Named for Thomas Mendenhall, president of the college from 1959 to 1975, the performing arts center is the home of the college’s departments of theatre and dance. The center features the 460-seat Theatre 14 and the black-box Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. The building also houses faculty offices; classrooms; lighting, sound and set design labs; the Gamut lounge; rehearsal spaces; dressing rooms; and professional scene and costume shops. A renovation enlarged storage spaces for theater costumes and the music collection, as well as creating a multiuse classroom. The Josten Performing Arts library is also here, providing music scores, scripts, recordings, books and other resources.
The building is wheelchair accessible.
The MCPA has an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) located on the first floor by the elevator.