The Festival Playhouse is a 376-seat, fully equipped theatre that brings the performer and the audience into close contact. The Herbst Theatre, a flexible studio theatre, seats from 75 to 120 persons.
Productions are well-supported and attendance is high.
The Creative Arts Center provides studios, laboratories, classrooms, and workshops for acting, motion pictures, dance, directing, and costumes. A separate building houses a scenery shop. Careers Career competition in the acting profession is high, and our Professional Acting Training Program is designed to develop in students the talent, skills, and commitment to secure employment upon graduation from Wright State. Students can find jobs in a variety of related fields and, with additional graduate training, can teach at the college or university level. In addition to course work, majors are required to participate in Wright State University theatre productions.