What is the Hemenway Project?
The Hemenway Project is The Boston Conservatory’s plans to renovate and expand its existing theater building at 31 Hemenway Street and dramatically improve the instructional and performance space and experience for students, faculty and patrons. The culmination of three years of planning, the $30 million project will add 16,000 feet of new instructional and performance space, as well as the addition of a new orchestra pit, new theater seating, handicapped accessibility, new climate control, increased ceiling height, a new control booth, new theatrical lighting and rigging and a host of acoustical refinements in the 340-seat theater. The Hemenway Project is the first major facilities initiative undertaken by the institution in 50 years. What activities regularly take place at the 31 Hemenway Street theater building? The 31 Hemenway Street building regularly houses the school’s 340-seat mainstage theater, as well as the box office, costume shop and a modest number of dance studios, class
