Theatre Facilities

Hugo Young Theatre

Hugo Young Theatre is a proscenium house that seats 724 and is used for many of the theatre department's main stage and student productions, the music department's major concerts, Ashland Symphony Orchestra performances and other campus activities. The proscenium opening is 66' wide by 20' high and the distance from the back wall of the stage to the orchestra pit opening is approximately 30'. The theatre is equipped with a new, easily removable pit cover, and numerous electric winch battens over the stage. The control booth is located at the back of the house, and can be used to access the lighting catwalks over the audience. The 2011 upgraded lighting system includes an ETC Ion Control Board with fader wing, 133 dimmers, and over 200 lighting instruments (which include Altman Shakespeares, Altman Fresnels, 10 - 72" Chroma Q Color-force LED strip lights, 3 Martin Mac 250 Entour Moving Lights (that float between both spaces), and Lycian Midget 2k Follow Spots).

The Sound System was upgraded in 2002 and includes a 32-channel Mackie mixer, Bose speaker system, wireless microphones, and digital sound computer utilizing industry standard playback and editing software, and Telex headset communication system.