▁Gra ff iti ,” ▁“ H ill ▁Street ▁Blues ” ), ▁An net te ▁Ben ing ▁( 1 9 8 0 ; ▁“ American ▁Beaut y ,” ▁“ D anger ous ▁L ia isons ” ), ▁Jimmy ▁Sm its ▁( 1 9 8 4 ; ▁“ N Y PD ▁Blue ,” ▁“ Star ▁Wars ” ▁episodes ▁II ▁and ▁III ), ▁Val ▁Kil mer ▁( 1 9 8 8 ; ▁“ Top ▁Gun ,” ▁“ The ▁Do ors ” ), ▁▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁▁ ▁The ▁R ipp on ▁the ater ▁was ▁used ▁through ▁ 1 9 6 6 ▁as ▁originally ▁built ▁— ▁a ▁three - level ▁stage ▁facing ▁an ▁open ▁am ph it he ater ▁with ▁sand stone ▁ben ches ▁se ating ▁for ▁about ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁pat rons . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 , ▁the ▁university ▁fund ed ▁construction ▁of ▁stone ▁walk ways ▁and ▁forest age , ▁and ▁constructed ▁two ▁large ▁light ▁to wers ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 . ▁Through ▁the ▁years , ▁the ▁R ipp on ▁the ater ▁has ▁been ▁contin ually ▁alter ed ▁and ▁improved . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁Yang ▁h ired ▁Richard ▁De vin ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁R ipp on ▁space ▁more ▁the atr ical ▁and ▁to ▁create ▁more ▁light ing ▁areas ▁on ▁the ▁stage . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁with ▁a ▁production ▁of ▁C ym b eline , ▁C SF ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁seven ▁companies ▁in ▁the ▁world ▁and ▁just ▁the ▁second