Twelve stacked stories of theatre rise in front of you at the Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre, dedicated October 12, 2009. Dedicated October 12, 2009, this 80,300-square-foot, twelve-story building rethinks what a theater can be. Its groundbreaking "stacked" vertically organized facility turns the traditional form on its head; inside it can hold about 600 people depending upon the stage configuration and serves as the new home for the Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico.
The Wyly was designed by REX | OMA with Joshua Prince-Ramus as partner in charge and by Pritzker Prize winning architect Rem Koolhaas, and the building bears the name of Dee and Charles Wyly, who donated $20 million to the Center. As one of four venues that comprise the AT&T Performing Arts Center, it sits in the Arts District. Notice how the vertical rods lining the outside on all four sides are intended to be symbolic of the folds of a theater curtain; those rods are extruded anodized aluminum.
Notice the anodized aluminum rods on all four sides, folded like a theater curtain around the homes of the Dallas Theater Center and Dallas Black Dance Theatre.