Rooms to Move
VAPA’s theater spaces are the heart of Bennington drama. The Lester Martin Theater and Margot Tenney Theater offer students the scale and flexibility to realize their vision. In our fully equipped scene and costume shops, students are guided through the design and production process.
![Performance in VAPA Lester Martin Theater](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_Songspiel_Rees_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=e_gfJJsf)
![Lighting grid in Lester Martin Theater](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/10292002_fujii_campus_0002_1400x850px.jpg.webp?itok=LPPbwwjO)
Lighting grid, Lester Martin Theater, VAPA
![Rehearsal in Lester Martin Theater](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_VAPA_LMrehearsal_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=WoSyEQWn)
Lester Martin Theater, VAPA
![Alan Arkin '55](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_VAPA_MT_Arkin_BDR_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=w0c6gmiW)
Alan Arkin '55 talking with students in Margot Tenney Theater, VAPA
![Student at chop saw in scene shop](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_VAPAscene-shop_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=3dpMk0pc)
Scene shop, VAPA
![Costume shop](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/10062006_barrow_cmps_0250_1400x850px.jpg.webp?itok=jBUFLSM9)
Costume shop, VAPA
![Students applying make-up for performance](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/00002004_apowell05_0001_1400x850px.jpg.webp?itok=TgRM_JON)
Dressing room, VAPA
![Performance in Downstairs Cafe](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_DownCaf3_Mahler_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=j8QqQ1gO)
Downstairs Café (photo by Abby Mahler '16)
![Large-scale puppet in Jennings Meadow](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_1400x850/public/sources/view-gallery/DRAMA_outdoor_Mahler_1400x850.jpg.webp?itok=CBKspLER)
More than 400 acres of outdoor performance space (photo by Abby Mahler '16)