DePaul Cinespace Studios (CDM-016)
Summary 🟡 ✓
- Owner Unit: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
- Sub-unit: School of Cinematic Arts
- Content Type: infrastructure
- Campus/Location: Cinespace (off-campus)
- Last Verified: May 30, 2026
Description & capabilities
60,000 sq ft professional production facility with six sound stages, standing sets, scene shop, LED volume/green screen, and on-site editing/color suites.
Access status
- Level: yellow (
Negotiated Access) - Rationale: Cinespace stages and production handbook document SCA production workflows; access is limited to School of Cinematic Arts production courses and authorized productions, not general DePaul walk-in use.
- Access URL: www.cdm.depaul.edu/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-res…
- Verification date: 2026-05-30
- Source URLs:
- www.cdm.depaul.edu/school-of-cinematic-arts/production-res…
- scaproduction.depaul.edu/cinespace.md
Verification
- Status: confirmed (
âś“) - Confidence: 88/100
- Rationale: DePaul Cinespace Studios and SCA Production Handbook document active stages, addresses, and production workflows.
- Last verified: 2026-05-30
- Evidence:
- Official CDM Cinespace studios page
- SCA production handbook cinespace.md referenced on resource page
- Linked equipment centers (Cage, Vault, Shack) have 2026 handbook materials
Equipment
Find this resource from the Equipment catalog or site search (e.g. “3D printers”, “laser cutter”, “NMR”).
| Category | Specific equipment |
|---|---|
| Film stages and standing sets | Stage 21A — virtual production / video wall stage; Stage 21B — Chicago Bar + House/Bungalow standing sets; Stage 22 — Loft Apartment set + city skyline translight; Stage 23 — living room, restaurant booth, bedroom sets; Stage 24A — basement/attic + motel room sets; Stage 24B — kitchen, corner store, office, library sets; Stage 26 — indoor loading bay / “The Shack” equipment access |
| Green screen and virtual production | Green screen cyclorama (Stage 21A); LED volume / video wall (virtual production) |
| Scenic fabrication | Scene shop; Props storage and fabrication support; Dressing rooms with hair/makeup stations |
| Post-production, color, and editing suites | On-site editing suites; Color correction suites (Cinespace) |
Source: SCA Cinespace Studios and stage descriptions (May 2026). Last verified: May 28, 2026.
Contacts (resource-level)
- Website: DePaul Cinespace Studios
- Website: SCA Production Handbook (Cinespace)
Last verified: May 28, 2026.
People & contacts
Named contacts from the people registry when publicly documented.
- J.A. Hardy (Director) — jhardy14@depaul.edu · Profile
- Joe Lyons (Director) — jlyons18@cdm.depaul.edu · Profile
- Brian Andrews (Faculty lead) — Profile
- Eric Liberacki (Manager) — eliberac@cdm.depaul.edu · Profile
- Karina Teismann (Manager) — karina.teismann@depaul.edu · Profile
- John Psathas (Affiliated faculty) — Profile
- Meghann Artes (Affiliated faculty) — martes@cdm.depaul.edu · Profile
- Shayna Connelly (Affiliated faculty) — sconnelly@cdm.depaul.edu
- Wendy Roderweiss (Affiliated faculty) — Profile
Source URL
Official links and email are listed under Contacts above.
Documented Relationships
Stage reservations via Patron Portal; equipment checkout at CDM-017–CDM-019.
Linked Relationship IDs
- CDM-017 - Loop Equipment Center ("The Cage")
- CDM-018 - Cinespace Camera Vault
- CDM-019 - Cinespace Grip & Electric ("The Shack")
- CDM-020 - SCA Post-Production & Animation Labs
Related courses (documented)
PRF 314
- Catalog course page: CUR-498
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references DePaul Cinespace Studios. Catalog text matches DePaul Cinespace Studios.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/prf
PRF 328
- Catalog course page: CUR-499
- Relationship: uses_facility
- Rationale: DePaul course catalog description references DePaul Cinespace Studios. Catalog text matches DePaul Cinespace Studios.
- Source URLs:
- catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/prf
Notes
Added from SCA/CSH/library facilities research (May 2026).