Performance Venues

Explore the Lee Center for the Arts at Seattle University, featuring the John Eshelman Stage and Hedreen Gallery. This state-of-the-art venue enhances student and community artistic experiences through performances and visual art.

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Photo of Lee Center for the Arts from outside with lights on in lobby

The Lee Center for the Arts

Seattle University's state-of-the-art performance and exhibition space is on the corner of Twelfth Avenue and East Marion Street. The facility was designed to enrich the artistic experience of Seattle University students, foster the development of new creative work by Seattle artists, and strengthen the infrastructure for arts education serving youth and adults in Seattle's Central District and wider community.  The center houses the John Eshelman Stage, our "black-box theater" , scene shop, costume shop, green room, and dressing rooms. 

It is also home to the Hedreen Gallery, a lobby art gallery for the public display of visual art by students and visiting artists visible through over 90 feet of plate glass windows along 12th Avenue. 

The exterior décor coordinates with the surrounding campus, while the Hedreen Gallery invites engagement from visitors and passersby and helps to make the facility accessible and welcoming to the public.

Seattle University opened the Jeanne Marie & Rhoady Lee Center on February 14, 2006. The design of the Lee Center for the Arts won the 2006 AIA Seattle Chapter, Award of Merit, and the 2008 AIA Northwest and Pacific Region, Award of Merit.

Music Performances

Choir performing at Seattle First Baptist Church
Dr. Leann Conley-Holcom conducts Seattle University Choir at Seattle First Baptist Church

Seattle University Choirs

The Choirs present quarterly concerts at Seattle First Baptist Church at 1111 Harvard Avenue, just a few blocks from campus. They also perform  in the Chapel of St. Ignatius on campus.

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Dr. Quinton Morris performs in Pigott Auditorium for MLK Day Celebration
Dr. Quinton Morris performs in Pigott Auditorium for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration

Music Recitals and Visiting Artists

Students, faculty and renowned musicians perform in Pigott Auditorium, as well as the Chapel of St. Ignatius.

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