Footlight Theater



The Footlight Theater is a small stage theatre located in the Welcome Center complex of Rapture. Jack must journey throught here during the introductory level of BioShock. When he does, he gets a front row seat to the interactions of the dangerous denizens of the underwater city.

History
The Footlight Theatre was once a small playhouse, owned by Steve Barker, where Sander Cohen's Happy Chappy and other small productions were carried out. The place catered to working and middle class customers. Barker grew angry with his neighbor the Kashmir Restaurant after some structural damage occurred between the two establishments.

BioShock
The main floor holds around twenty-five to thirty people, with eighteen of its seats still remaining. The sides and second floor are for overflow standing room. The locked entrance to the theater from the Kashmir Restaurant is shown to be blocked by debris. There is a single broken Circus of Values in the west side room. The Footlight Theater is most notably the place where Jack is formally introduced to Little Sisters and Big Daddies. This starts with a Little Sister drawing the ADAM from a corpse. Atlas talks to Jack for a moment about how they are not truly children. A Splicer then attempts to harm the child, but a Bouncer quickly takes center stage. The beast brutally eliminates the hapless Splicer, finally sending him through a nearby window.

BioShock Infinite
When Booker DeWitt and Elizabeth enter the Welcome Center through a tear in to Rapture, a sign for the theater is seen through the windows and when they leave Rapture with a Bathysphere.