Frank the Clown, played by Cody LaCrone, senior in theater, tries to dance along with the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Members of the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble click their heels and toes at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Members of the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble tap their feet to the beat at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Members of the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble tap dance to the Wabash Cannonball at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Members of the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble shout "K-S-U" at the end of the Wabash Cannonball at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Members of the K-State Tap Dance Ensemble put their hands in the air at the end of performing to the Wabash Cannonball at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Darrington Clark, senior in mass communications and theater, gives a tour of the new facilities within the new Purple Masque Theater, including one of the much-needed dressing rooms, at its grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. The old Purple Masque Theater, housed in East Stadium, did not include any dressing rooms. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

The Purple Masque Theater was moved from its former home in East Stadium to West Stadium, as well as given some much-needed facilities and upgrades. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

A troupe of miming clowns, played by Cody LaCrone, senior in theater, left; Cody O'Hare, sophomore in theater performance, back; and Jonah Ericson, sophomore in theater and English, front right, was on hand to provide laughs to guests at the Purple Masque grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Clowns Cody O'Hare, sophomore in theater performance , left, and Cody LaCrone, senior in theater, mime on the stage of the new Purple Masque Theatre at its grand opening Friday in the newly-renovated west side of Old Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

The new Purple Masque includes a dressing room with many workstations, a tremendous improvement over the old Purple Masque. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

The new Purple Masque Theatre includes many long-overdue ancillary rooms, including this room with springy floors designed especially for the drama therapy program. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Those involved in Purple Masque productions now have room to build the sets directly behind the stage underneath what used to be the bleachers of West Stadium. Previously the Purple Masque sets had to be constructed in McCain's set shop and transported to East Stadium. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Performers will see this view before entering the expanded stage of the new Purple Masque Theatre. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

The new Purple Masque Theatre includes a rounded stage containing a much larger area for acting than the previous, square stage. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

While they were transforming the west side of Old Stadium into the new Purple Masque Theatre, construction workers also installed a green roof on top of the concrete bleachers. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

The new green roof covering the top of West Stadium even contains its own watering system. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)

Visitors to the new Purple Masque Theatre, now housed in West Stadium, are first greeted by a wall of glass letting natural light into the foyer space. (Parker Robb | The Collegian)