Utah's Shakespeare Festival Theatre

The Utah Shakespeare Festival was founded in 1961 by Fred C. Adams in Cedar City, Utah, and presented it's first season in 1962. The Adams Memorial Shakespearean Theatre was completed in 1977 at Southern Utah University, in Cedar City, and was patterned after the Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London.  In fact, it so closely resembles the London theatre that in 1981 the BBC chose it as the location for some of its filming of its Shakespeare series.

In 1992 the Festival started the groundwork for a new theater.  The process has taken two decades of design and attempts to acquire funding.  In 2011, XR3D Studios was commissioned by Eaton Architecture and Fred C. Adams to build a Virtual Tour Animation showing the features of the new building, including a retractable roof to allow an indoor/outdoor experience as desired.

The following video is that animation:

In 2012, Beverley Sorenson donated $6 million to the building of the latest design which combines the theatre with the Southern Utah Museum of Art, and an artistic/production building.  The new Beverley Taylor Sorenson Center for the Arts will blend educational facilities with Visual Arts, Live theater and other artistic endeavors at the heart of Southern Utah University.

References:
http://www.bard.org/about/history.html#.UX_40LWG2Zg
http://www.bard.org/news/sorenson.html