ships in this Class. Some of the extraordinary features are: full-height flytower, Broadway-quality rigging, highly versatile stage and orchestra lifts, and sophisticated sound, lighting, and video systems. The theatre spaces provide a full complement of technical equipment for Broadway-style productions.

The full-height flytower allows the 25 foot-high scenery to magically disappear on cue, while keeping the stage wings clear for motorized scenic wagons that track on and off stage. A fast-moving turntable and multiple stage and orchestra lifts accommodate both performers and scenic elements, while surround-sound speakers and hundreds of conventional and moving theatrical lights transform the theatre into a showcase for Royal Caribbean’s entertainment programs.

  • Client: Royal Caribbean International
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Lodge
  • Completion Year: 2000
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Lighting: Fisher Marantz Stone
  • Acoustician: JHS Acoustics
  • Capacity: 1,362 seats

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Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean International (RCI)

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

For over 20 years, the FDA has immersed itself in the cruise ship industry and helped to deliver state-of-the-art performance and entertainment spaces. We have even helped to invent new kinds of venues never before seen aboard ship – in the same way that our work reinvented discotheques in the late 70s and 80s with Studio 54 and The Palladium. Thus, in addition to the reputation that FDA enjoys as consultants for some of the most significant land-based performing arts spaces throughout the U.S. and abroad, we bring imagination and creativity to our work on new and distinctive venues on board.

Since 1999, FDA has designed venues on Royal Caribbean International ships, including Voyager of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Radiance of the Seas, Adventure of the Seas, Brilliance of the Seas, Navigator of the Seas, Serenade of the Seas, and Oasis of the Seas.

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Celebrity Millennium, Celebrity Theater

Celebrity Millennium, Celebrity Theater

Fisher Dachs Associates, along with Wilson Butler Lodge (now WBA) designed the Theaters,for Celebrity’s new Millennium Class ships – Millennium, the class’ flagship, and its sister ship Infinity.

The 900-seat Celebrity Theaters represent a distinct departure from the show lounges on the line’s previous ships. An additional deck, making a total of five, was added to create a full balcony, and the stage is furnished with a full fly-loft behind a traditional proscenium.

The design is based on a contemporary rendition of a classical circular geometry. The room’s refined detailing is offset by a rich palette of leathers, lacquered wood veneers and fabric valences and curtains. The overall effect is at once timeless and thoroughly modern. As a result of these efforts, Celebrity now provides a broad range of entertainment programs in a groundbreaking, state-of-the-art facility.

  • Client: Celebrity Cruise Lines
  • Architect: Wilson Butler Architects
  • Completion Year: 2000
  • Location: Miami, Florida
  • Capacity: 900 seats

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New York University School of Law | Tishman Auditorium

New York University School of Law

Tishman Auditorium

Photo Credit: Studio Abe


Dedicated in 1967 and named in memory of former Law School Trustee David Tishman, Tishman Auditorium is an epicenter for intellectual discourse, hosting luminaries from around the world. The newly renovated TishmanAuditorium in Vanderbilt Hall reopened in January 2020 with a screening of the film Just Mercy. The new space, designed with accessibility in mind, features a new seating layout, lighting system, and technical control room. The updated stage has a more intimate relationship to the audience, and the redesigned wings have improved the acoustics. The auditorium also has state-of-the-art audiovisual and IT equipment, including multiple screens with projection and streaming capability.

  • Client: New York University School of Law

  • Architect: Matiz Architecture & Design

  • Completion Year: 2020

  • Location: New York, New York

  • Size: 4500sf

  • Capacity: 425 seats


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Rice University, Brockman Hall for Opera

Rice University, Brockman Hall for Opera

Photo Credit: Brandon Martin/Rice University


The Brockman Hall for Opera will house will house the Lucian and Nancy Morrison Theater, a three-tiered, 600-seat, European-style opera theater with an orchestra pit for 75+ musicians. “The opera house is a visual overture to prepare the audience to enter into the magical world conjured by the music, the story and the theatrical setting of the opera,” said Allan Greenberg, architect. “It facilitates a journey into the mind of the composer, in which the human voice gives breath to a living fantasy.”

The Brockman Hall for Opera will be “a transformative addition to the Shepherd School, the opera program, and the greater university,” said Shepherd School Dean Robert Yekovich. “The center will offer premium performance space for opera, chamber orchestra, chamber music and theater; meet the growing need for rehearsal and practice space; and provide a hallmark venue to attract and host high-profile speakers.”


Addtional Information
  • Auditorium, 600-seats, multi-tiered Opera Hall.
  • Sightlines optimized with proprietary VR simulations created by FDA, complimented with acoustic modeling by Threshold Acoustics, throughout design process.
  • Custom upholsters seats and loose chairs provided by Series Seating and KM Fabrics, feature custom end panels with cast mediations and donor plaques.
  • Orchestra pit for up to 75+ musicians. Two state lifts accommodate configurations for smaller pit orchestras and Baroque orchestras (at house level), stage extension, and an additional row of audience seating. Removable railings were designed to be interchangeable to reduced inventory and easy of change over.
  • Variable Acoustic banners and tracked curtains are integrated with architectural elements and custom fabrics, featuring motorized controls and customizable presets.
  • Stage Rigging technology features 30+ motorized linesets with precision position, variable 0-120fpm speed, dedicated house curtain control, and emergency safety infrastructure provided by Texas Scenic Company.
  • Theatrical Lighting system features dimmer-per-circuit distribution with selectable dimming or through-power to accommodate incandescent and LED fixtures, dedicated wired network and controls provided by ETC. Lighting distribution over stage via raceways and cable management pantographs.
  • A custom Orchestra Shell accommodates chamber ensembles and smaller recitals; ‘Diva’ model towers and deployable ceiling reflectors with integral lighting provided by Wenger Corp.
  • A custom forestage reflector integrates with the auditorium ceiling and deploys with variable speed and precision tilt controls by Texas Scenic Company.
  • Rehearsal Room features integrated pipe-grid and acoustic reflectors, dedicated theatrical lighting controls.
  • Stage and Rehearsal Room feature resilient stage floor with Masonite deck custom built to FDA specification.
  • Scene Shop located directly off stage through dedicated loading dock, features integrated dust collection, paint booth, and motorized lifting at scenic painting wall.
  • Client: Rice University
  • Architect: Allan Greenberg Architect
  • Completion Year: 2020
  • Location: Houston, Texas
  • Acoustician: Threshold Acoustics
  • Building Size: 84,000 s.f.
  • Capacity: 600 seats

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