Hartke and Callan Theatres - The Catholic University of America

Three Catholic University organizations present performances for the public: the drama department, the music school and the summer opera theater company. In addition, outside groups occasionally rent one of the theaters.

Hartke Theatre, built in 1971, seats 600 on its single-level, steeply raked orchestra section before a raised proscenium stage.

Callan Theatre, adjacent to the Hartke, is a 100-seat, flexible-thrust stage facility, which offers an intimate theatrical space. No seat is more than a few feet from the performance area.

Students of the drama department put on five or six plays a year in these halls. Off-campus groups have rented the space for performances of such works as Harold Pinter's "The Hothouse" and Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead."

-- Brad Hathaway