Zellerbach Hall, performing arts center at University of California, Berkeley, US
Zellerbach Hall is a performing arts center on the University of California Berkeley campus with a main auditorium seating about 2,000 people and a smaller playhouse holding roughly 500 for theatrical productions. The two spaces allow different types of performances to run alongside each other throughout the year.
Zellerbach Hall was designed by architect and UC Berkeley professor Vernon DeMars and completed in 1968. It was named for Isadore and Jennie Zellerbach after their $1 million gift toward finishing the facility. The building holds a 1,984-seat auditorium and a 500-seat playhouse.
Cal Performances, the university's presenting and producing arts organization, uses the 1,984-seat Zellerbach Auditorium as its main venue for dance, theater, opera and symphony concerts. The 500-seat Zellerbach Playhouse is primarily used by the UC Berkeley Department of Theater and Dance, whose flexible seating sections can be rearranged for different configurations of stage and audience.
Visitors can reach the venue by taking BART to Berkeley Station or AC Transit buses, with parking options available near the campus. Walking across the hilly terrain of the campus may take longer than expected if arriving on foot.
Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie recorded "Songbird", from the album Rumours, at Zellerbach Hall in 1976. In May 1998 the game show Jeopardy! held its annual College Championship in the building.
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