The Lauren K. Woods Theatre is located on the campus of Monmouth University, at 370 Cedar Ave, in Long Branch, New Jersey.

The school first opened the building as the Performing Arts Center in 1967 after a unique hexagonal experimental theater was added to the carriage house by architect Jerome Morley Larson Sr., AIA of Red Bank, NJ who also remodeled the carriage house as a support facility for dance, music, and broadcast as well as theater.

[citation needed] Probably the quirkiest detail of architect Larson's design was retaining the magnificent solid brass horse stalls and converting them to makeup booths large enough to teach the art of makeup; retaining the custom mosaic tile back walls with each horse's name spelled out in tile – all topped with a carved plaster coved ceiling.

On the wall opposite the stalls architect Larson installed 4x4 oak dressing cabanas low enough to reveal the charm of the ceiling moldings – preserving the ambiance of the gilded age that extended even to their horses.

[2][3] The property was remodeled in 2007, destroying the curved brick arches and tile murals architect Larson had created for the theater-goer to transition from gilded age carriage house center hall to modern theater.