Venues
Segerstrom Hall, a 2,994-seat, opera house-style theater, is the campus' largest facility and often the venue for Broadway musicals, ballet, and other large productions. Adjacent to Segestrom Hall is the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, a 1,704-seat theater-in-the-round and home to the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ (C.B. Fisk Opus 130), which has 4,322 pipes and 75 stops, including 57 individual voices, four manual keyboards with 61 notes each, and one pedal keyboard with 32 notes.
Housed in the same building as the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall is the Samueli Theater, a 375-seat, multi-purpose facility. Named for Henry Samueli, who donated $10,000,000 to the Segerstrom complex.[3] It is suitable for jazz, cabaret, theater, and special events. The Judy Morr Theater, located in the Center for Dance and Innovation, is a 250-seat hall that serves primarily as ballet-company rehearsal space and as the primary studio for the ABT Gillespie School.
In addition, the Education Center includes the Studio Performance Space and Boeing Education Lab. The Segerstrom complex is also home to the American Ballet Theatre's William J. Gillespie School, the School of Dance and Music for Children with Disabilities, Leatherby's Café Rouge, George's Café, Plaza Cafe, and two private donor rooms.
Julianne and George Argyros Plaza is a 46,000 square foot area with restaurants, a permanent stage, public seating, and picnic areas. In 2006, Elizabeth and Henry Segerstrom commissioned Richard Serra to create a sculpture as the focal point for the newly expanded Segerstrom Center for the Arts; Serra created Connector, a 65-feet-high, 360-ton, pentagonal sculpture made of weathered steel.[4]