 The theatre was designed by Berkeley-based architects Marcy Wong and Donn Logan and has received an Architecture Merit award from the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) in 2008 and a citation award from the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 2009.The Pearson Theatre is notable for its exceptional low-frequency performance, cutting-edge video and audio technologies, multipurpose design, and experimental capabilities.Three other MythBusters episodes involving sound tested the myths that a glass could be shattered by sound alone (confirmed), that a candle flame could be extinguished by sound alone (confirmed), and that an SKS rifle could be made to fire by subjecting it to massive quantities of very low frequencies from a subwoofer (busted).