Robert Davis LLC - Theater Consulting Services

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Robert Davis consults on the construction and renovation of theaters and other performing arts architecture.
Current work includes commercial, educational, and institutional projects.

Robert Davis, FASTC is a Founding Member and Fellow of the American Society of Theatre Consultants.

Robert Davis is celebrating 50 years of planning efficient gracious handsome theaters.

Recent Projects


		Globe News Center for the Performing Arts Amarillo TX			Two River Theater Red Bank NJ

		BTI Center Raleigh NC			Bratton Theater The Chautauqua Institution Chautauqua NY

		Primary Stages 59E59 Theaters New York NY			Playwrights Horizons New York NY

		Indiana University Dept of Theatre & Drama Bloomington IN			Bailey Hall Cornell University Ithaca NY

		Arthur Zankel Music Center Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY			Episcopal Acadamy Newtown Square PA

		Hylton Performing Arts Center George Mason University Manassas VA			William Penn Charter School Philadelphia PA

General services offered by Robert Davis LLC include:

Site evaluation.
Programming.
Budgeting.
Assistance in all phases of facility planning.
Preparation of contract documents for stage equipment.
Physical feasibility studies.
Planning sightlines.
Planning the stage configuration.
Planning front-of-house facilities.
Planning backstage facilities and dressing rooms.
Planning technical spaces such as the box office, scenic, costume, prop, and electric shops, rehearsal rooms, green rooms, loading dock, and the stage door area.

Robert Davis LLC designs stage equipment according to the standard architectural project phases.
Stage equipment includes:

Motorized and manual rigging.
Stage lighting controls and instruments.
Dance and ballet floors and other stage floor construction.
Stage traps and elevators.
Stage draperies and masking.
Portable equipment.

In addition to providing contract documents and reviewing construction we provide the structural, electrical, and mechanical engineering coordination information necessary to incorporate stage systems into the building design.
Emphasis is placed on:

Constructive interaction with the design team.
Exciting sightlines.
Reasonable solutions.
Consensus process.
Keeping the audience and performers happy.
Making sturdy gracious spaces.
Providing artists with dependable professional tools.
Making the building an excellent workplace.

Pictorial Diagrams of New York Theatres - 1883

Robert Davis - Bibliography
Articles on Theater Planning Topics

Our mobile number is: (845) 913 8066 (preferred number for most purposes).
Our office number is: (231) 252 4345.
We do not receive faxes.
Before 2017 our address was 200 Cabrini Blvd. #95, New York NY 10033 and our telephone number was (212) 927 8822.
Before 2004 our address was 37 West 20th Street, New York NY 10011 and our telephone number was (212) 242 0856.

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