The new Guthrie Theater in downtown Minneapolis is a state-of-the-art live performance facility, to say the least. Replacing the theater's original building, the new venue offers three versatile rooms, including the 1,100-seat Wurtele Thrust Theater, to stage first-class productions in a tradition dating back more than four decades.

Under the direction of The Talaske Group, a Chicago area consulting firm, and the theater's Scott Edwards (sound supervisor) and Ross Anderson (master audio engineer), the audio systems throughout the facility are first-class, featuring EAW loudspeakers thoughout. The Wertele Thrust Theater, for example, offers a system headed by EAW KF730 Series line arrays, joined by KF300z, SM200iH, JF60z, and UB82e to meet a wide range of challenging coverage needs.

Meanwhile, the theater's 800-seat McGuire Proscenium Stage features most of these same EAW loudspeaker models to also meet coverage and audio quality expectations. All loudspeakers, by the way, are driven by Lab.gruppen power amplifiers. We'll be presenting more details about this dynamic project - including photos - so check back soon.