Henegar Center, Performing arts center in Melbourne, Florida.
Henegar Center is a performing arts center at 625 East New Haven Avenue in Melbourne, Florida, occupying a 1919 school building designed by W.M. Christen. Its Main Stage is a 475-seat proscenium theater designed by Peter Feller, and the second-floor Upstairs at the Henegar is an 85-seat black box theater added in 2014. The building also holds a ballroom, reception room, courtyard garden room, mirrored dance studio and meeting spaces.
The building was designed by W.M. Christen, begun in 1919 and opened in autumn 1920 as a school, the first of three structures on the site. In 1963 it was named for former principal Ruth Henegar, and the school closed on 11 June 1975. In 1983 the Brevard Regional Arts Group formed to restore the two remaining buildings, and the arts center opened in 1991 with a 475-seat Main Stage.
The center presents a year-round schedule of theatrical productions ranging from musicals to dramas featuring both local and guest ensembles. Audiences experience a mix of established classics and contemporary works that bring live theater to the community.
The Henegar Center stands at 625 East New Haven Avenue in downtown Melbourne, on East New Haven Avenue's historic stretch. The main building holds the ballroom, reception room, courtyard garden room, mirrored dance studio and two meeting spaces, with the 475-seat Main Stage theater and the 85-seat Upstairs black box on the second floor. Public spaces show rotating exhibitions by local artists.
The Main Stage curtain came from the Broadway musical The King and I, and the 475-seat proscenium theater was designed by Peter Feller. Upstairs at the Henegar, a black box theater added on the second floor in 2014, seats 85 people.
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