Coordinates: 44°02′49″N 91°38′36″W / 44.04705°N 91.6434°W / 44.04705; -91.6434 Winona State University's Performing Arts Center.
Built in 1968, this building includes a large band room, choir room, a 412-seat proscenium theatre, a versatile black-box theatre (The Dorothy B. Magnus Theatre), a recital hall, dance studio, scene shop, costume shop, make-up and dressing rooms, offices, and classrooms. The Performing Arts Center houses the Departments of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Communications Studies.
The building is the summer home and performance location for the Great River Shakespeare Festival.
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