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Coordinates: 42°11′11″N 87°51′10″W 42.1864139, -87.8528461

Deerfield High School

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    • 1959 North Waukegan Road, Deerfield, Illinois, United States of America
  • Telephone Numbers: (224) 632-3000
  • Official Website: [1]
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The original building was constructed during the mid 1950s in response to the post-War nuclear threat. Construction was completed in 1959 and its first class graduated in 1963. As of 1999, DHS included 327,000 square feet (30,400 m²) of space. In 2000, DHS and its sister school, Highland Park High School, underwent a two-year, $75 million renovation and expansion project. DHS received new science and arts wings for a total of 140,000 square feet (13,000 m²) added and 61,600 square feet (5,720 m²) renovated. The additions and renovations were designed by Legat Architects and executed by VACALA Construction, Inc.^[1]

The DHS Auditorium is a proscenium style theater that seats 914 persons and is used for assemblies and productions of dance, musical theatre, and concerts by soloists and large ensembles. The Auditorium's stage house measures 3,200 square feet (300 m²) with a proscenium that is 35 feet wide, 18 feet high and a stage that is 30 feet deep to the cyclorama. The lighting grid is 30 feet high. The Studio Theatre is located immediately adjacent to the Auditorium and is used as a backstage area during Auditorium productions. The orchestra pit is located at house level and can contain up to thirty musicians. The stage house has a 7-line, manual, single purchase counterweight fly system, with 500-pound capacity per line-set. In addition, the Auditorium houses a walk-draw white cyclorama, moveable tormentors, four travelers, dead-hung teasers and a walk draw black scrim. Lighting and Sound operate from the control booth, located at the rear of the house. The DHS Studio Theater is a 3,000-square-foot (300 m²) reconfigurable black box theater. Its various seating configurations can accommodate up to 200 persons in thrust, proscenium, stadium, or arena arrangements. The lighting pipe grid is eighteen feet above the stage floor. The Studio Theatre has a reconfigurable walk-draw curtain system with a dedicated inventory of black stage draperies and a sky blue cyclorama. During Studio Theater productions the Auditorium stage is used as backstage.^[1]

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