Callander Associates worked closely with a committee of users and several consultants to develop construction plans for this theater renovation. The gala opening was highlighted by the remarks of Olivia de Haviland, for whose mother the theater is named. “I first noticed the seats, proper theater seats, 800 of them planted straight up the hillside. I looked again and could not fail to perceive how sensitively and carefully the changes had been made. The Linden trees left standing. The original shape of the stage perfectly preserved. The fieldstone so wisely chosen for the walls and steps. The grace and discreteness of the railings. My mother would certainly be beaming with approval.”