 The campus also houses several performing arts facilities . The de Jong Concert Hall seats 1282 people and is named for Gerrit de Jong Jr . The Pardoe Theatre is named for T. Earl and Kathryn Pardoe . Students use its stage in a variety of theatre experiments , as well as for Pardoe Series performances . It seats 500 people , and has quite a large stage with a proscenium opening of 19 by 55 feet ( 17 m ) . The <unk> Theatre was named for Philip N. <unk> , a prominent Utah theatre figure . A smaller , black box theater , it allows a variety of seating and staging formats . It seats 125 , and measures 30 by 50 feet ( 15 m ) . The <unk> Theatre , named for one of BYU 's first drama teachers , is used largely for instruction in experimental theater . It seats 280 . 
