Blue Shield of California Theater at YBCA

The Blue Shield of California Theater is defined by its expansive, multi-level glass lobbies that reveal the activity inside to the street. Opened in nineteen ninety-three, it was designed by architects James Stewart Polshek and Todd Schliemann as a flexible performing arts machine. It sits as a central piece of the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a multidisciplinary complex born from years of local political debate and urban renewal.