Many concerts and recitals by UW music students and faculty also are performed here. Plays are staged in either the Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre, a 321-seat auditorium with a thrust stage, or the Gilbert V. Hemsley multiform performance space seating 150. Almost 60 years old, the theater has a seating capacity of 1,300. Annual offerings include the Union Theater Concert Series, the Union Theater Performance Series and Travel Adventure Film Series. For armchair travelers, the latter is very popular.
All events are open to the public.
To be put on the Union Theater's mailing list, call the listed number. Many events are staged expressly for the residents and their families. These include a fund-raising variety show, Encore , held in even years, usually late winter or early spring. If you have talent to spare, you may want to volunteer. This 800-seat auditorium dates back to December 1929 when it first opened as a posh vaudeville movie palace with an opulent Spanish hacienda theme.