Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Performing arts center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, United States
The Curtis M. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts is a theatre on the western side of the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. It consists of a 1,700-seat proscenium hall and a 200-seat Black Box Theatre.
The center opened in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of Cats. In 2000, retired Jacksonville surgeon Curtis M. Phillips and his wife Barbara gave the Barbara J. and Curtis M. Phillips M.D. Endowment Fund, which named the facility.
The Phillips Center opened in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of Cats. Its programming has ranged from the Bolshoi Ballet and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Stomp and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, and it has hosted world premieres of collaborative works such as Aeros and People of the Forest.
The different halls are designed for various types of events with flexible stage configurations to suit different productions. The complex is located on campus and accessible by car or public transportation.
The name honors Curtis M. Phillips, a retired Jacksonville surgeon, and his wife Barbara J. Phillips, whose endowment fund was established in 2000. The building itself had already opened in January 1992 with three sold-out performances of Cats.
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