More than a decade later, OPN has returned to the theatre to continue the work started by the most recent renovations, which focused largely on patron experience and performance spaces. The remaining half of the Iowa Theater Building—Theatre Cedar Rapids’ home—is unseen and underutilized. With an urgent need for rehearsal, classroom, and gathering space, TCR is addressing building connectivity and accessibility in order to thrive as a dynamic performing arts center. Unifying infrastructure, renovating upper floors, and enhancing production and patron experiences will launch the next era of community-centered theater, education, and partnership in this iconic downtown facility. The renovated space will provide new children’s and experimental performance spaces, flexible rehearsal spaces design to support music and movement, and multi-purpose spaces designed to support both rehearsals and rentable space that will provide additional sources of revenue for the theatre. The auditorium will also receive a facelift with new seats, refreshed paint and carpet, and improved lighting.

OPN supported the theatre’s capital campaign with visuals, including a video: https://www.tcrnext100.org/