Facilties: Department of Theatre and Dance: Western Illinois University

Facilities of the Department of Theatre and Dance

Western’s Department of Theatre and Dance has numerous classrooms, offices and studios, three theatres and a dance studio on the Macomb campus. These facilities offer all students a variety of space configurations with which to work.

The current performing spaces are:

Andrew and Jessie Hainline Theatre
Horrabin Hall Theatre
Simpkins Theatre
Brophy Dance Studio

Classroom instruction and theatre production support is provided by:

Scene and Costume Shops
CAD (Computer Assisted Design) Lab
Acting and Performance Studios
Green Room and Dressing Rooms

Plans are also underway for a new Performing Arts Center, which we expect to be completed within the next five years. The PAC will have a new 1400 seat theatre, 250 seat thrust theatre and 150 seat flexible space theatre, plus dance and acting studios.

Learn more about the new PAC Plans.