Jenkins & Charland/TRC Worldwide Engineering, Inc. is providing structural engineering design and contract administration services on this new 1,200-seat theater.  The Knight Theater will consist of the stage, proscenium, fly tower, orchestra pit, and two levels of seating.  Backstage and back-of-house areas will include a warm-up room, a variety of dressing rooms, a performers’ lounge, storage areas and general office space.

Patrons will step into a spacious, two-tiered lobby with a grand staircase between levels.  A “VIP room” will adjoin the pre-function space located on the upper tier at the balcony level of the theater.  Additional pre-function space will be provided by a connector leading to the Bechtler Art Museum.

Managed by the Performing Arts Center with the North Carolina Dance Theatre as the primary tenant, the theater will also feature performances by Opera Carolina and the Charlotte Symphony, as well as musical theater, popular music, touring productions, lectures and films.