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Volunteer Picture Tour
1.
WELCOME TO THE COWLES CENTER
When you enter through the front doors of The Cowles Center
into the US Bank Atrium Lobby, this is what you’ll see. Straight
ahead is the box office. Guests can purchase or pick up tickets
here, or ask for assistance or directions.
On the pages to follow we’ll walk through the lobby spaces
on the first floor of The Cowles Center.
2.
If you turn left while standing just inside the front doors, you’ll
be looking into the tower wing of the building. Up that small
ramp is the elevator, which leads to the building’s tenants.
Guests can also use this elevator (with staff accompanying them)
to get to the Grand Tier without using stairs.
The shiny signs on the wall direct guests to the two
independently run theaters in the building, The Illusion Theater
and the James Sewell Ballet TEK Box.
Now we’ll turn back and more fully explore the
US Bank Atrium Lobby.
The water fountain is up this ramp and to the right.
3.
Down that hallway you’ll
find the answer to the
question you’ll get more
than any other:
The restrooms. First inside
the hallway is the
Gentlemen’s. A little further
back is an accessible family
bathroom with a changing
table and an outlet. Near the
back of this small lobby is the
Ladies’. It’s difficult to see in
this picture, but there is a
sign reading “Restrooms ß”
on the wall next to the
pictured wooden doorway.
This doorway leads backstage
and is where performers
generally come from at the
end of the performance.
Starting facing the box
office, if we turn to the right
we’ll face a hallway and
then the bar.
4.
If we keep turning right
we get a nice view of
the lobby and bar and
then we’re facing the
donor wall and the
entrance to the Ted
Mann Lobby.
Each time you
volunteer you’ll head
right from the entrance
and into the Ted Mann
Lobby.
This is the entrance
through which the
audience will enter and
also the place where
we’ll prepare for the
performance.
5.
Because of its beauty, the Ted Mann Lobby is one of my
favorite places in the theater.
As you enter the Ted Mann Lobby, the coat check will be to
your left (it’s closed in the top-left picture). Volunteers can
store their possessions and get a uniform vest in the coat
check when they arrive for their shift.
Exits are to your right. These are the closest exits in the
event of an emergency, but are also exits that can be used
at any time. They do not open from the outside.
At the start of your volunteer shift, staff and volunteers
meet right in the middle of the Ted Mann lobby for a pre-
show meeting.
6.
One of the most difficult things you’ll need to remember while
volunteering is which door to send guests to. Each guest’s ticket
will tell you that his or her seat is Right or Left.
In this picture, the Right
Door is on the left
(confused yet?). Behind the
other door is a staircase
that leads to the back of the
theater. Staff will use this
staircase to seat late-
arriving guests. Volunteers
will also use this staircase
to find seats for themselves
that they can get to without
disturbing other guests as
the performance starts.
Once you’re in the Ted Mann
Lobby, the Left Door is actually
already behind you! To get to the
Left Door you have to enter the
lobby and then turn almost 180
degrees to your left.
When facing the coat check, the
Right Door is on your right, the Left
Door is on your left. Both doors
open onto the Orchestra Level and
both have a staircase to the Grand
Tier level.
You’ll have time to reacquaint
yourself with the theater before the
house opens each shift.