BYU West Campus

The Mainstage Theatre

The largest venue at West Campus, the Mainstage Theatre hosts musical theatre productions, the Final Cut Film Festival, and other events produced by the Department of Theatre and Media Arts.


The Studio Theatre was conceived to give the director flexibility of audience placement as well as actor placement. The seating may be arranged in any part of the theatre and in any relationship to the acting area that the director may desire, thus allowing the director control of the audience-actor relationship. Such delicate dramatic values are difficult to project over large distances to huge audiences. Seating capacity is approximately 140 people.  

The Studio Theatre


The Black Box Theatre

The Black Box Theatre is designed as a laboratory for the practicum activities of the acting and directing students, and the venue houses the student-directed productions during the school year.


Music Building

Seating 214 people, the Choral Hall holds the many BYU choirs for weekly rehearsals and also acts as an alternate recital hall. The Jones pipe organ is installed in the loft to facilitate additional organ lessons and performances, as well as collaborative works for choir and organ. 

Choral Hall


Recital Hall

The shoebox-style Recital Hall is where student, faculty, and guest recitals are held. The space feels intimate in nature, while still seating 257 audience members. Acoustic curtains enable a varied treatment for the many solo and chamber music performances that occur in this performance space.  


Designed to equal the dimensions of a stage floor, the Box was initially intended as an opera rehearsal space. The flexibility of this space, with adjustable acoustic curtains, non-fixed seating, and a lighting grid overhead, makes it a multipurpose creative space for new works, interdisciplinary projects, and interactive collaboration. 


Concert Hall

The heart of the Music Building is the Concert Hall. A vineyard-style hall with 1000 seats surrounding the stage, this venue gives both a grand and an intimate feel for audiences. The stage floor has 19 sections, which move to create standard risers or varied configurations. Acoustic panels that rise and lower from the ceiling also provide variance for the many different types of performances that take the stage. This world-class hall hosts international guest artists along with all of the BYU School of Music traditional performances. 


Other Buildings

The Dance Performance Theatre, located on the western edge of campus in the Stephen L. Richards Building, serves as a studio and performance space for smaller ensembles and student showcase events from the Department of Dance. The theatre features fully retractable seating, allowing the space to function as a classroom studio during academic hours. Seating capacity is 336. Since fall 2008, this theatre has featured reserved seating to all events.

Dance Performance Theatre


Marriott Center

Opened in 1971 as the then-largest college basketball arena in the United States, the 19,000-seat J. Willard Marriott Center serves as the home of the BYU basketball teams. During fall and winter semesters, the arena is also used to present the university’s weekly devotionals and forums. A number of dance and cultural events are staged in the Marriott Center each year as well.