Jolla has worked in conjunction with theatre designer, Richard L. Hay, designer of the three Ashland stages and the Old Globe Festival Stage, and theatre consultants Landry and Bogan of Palo Alto, along with members of the Old Globe board and staff to create one of the finest new theatres in the country today. Construction began with a ground breaking ceremony on December 1, 1979. The Trepte Construction Company of San Diego, contractor for the project, completed exterior construction by the spring of 1981 and turned their attention to the extensive interior work. The stage itself is a modified thrust with many flexible features. The stage floor is trapped over an area