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History of Zoellner
 Lehigh University's Zoellner Arts Center was constructed during 1996 and opened its doors for its inaugural season in 1997-98. The center was conceived as the home for both the academic departments and a professional guest artist series, all served by the same professional Zoellner staff. The Music Department, the Department of Theatre, the Art Galleries and the Guest Artist series share all building resources--space, equipment and personnel--with one another.
The center's mission is to create an environment where artists and students of the arts develop and learn; to educate, captivate and inspire performers and audiences by presenting a variety of vibrant, high-quality performing arts events, exhibits and scholastic programs; and to develop new audiences.
The Guest Artist series has presented a wide array of excellent multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural performers, ranging from the
New York Philharmonic and Itzhak Perlman; to the Tuvan throat singers Huun-Huur-Tu and Laurie Anderson; to Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, MOMIX, the Aquila Theatre Company and Lily Tomlin and Bernadette Peters.
The building, designed by Philadelphia architects Dagit Saylor, houses three theaters, including a 1,000-seat proscenium theater, a 300-seat thrust theater, a 125-seat black box theater, a two-story art gallery, several rehearsal rooms, recording studio, dance studio, practice rooms, scene shop, costume shop, dressing rooms and green room, classrooms, music library, box office, faculty and staff offices, and three large lobbies suitable for receptions. A 345-car parking deck is attached to the center.
photo credit: macphotography.net
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