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4worldlovers:
The Tornabene Theatre, originally known as The Laboratory Theatre, opened in 1994 with a monumental production of A Tale of Two Cities. The space is a unique five-sided, flexible and experimental performance space with a new seating configuration each season. The space includes both floor and balcony seating with balcony seating looking down on the performance. Depending upon the seating configuration, seating capacity ranges from 260 to 280 seats.


The space allows for open and imaginative staging and seating. Faculty and students are provided with this distinctive theatrical space which promotes creative and innovative productions resulting in an enhanced educational and spectator experience.

The Laboratory Theatre was renamed The Tornabene Theatre in 2006 with a gift from Lyn Tornabene in honor of her husband Frank and her daughter Wendy Lyn. The gift was meant to celebrate the family’s love of the arts. The renaming took place as part of the School’s 75th Anniversary Gala.

For the 2023/20224 seasons, Arizona Repertory Theatre and Next Performance Collective will perform four productions in The Tornabene Theatre, titles to be announced.

4worldlovers: Borderlands Theater strives to build equitable, joyful, and meaningful collaborations with the local community through innovative theater and responsive cultural programs ingrained in the heritage, narratives, and lived experiences of peoples rooted across the Sonoran Desert.

Borderlands Theater Awarded 100K to participate in One Nation One Project

Leveraging the power of the arts for the wellbeing of all.

Borderlands Theater is excited to announce their participation in the One Nation One Project initiative that centers the role of the arts as a vital tool for community wellness. The central theory is that community plus the arts equals healthier people, healthier societies. ONOP has gathered research and statistics to prove this theory. Borderlands Theater in Tucson is one of 18 cities across the country setting out to gather more data to back the claim that arts are vital to our own and our city’s wellbeing.

“Congratulations Borderlands Theater. Thank you for your incredible work telling our history.” – Mayor Regina Romero.