About
Inside The Venue
Events and Booking
Directions and Parking

About

The Jane and Arthur Stieren Theater is stage to the Trinity theatre department's four yearly productions, along with other large campus and community events. The theater was renovated in 1999, which included updating of its sound, lighting, and rigging systems. The audience area was reconfigured to create a 330-seat orchestra seating area and an additional 167 seats in a newly created balcony.

Stieren Theater view from the stage showing all the seats and the balcony seating

 

Inside the Venue

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Students rehearsing in attic theater

Attic Theater

The Attic Theater serves two purposes: classroom and laboratory. It has a sprung floor and excellent sound, lighting, and video systems.

Students performing in the Cafe theater

Café Theater

The Café Theater seats 50 and is also used for performance classes and student-produced lab shows.

Virgil Johnson and students inside of the costume studio

Costume Studio

The costume studio is equipped with 12 Bernina sewing machines, four Bernina sergers, an industrial sewing machine, an industrial hemmer, and an assortment of dress forms.

 

students preparing stage props for a production

Scenic Studio

The 2,500-square-foot scenic studio is equipped for both wood and metal working. It houses a SawStop table saw, a 12" DeWALT radial arm saw, several power miter saws, and a distributed pneumatic system with many pneumatic tools.

Inside view of the properties studio located inside of stieren theater

Properties Studio

The well-organized properties studio provides easy access to our stored props as well as storage of a production's custom props and furniture.

Student holds a paintbrush in front of a row of paint cans.

Paint Studio

The paint studio is housed on stage right, providing over 600 square feet of painting space. Larger items, such as drops, are painted on the stage.

 

Events and Booking Information


Upcoming Events

 

Booking Information

Tiger Faculty and Staff

Host an Event

Planning a large event or activity? Contact Conferences and Special Programs for more information about event planning on Trinity’s campus.

Reserve a Space or Place

Make individual space or room reservations through T-Space at tspace.trinity.edu. You’ll need your Trinity network username and password, and an idea about the date, time, location, and size of your event.

Students: Reach out to a faculty or staff sponsor for more information on event planning and space reservations.

Community Members

Host an Event

Want to use a facility or space on Trinity’s campus for your next large event or activity? Contact Conferences and Special Programs for more information.

Reserve a Space or Place

Rooms, halls, and outdoor spaces can be reserved for events such as guest lectures, meetings, or other smaller activities. Contact Conferences and Special Programs for more information.

 

Directions and Parking

Address: Trinity Pl, San Antonio, TX 78212

  Campus map

Directions to Stieren Theater

From the North on Hwy 281 (airport)
  • Proceed to Interstate 281 South.
  • Travel south on Hwy 281 for approximately 4 miles.
  • Exit at Hildebrand Avenue and turn right at the light off the highway.
  • Turn left at the first stoplight onto Devine Road/Stadium Drive. (If you reach Shook Avenue, you have gone too far.)
  • Veer right at the yield sign at the bottom of the hill.
  • Turn right onto the 1st road into campus.
  • Laurie Auditorium will be immediately on your left. You can either park outside to the right or under Laurie Auditorium to the left. From Laurie Auditorium follow the signs to the Stieren Theater.
From the South on Hwy 281 (downtown/Riverwalk and Corpus Christi)
  • Travel north on Interstate 281 North/37 North.
  • Exit at Hildebrand Avenue and turn left at the light off the highway.
  • Turn left at the first stoplight, not including those at the highway intersection, onto Devine Road/Stadium Drive. (If you reach Shook Avenue, you have gone too far.)
  • Veer right at the yield sign at the bottom of the hill.
  • Turn right onto the 1st road into campus.
  • Laurie Auditorium will be immediately on your left. You can either park outside to the right or under Laurie Auditorium to the left. From Laurie Auditorium follow the signs to the Stieren Theater.
From the North on I-35 (Austin)
  • Travel north on Interstate 281 North/37 North.
  • Exit at Hildebrand Avenue and turn left at the light off the highway.
  • Turn left at the first stoplight, not including those at the highway intersection, onto Devine Road/Stadium Drive. (If you reach Shook Avenue, you have gone too far.)
  • Veer right at the yield sign at the bottom of the hill.
  • Turn right onto the 1st road into campus.
  • Laurie Auditorium will be immediately on your left. You can either park outside to the right or under Laurie Auditorium to the left. From Laurie Auditorium follow the signs to the Stieren Theater.
From the East on I-10 (Houston)
  • Travel west on Interstate 10 and exit Interstate 281 North/37 North.
  • On Hwy 281 North, exit at Hildebrand Avenue and turn left at the light off the highway.
  • Turn left at the first stoplight onto Devine Road/Stadium Drive. (If you reach Shook Avenue, you have gone too far.)
  • Veer right at the yield sign at the bottom of the hill.
  • Turn right onto the 1st road into campus.
  • Laurie Auditorium will be immediately on your left. You can either park outside to the right or under Laurie Auditorium to the left. From Laurie Auditorium follow the signs to the Stieren Theater.
From the West on I-10 (El Paso)
  • Travel east on Interstate 10.
  • Exit at Hildebrand Avenue (Exit 566B).
  • Turn left on Hildebrand and travel approximately two miles.
  • At the intersection of Hildebrand and Devine Road/Stadium Drive, Trinity will be located on your right. (If you reach Hwy 281, you have gone too far.)
  • Turn right onto Stadium Drive.
  • Veer right at the yield sign at the bottom of the hill.
  • Turn right onto the 1st road into campus.
  • Laurie Auditorium will be immediately on your left. You can either park outside to the right or under Laurie Auditorium to the left. From Laurie Auditorium follow the signs to the Stieren Theater.

Parking and Accessibility

  Parking policy

General Parking

The Laurie Auditorium Parking Garage has designated levels for permit holders and visitor parking on the Orange level and Lot B. TUPD is available and onsite during every event to help guide to the appropriate parking areas. 

Accessibility Accommodations

Parking
Laurie Auditorium Parking Garage has elevators and has accessible parking spaces available on all levels.

Reserved Seating
Reserved wheelchair and accessible seating in all the venues.

Assisted Listening Devices
Devices may be obtained free of charge at the box office prior to the event, but patrons are required to leave a photo ID, to be claimed upon return of the device.

Closed Captioning
Closed Captioning available for certain performances.

 

Contact
For further assistance, please call the Trinity University Police Department at 210-999-7070.

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