University Affairs article on active learning classrooms, with a bit about Michael Ullyot's Shakespeare course in the Taylor Institute:
He's taught courses in a similar way in regular classrooms using workarounds to deal with obstacles such stationary chairs and more rudimentary technology. "You can do this in just about any classroom, you just need enough imagination," he says, adding one stipulation: "If I had a banked lecture hall, this would not work."
Source: Classrooms are getting a makeover to accommodate new forms of teaching | University Affairs