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S E AT I N G C H A R T
T H E A S FA F O U N D AT I O N
Seats: 500
The Dorothy Jemison Day Theater was built through
Proscenium Opening: 44’ wide x 27’ high
foundations. It is named for the late and much beloved ASFA
the generosity of many individuals, corporations and
Stage Size: 40’ x 75’
Foundation Board member Dorothy "Dodie" Jemison Day.
Architect: LIVE Design Group
The ASFA Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit organization, headed
Consultants: Acoustic Dimensions;
by Bryding Adams, Executive Director, has raised over
Theater Project Consultants
$7.8 million for the facility. The complex project took 18 months
Contractor: B.L. Harbert International
to complete. It is touted as the most technologically advanced
Construction Costs: $8.5 million
venue of its kind in the Southeast. Major foundation donors
include Alabama Power Foundation, Regions Financial Corpora-
Amenities:
tion Foundation, EBSCO, The Daniel Foundation of Alabama,
• Digital lighting and sound system
Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham, Hill Crest
• Wenger orchestra shell
Foundation, Jemison Investment Co. Inc., Hugh Kaul Foundation,
• Steinway concert grand piano
Robert Meyer Foundation, Compass Bank, Vulcan Materials
• Mechanical orchestra lift
Foundation, AT&T Foundation, Joseph S. Bruno Foundation,
• WiFi
Ronne and Donald Hess Foundation and Altec/Styslinger
• Scene shop, two large dressing rooms,
Foundation.
green room, laundry/kitchen facilities
• Acoustically tuneable listening environment
S U S TA I N T H E T H E AT E R
• Sprung stage floor
Providing Birmingham’s arts community, and our
• Complete set of Marley dance flooring
talented young people, an optimum place to perform is
• Movie Screen for high definition video
a loving legacy to our city and the arts in general. There are
• Orchestra pit for 50+ musicians
Location: downtown Birmingham Arts District
many ways to give, and ASFA Foundation’s Bryding Adams
C O N TAC T I N F O R M AT I O N
Parking available: street parking, open lot,
Dan Gainey, most recently with the Alys Stephens Center as
across 19th Street
in theater management to the Dorothy Jemison Day Theater.
and Boutwell Auditorium parking deck
Facilities Manager, brings an extensive background
advanced venue of its kind
in the entire Southeast.”
As an example, engraved seat plaques are offered for $250
and $500. It is a wonderful way to honor or remember someone
special, or to personally support the theater. Bryding can be
reached at 205.252.6617 or badams@asfa.k12.al.us.
Dan can provide guidance in all aspects of this venue,
from performance technical needs, meetings and presentations,
“Touted as the most technologically
can advise you no matter what the level of your generous gift.
catering, set up and decor. For more information, rental fees,
tours, or to book the theater, please contact Dan at:
Dan Gainey, Facilities Manager
Phone: 205-458-0381
Email: dgainey@asfa.k12.al.us
DOROTHY
JEMISON DAY
THEATER
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DOROTHY JEMISON DAY THEATER
SPECIFICATIONS
& INFORMATION
D O R O T H Y J E M I S O N DAY T H E AT E R
ALABAMA SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
Theater offers the arts community a much needed alternative to
public school authorized and funded by the Alabama
both smaller and larger facilities. It also benefits all areas of the
school, providing a professional environment in which students
will learn the inner-workings, challenges and opportunities of
performing on a professional stage. The theater is located at
800 19th Street North in the heart of Birmingham's downtown arts
district. Craig Krawczyk of Birmingham's LIVE Design Group was
The Alabama School of Fine Arts is a partially residential
Legislature to provide tuition-free instruction to impassioned
students, grades 7-12. The school provides focused specialty
instruction in Creative Writing, Dance, Mathematics/Science,
F
ASA
With 500 seats, ASFA's 19,000 square foot Dorothy Jemison Day
Music, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts, plus core academic
courses necessary to earn an Alabama high school diploma,
which historically, 100% of seniors pass. With this, they
the architect for the $8.5 million project. Theater acoustics were
also averaged over $135,000 each in college scholarships this
New York, and technical theater design was by Michael Ferguson of
in grades 7-11, and the mathematics and science department
designed by David Kahn of Acoustic Dimensions, New Rochelle,
Theatre Project Consultants, Norwalk, Connecticut. Included in the
building is a 40 x 75 foot sprung stage floor with a mechanical
orchestra lift, a 60 foot stage house with fly gallery for changing
scenery, and a Wenger orchestra shell. The acoustically tuneable
listening environment also has a Steinway concert grand piano
past year. ASFA’s five arts departments accept students
accepts students in grades 8 - 11. Admission is by audition
only. Students traditionally and consistently win national
awards and scholarships. ASFA has produced many
Presidential Scholars and winners of youngArts, Gates
Millenium Scholarship winners, National Merit Scholars and
and a complete set of Marley dance flooring. There are two large
National Achievement Scholars. ASFA alumni have
bath facilities for performers, laundry/kitchen facilities, and a
movies and best-sellers such as Suzanne Collins’ “Hunger Games”
audience rest rooms, a Green Room, dressing rooms with full
scene shop for the construction of sets. The building is equipped
with WiFi, ethernet voice/data connections and a large high
definition movie screen. Constructed by B.L.Harbert International,
the theater will help stimulate the economic development and
revitalization of the downtown arts district, which has a shortage of
mid-sized performance venues available to local performing artists.
gone on to make news in medical research, the stage, music,
trilogy. For more information about the school, please call
205.252.9241 or go to www.asfa.k12.al.us.
DOROTHY JEMISON DAY THEATER
800 19th Street North Birmingham, Alabama 35203 205.458.0360