Forsyth County Arts and Learning Center (FoCAL Center)

The FoCAL Center also features a black box theatre with with four different seating configurations, a convertible rehearsal/banquet hall space, a scene shop, a green room, dressing rooms, a catering kitchen, concession kiosks, and a two-story lobby for visual art galleries.

Carroll Daniel was selected to build the new Forsyth County Arts & Learning (FoCAL) Center in Cumming, Georgia. FoCAL is a two-story, 81,000-square-foot facility located on the campus of Forsyth County Schools’ Board of Education and Professional Development Center. Designed to support the performing arts programming of the district’s schools and the local community, the new venue includes a main theater with a stage, balcony, and orchestra pit – seating over 1,800 people and providing a space for performances, meetings, and other community events.

The FoCAL Center also features a black box theatre with with four different seating configurations, a convertible rehearsal/banquet hall space, a scene shop, a green room, dressing rooms, a catering kitchen, concession kiosks, and a two-story lobby for visual art galleries.