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    • BOX OFFICE
      • Discounts
      • Ticketing Policies
    • Black History Month Celebration
    • Broadway at the Academy
    • Gift Certificates
    • Group Sales
    • RESIDENT COMPANIES
      • The Charlottesville Ballet 22/23 Season
      • Endstation Theatre Company 22/23 Season
      • Jefferson Choral Society 22/23 Season
      • Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra 22/23 Season
      • Opera on the James 22/23 Season
      • Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest 21/22 Season
    • SEATING CHARTS
  • COMMUNITY ACCESS
    • Academy in Motion
    • Education Access Program
    • Facilities Access Program
    • Ticket Access Program
    • Artist in Residency Program
  • EDUCATION
    • ALL CLASSES
    • ADULT CLASSES
    • YOUTH CLASSES
    • POTTERY CLASSES
    • SUMMER CAMPS
    • YOUTH THEATRE
    • Field Trips At the Academy
    • Education Access Program
    • Instructor Interest Form
  • GALLERIES
    • The Academy Artist Expansion Initiative
    • 2023 National Juried Art Exhibition
  • RENTALS
    • PRIVATE EVENTS
      • Birthday Parties
      • Corporate Rentals
      • Professional Workshops
      • Social and Private Rentals
      • Weddings
    • Ticketed RENTALS
    • Performance Partner Program
    • Facilities Access Program
  • SUPPORT
    • Fall Campaign 2022
    • Volunteer
    • BECOME A MEMBER
    • Make a Donation
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      • Legacy Giving
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      • Staff Directory
    • Employment
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      • Internships
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      • DINE
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      • Parking and Directions
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The Joy & Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre and Lobby

Plan your next event at the Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre and enjoy:

  • The flexibility of our Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre space, arranged to suit any occasion or presentation.
  • Our spacious lobby to serve as your pre-event space.
  • A warming kitchen to ensure convenience for your catered function.
  • Stage featuring flexible configuration.
  • A drop screen to show your presentation.
  • Theatrical lighting and state-of-the-art sound system.
  • Convenient parking.
  • Concessions and bar facilities.
  • Coat Room.
  • 9′ Steinway concert grand.
  • The services of the Academy’s Box Office.
  • The convenience of our two bright and spacious dressing rooms.
  • The expertise of our technical staff.

The Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre – This unique theatre has beautiful oak flooring and draping to cover the walls or be pulled aside to reveal on one side, a restored historic brick facade including 4 lovely arched windows.

Capacity – The Joy and Lynch Christian Warehouse Theatre (5000 sf) will seat 300, theatre or banquet style, or 400 for a cocktail party.

Lobby – the 40′ x 45′ (1800 square feet) lobby is easily accessible, attractively decorated and can accommodate small meetings or receptions of up to 100 people.

Parking – Available on Main Street, Commerce Street, and Church Street, free after 5pm & on weekends. Hourly parking at the Holiday Inn Select, across the street. The Genworth parking lot may be available by special arrangement.

Dance Floor – There is no need to rent a dance floor when using our theatre. Our entire floor is a sprung wooden floor designed for dancing.

Kitchen – Our kitchen is equipped with double ovens, cook top, a refrigerator/freezer and microwave oven.

Technical Staff – Our technical staff is available to assist with your event.

Technical Equipment – The Academy’s lighting, sound systems, staging and other technical equipment are available.

Dressing Rooms – Each dressing room is equipped with showers, toilets, and mirrored makeup counters.

Box Office – The Academy’s Box Office is located adjacent to the Lobby.

 

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  • Please be aware of the following general policies:

    • Non-Smoking Facility: Smoking is prohibited in all buildings of the AFA.
    • Adequate supervision: Children must be under adult supervision at all times. Please allow 1 adult supervisor for each 8 children under the age of 12.
    • Decorations: No nails, hooks, tacks, screws, confetti, glitter, birdseed, rice, etc. may be used on any surface or furnishings. No tape or other material can be applied to walls, surfaces, or furnishings. User will be held financially responsible for repair/replacement of any damaged or defaced property. Balloons may be used for decoration as long as they are tied securely.

 

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