Fine and Performing Arts

Wright State’s ArtsGala breaks records

Excerpt We’ve both been to ArtsGala many times, and this time it was truly different. For the past 17 years, Wright State University’s College of Liberal Arts has hosted the event to raise money for scholarships in visual arts, film, … Continue reading →

ArtsGala scholarship keeps art student painting

Wright State art student Aileen Cave finds purpose in painting after a career in banking and law. Continue reading →

Singing instrument

In a tiny office overlooking the Creative Arts Center’s student lounge, vocal perfection is being created. Jasmine Easler’s voice spills out of the second-floor room, into the lounge below and the Creative Arts Center Commons. Continue reading →

Opera Theatre to present two lighthearted one-acts

Wright State Opera Theatre will present Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” and “The Old Maid and the Thief” by Gian Carlo Menotti on April 1-3. Continue reading →

Reasons to show your support for Wright State at ArtsGala

Excerpt It’s time again for Wright State University’s ArtsGala. If you’ve never attended this fun and whimsical event, you don’t know what you’re missing. ArtsGala is like nothing else in Dayton. The performing arts students put on the event, and … Continue reading →

Music material

Passion for playing lures Alex Ryan from the family farm to Wright State

A passion for playing lures music education major Alex Ryan from the family farm to Wright State. Continue reading →

Marimba man

Sounds of percussion instruments beat through Schuster Hall in Wright State University’s Creative Arts Center. Continue reading →

Stage set for 2016 ArtsGala at Wright State

The annual Wright State University ArtsGala, which has raised more than $2 million for arts scholarships during its 16-year history, is scheduled for Saturday, April 9. Continue reading →

Reasons to go to Wright State’s version of theater classic ‘Music Man’

Excerpt Wright State University presents Meredith Willson’s classic 1957 Tony Award-winning musical “The Music Man” beginning Thursday, March 17, in the Festival Playhouse. Willson’s incredibly tuneful slice of Americana is set in River City, Iowa, circa 1912. The touching tale … Continue reading →

‘Music Man’ proves music is universal language

Wright State Theatre’s production of “The Music Man” runs March 17 through April 3 in the Festival Playhouse. Continue reading →