PHOTOGRAPHY: COURTESY OF IIDA Entertainment Project Teatro El Triciclo Where San José, Costa Rica Designer Gensler Costa Rica Teatro El Triciclo is a multipurpose performance space that serves as a comedy theater, a lecture hall, a movie theater, and an auditorium. Resembling the rhythm of a joke, the 160-seat theater has three components: a hook-an entry stair with a plywood ribbon; a setup-concession and prefunction spaces; and a punch line-an acoustic surface created by the ribbon expanding into the theater and intensifying performances and laughter from the audience. The acoustic panels separate the main theater from the prefunction area and can be opened to create one large space. contract