Featured Projects
An Icon Reinvented
The Castro Theatre Adaptation & Restoration, San Francisco, CA - The Shalleck Collaborative helped transform the Castro Theatre with reconfigurable seating, integrated AV, and accessibility upgrades. This treasured historic movie palace now also serves as a major music venue for the San Francisco Bay Area.
A New Stage for Sacramento
Channel 24 Entertainment Venue, Sacramento, CA — Since opening in 2025, this purpose-built, 2,150-capacity music venue has quickly become a premier Northern California destination for national acts and community events
A Civic Landmark Renewed for Public Discourse and Gathering
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA —The Shalleck Collaborative provided theatre consulting to support the renewal of this important historic civic venue, integrating modern presentation infrastructure while preserving its role as a gathering place for public dialogue and performance.
A New Auditorium Standard
Oregon State University Learning Innovation Center, Corvallis, OR — Based on what we know about what makes engaging theatres, we helped revolutionize large classroom arrangement concepts at OSU’s Learning Innovation Center, to make uniquely-configured, student-centered learning environments that support active instruction at scale.
Active Learning at Texas A&M
Texas A&M’s Innovative Learning Classroom Building, College Station, TX — At Texas A&M’s Innovative Learning Classroom Building, The Shalleck Collaborative took learning space design another step further to support immersive instruction and active learning across lecture halls and collaboration rooms. The building sets a new standard for flexible, student-centered education.
Flexibility Meets Curiosity at the Exploratorium
Kanbar Forum, San Francisco, CA — Designed for exploration in every sense, the Kanbar Forum at the Exploratorium Science Museum redefines what a presentation and event space can be. With terraces, flexible layouts, and casual furnishings, it seamlessly transforms from presentations to dinners to dialogue. A Meyer Sound Constellation™ system provides the acoustic range to everything from intimate lectures to immersive sound performances, making the space as adaptable as the museum itself and just as inspiring.
From Lobby to Livestream: AV at Airbnb HQ
Airbnb Corporate Headquarters, San Francisco, CA —The Shalleck Collaborative served as AV consultant for an all-hands space at Airbnb’s headquarters in a historic San Francisco warehouse building which includes broadcast and streaming services. In 2019, we returned for a redesign of a lobby which included the installation of a 5-story, racetrack curtain and a free standing 20’ tall LED screen for larger gatherings.
Professional-Grade Studios for Career and Technical Education
Clovis Community College Applied Technology Building, Clovis, CA — From Dolby Atmos-ready studios to a drama classroom equipped for future theatre programs, our AV consulting at Clovis Community College supports emerging CTE pathways in audio production and technical theatre.
Expanding Learning and Performance at Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa Junior College Burbank Theatre, Santa Rosa, CA — The renovation and expansion of Santa Rosa Junior College’s historic Burbank Theatre revitalized both performance venues and their supporting educational spaces. Alongside a modernized 400‑seat auditorium and a new 200‑seat black box theater, the project expanded costume and scene shops and technical support spaces—all designed to strengthen the college’s curriculum and year‑round production programs.
A Campus for Collaboration at Ionis Pharmaceuticals
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, CA — Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ new conference center in Carlsbad supports connection at every scale, from private meetings to global broadcasts. The Shalleck Collaborative provided AV consulting to unify over 20 rooms with scalable, intuitive systems that empower collaboration, learning, and communication across the campus and beyond.
A Performance Home for the Next Generation
Van Cliburn Concert Hall, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX – Designed for music performances of all types, the 700-seat hall and surrounding Music Center unite architectural elegance with serene lighting, AV, and variable acoustic systems—expanding TCU’s capacity to train, perform, and inspire at a professional level.
A Historic Cinema becomes a Contemporary Stage
The Strand Theater, American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA – A 1917 movie house reborn as an intimate 280-seat playhouse for ACT’s boldest work, featuring adaptable seating, a striking street-front lobby, and spaces that invite both performance and experimentation.
An Iconic Music Venue
The Freight, Berkeley, CA - When The Freight & Salvage set out to build a new home in downtown Berkeley, it was an opportunity to reimagine every aspect of the listening experience. The Shalleck Collaborative designed the venue's integrated audiovisual systems, helping create an intimate performance space where exceptional sound and traditional music take center stage.
Enhancing Comfort, Access, and Sightlines in a Historic Opera House
San Francisco War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, CA — At the historic War Memorial Opera House, The Shalleck Collaborative led a multi-phased seating replacement to improve comfort, accessibility, and sightlines while preserving the character and acoustics of this iconic civic venue.
From Single-Screen Cinema to Live Music Venue
The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park, CA - The Guild Theatre transformed a historic single-screen cinema into a technically sophisticated live music venue. The Shalleck Collaborative designed the production and audiovisual systems that support exceptional performances, live streaming, and an intimate audience experience.
Attuning to the Concert Experience
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, Portland, OR – Nearly 400 carefully-integrated speakers and microphones redefined how this hall performs—addressing acoustical issues and providing a new range of acoustic conditions in an adaptable acoustic environment that responds to each performance and audience in real time.