Encompassing a semester's worth of intense design work, this thesis is a comprehensive design proposal for a contemporary Shakespearean theatre for Oklahoma City. The thesis demonstrates the validity of the final product after much examination, from the first steps of initial theatre research, conceptual investigation, and site analysis, through the last steps of detailing, structural and HVAC calculations, and construction documentation.This proposal firmly grounds itself in the unique idea of a park as a place of curiosity, energy, and variety as the inspiration for the theatre. Issues of community impact and contextual acceptance, cultural accommodation and welcoming, and the diverse multiplicity of programmatic requirements are thoroughly explored and ultimately answered through this central concept
