Clarence Brown Theatre

The mainstage is a purpose-built theatre with its own seating plan. The smaller Lab and the flexible Jenny Boyd Theatre have separate layouts and event schedules. Check the hall name before choosing an entrance or meeting friends, even when the same company produces all three programs.

Clarence Brown Theatre directs patrons to McClung Tower Garage at 1115 Volunteer Boulevard. Patron parking is free, subject to availability. From the garage, the route through the Humanities Building toward the theatre plaza includes stairs; guests who need a different approach should arrange accessible arrival instead of assuming this is a step-free path.

Staff Lot 23 is restricted. A limited number of accessible spaces are available to visitors with the required government placard, and this lot is the recommended mobility drop-off point. The theatre advises approaching campus from Cumberland Avenue and Volunteer Boulevard to reduce conflicts with arena and baseball traffic.

Contact the house manager at 865-974-8287 at least 24 hours ahead for accessible seating or assistance. The theatre explains that routes between parking, lobbies, restrooms and performance spaces can involve ramps. Discuss your particular route and mobility needs before arrival.

Complimentary assistive listening devices include headset and induction-loop options. Sensory boxes contain items such as noise-reducing headphones and fidgets. Selected performances provide captioning or interpretation; confirm that the service applies to the production and performance space you are attending.

Late seating is not guaranteed, so the theatre recommends arriving early enough to park and reach the lobby before the production begins. Collect will-call tickets at least five minutes before the performance. A delay at campus parking can therefore affect both ticket collection and seating.

Accessibility services may be tied to particular performances rather than every date in a run. The published FAQ identifies open-caption and ASL programming, but the production’s current schedule is the right place to select a supported date.

The physical theatre address is 1714 Andy Holt Avenue. McClung Tower is also used in university mailing addresses, but its 1115 Volunteer Boulevard address is most useful to a visitor as the parking-garage destination. Keep the theatre address and the parking destination separate when setting up navigation.