United States Institute for Theatre Technology’s (USITT)
2011 “Ideal Theatre” Student Design Competition Opens

Architectural and theatre students are invited to participate in USITT’s Fifth Annual “Ideal Theatre” Student Design Competition.  This international design competition brings together the “client user’ and the “designer” to explore the possibilities of what a performing arts space could be.  Winning design teams will receive free Conference registrations and cash prizes.

Application deadline is November 17, 2010 and the deadline for completing submissions is December 22, 2010.

A jury of professionals will select three projects for Honor Awards. The Honor Award teams will be invited to the USITT Conference & Stage Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina from March 9 to 12, 2011 where they will present their projects to the USITT Architecture Commission.  All submissions exhibited at the USITT Conference. United States entries considered for the USITT/USA Architecture Entry at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space.

In 2010 teams from Poland, Germany and the Unites States received Honor Awards.

For additional information, including a design brief, application, and prize list, visit http://www.usitt.org/StudentArchitecture.aspx.