Fine and Performing Arts

New show at Stein Galleries features works by high school art teachers and their students

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Bob Mihalek

Works by area art teachers and their students are on display March 19–30 in a unique exhibition at Wright State’s Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries. Continue reading →

Theatre students storm barricades with premiere of ‘Les Miserables’

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Wright State Media Team

Wright State University Theatre continues its 39th season in the Festival Playhouse with the Tony Award-winning “Les Misérables” March 20 through April 6. Continue reading →

Student-made documentary to generate support for Rwandan communities at March 20 premiere

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Reilly Dixon

Wright State film student Brad Wickham has produced a documentary on how developmental agencies are helping Rwandans recover from genocide. Continue reading →

Wright State prepares ‘Les Misérables’

Excerpt Do you hear the people sing? Wright State University hopes so to soaring degrees when it delivers the local collegiate premiere of “Les Misérables,” Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg’s 1987 Tony Award-winning pop opera phenomenon adapted from Victor Hugo’s … Continue reading →

Film preservationist, Wright State alum to give keynote at Public History Symposium

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Bob Mihalek

Scheduled for March 14, the annual Public History Graduate Symposium will focus on “The Future is Our History” and include presentations by public history graduate students. Continue reading →

CUPA study finds arts responsible for 18,000 jobs, almost $800 million in income in Dayton region

Wright State’s liberal arts programs bolster region's creative community, have significant impact on economy

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Bob Mihalek

An analysis by Wright State’s Center for Urban and Public Affairs estimates that the creative industries in the Greater Dayton region accounted for 18,000 jobs and $799 million in labor income last year. Continue reading →

Experience landscape in a new way

Excerpt Are you stressed by all the frigid weather accompanied by buckets of snow? Drop by the Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries at Wright State University for a little rest and relaxation. The “Above and Below” show features the work … Continue reading →

Dayton Ballet to feature world premiere by Wright State grad Susanne Payne

Excerpt You may have wondered how a choreographer comes up with the idea for a new dance. In the case of Wright State University graduate Susanne Payne, it all began with a book she couldn’t put down. The result, “Dreams … Continue reading →

‘The Magic Fire’ review – Wright State University – our private world

Excerpt Wright State University returns to sophisticated fare with a beautifully executed regional premiere of Lillian Groag’s semi-autobiographical, thought-provoking Argentinean drama The Magic Fire. Commissioned and originally produced in 1997 by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the engrossing, highbrow Magic Fire concerns … Continue reading →

Pair of Wright State students to perform in this weekend’s DCDC performance

Posted on February 5, 2014 by Seth Bauguess

Wright State University senior dance majors Alexis Evans-Krueger and Abby Leithart will perform with the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) for two shows this weekend… Continue reading →