Where Entertainment Meets Innovation
We translate the language of performing arts into every aspect of venue design and construction
Grossmont Community College Performing Arts Theatre
Creating a venue that works for everyone, at every level of the art and operations is the Everest of performance space design
Balancing artistic, functional, and technical requirements with fiscal
responsibility is hard. Building an iconic performance space that encourages the exchange of energy and emotion between people is even harder.
We bridge the gap between the art forms and the design team, helping
identify what you actually need to create a superb performance space.
Here are 3 ways we do it:
Creativity
Find the "yes" to your creative
vision, while protecting the project
and the budget.
Collaboration
We work with all your key players to
develop the design and manage the
details through every stage.
Connection
Manage the design details to create a performance space that connects
artists to the audience.
From $10 Million to $100 Million Projects
We're Your Theatre Sherpa
®
Look, creating superb performance spaces is never a blue-sky, do-what-you-want type of deal.
There are always budget limitations, challenges, and requirements that must be met. Always.
With more than 360+ projects and decades of experience under our belts, we know how to dance with adversity and still embrace the creative process.
We guide you and your key players through every step of the planning, design, and construction process so you have the expertise to meet performance requirements and exceed expectations.
150+
Architects
360+
Performance
Spaces
600+
Opening Nights
30+
Countries
1
Marionette Theatre
We’re not just experienced theatre design consultants, we're entertainment professionals
Collectively, we've worked in almost every form of live performance.
And we’re driven to help create spaces that continue the arts’ role in
bringing people together, engaging the person, the community, and the world.
TheatreDNA Team
Michael Ferguson
Founding Principal
Benton Delinger
Founding Principal
Ryan Mueller
Producing / Planning / Performance Equipment Design
Alex Hargis
Business Development /
Operations and Planning
Diego Rodrigues
Associate Designer
Gail Heinrich
Financial Manager
Lars Klein
Project Management / Performance Equipment Design
Ericka Delgado
Associate Designer /BIM Manager
Jennifer Heard
Proposal Manager
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Sophie
Guest Relations /
Floor Cleaning
Keith Gerchak
Theatre Design
& Planning
Aaron Black
Production Design /Performance System Planning
Tanya Gillette
Production Coordinator
Klem
Bone Inventory Management / Ball Collection
Without Theatre DNA's knowledge, communication skills and experience with large building projects, we would not have been successful in fulfilling our vision. They took our ideas and made them better. They didn't just make the experience a success, they made it enjoyable. We wouldn't take on another project without them.
--William Godsley, Calhoun Community College
Collaboration
Throughout the careers of our principals and team, we’ve had the great pleasure of working with many different architects, including some of the most creative and celebrated design professionals in the world.
Aedas
Ayers Saint Gross Architects
Barton Myers Associates
BNIM Architects
Callison
David M. Swartz Architects
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Ennead Architects
Fentress Architects
Frederick Fisher and Partners
Foster + Partners
Friis + Moltke
GBBN
Gehry Partners
Gensler
Gruen Associates
H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture
Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company
Herzog & de Meuron
HGA
Hodgetts & Fung Architects
Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture
Kendall/Heaton Associates
KPMB Architects
Levin and Associates
Live Design Group
LPA
Manica Architecture
Michael Maltzan Architecture
Moore Ruble Yudell
OMA
Pei Partnership Architects
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
Perkins + Will
Perkins Eastman
Pfeiffer Partners
Rafael Viñoly Architects
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
REX Architecture
Richard Meier & Partners
Safdie Architects
SANAA
Semple Brown Design
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart
Snøhetta
TVS Design
William Rawn Associates
Wilson Butler Architects
Zaha Hadid Architects
Zeidler Partnership Architects
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects
