The Whitinsville Christian School (WCS) in Whitinsville has enlisted JM Coull (JMC) to design and build a 33,000-square-foot expansion to its facilities.

The new $12.6 million facility will include a performing arts theater with a stage, seating, curtain system, lighting and audiovisual systems, and a gym with multiple basketball courts, scoreboards, bleachers, locker rooms, athletic equipment, a training room and a multipurpose room. A modern lobby containing a trophy display case will join the two spaces. A patio, ramp, handicap parking, a new road and sidewalks are also included in the project. The existing playground at the school will be relocated to make way for the new structure.

The project also calls for a 10,000-square-foot second-story addition over the existing school and an enclosed bridge that will connect to the new space. JMC is partnering with design firm Dixon Salo Architects of Worcester, as well as acoustical consultant Acentech Studio A of Cambridge and theater design specialist Nextstage Design of New Haven, Connecticut. Team engineers include Johnson Structural Engineering, Neal Mitchell Assoc. and Andrews Surveying and Engineering.

This is the latest in a series of expansions by the school in recent years, including a new media center project through MassDevelopment in late 2012.