The 701-seat McKenna Theatre is a proscenium stage with orchestra pit, fly system and film/video projection systems. It is also the largest theatre in the College of Creative Arts and is shared with the University. The School of Music and Dance employs the space once a year for musicals or operas.
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A full schedule of stage productions is integral to the work of the department and provides practical trainings for students and cultural opportunities for the entire community. Each year the Department of Theatre Arts features four main stage productions, operas and musicals, four to six workshop productions, as well as 20-30 very popular, free lunchtime shows by the Brown Bag Theatre Company.
In recent years the department has started a number of innovative projects such as Asian Theatre, Yiddish Theatre, and One-Act Play Festival. These special endeavors have brought increasingly prestigious notice for our department across the campus, the professional community, and the regional and national academic community.
