In addition to the performances presented by Victoria Theatre Association, the Victoria Theatre serves as home to many of Dayton’s performing arts organizations. Our resident companies include:
Dayton Ballet
Founded in 1937, Dayton Ballet is one of the oldest professional dance companies and schools in the United States, with an ever-increasing regional impact. The Dayton Ballet has become widely known for presenting American dance classics and for premiering new works by emerging American choreographers. Dayton Ballet reaches more than 17,000 Miami Valley children each year, through the Young Audience Program and The Muse Machine, in addition to the more than 400 students through the Dayton Ballet School and Dayton Ballet II, a pre-professional training and performing company of talented young dancers.
Dayton Opera
For more than 50 years, Dayton Opera Association productions have mirrored the full spectrum of human experience to a diverse regional audience. With each production, Dayton Opera strives to assemble the finest artistic personnel and highest quality voices from the esteemed U.S. and international opera houses. A new era in Dayton Opera history began with the opening of its new performance home, the Benjamin & Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, which provides an opera experience like nothing Dayton has previously experienced. In addition, Dayton Opera presents and produces a growing number of education programs, as well as a popular opera preview program.
The Human Race Theatre Company
Founded in 1986, The Human Race Theatre Company moved to the Metropolitan Arts Center in 1991, taking up residence at The Loft Theatre, a 219-seat theatre. Their locally produced five-show season of contemporary and classic scripts is complimented by the Musical Theatre Workshop series, and an annual appearance on Victoria Theatre Association’s Premier Health Partners Broadway Series. Dayton’s only professional theatre company also develops education outreach programs including guest artist and artist residencies, as well as tours in area schools, Human Race/Lovewell Summer Stock for teens, and The Human Race Conservatory.
The Muse Machine
Since its inception in 1982, The Muse Machine has grown from a cadre of volunteers working out of the founder’s basement in Dayton, Ohio, to a multi-city network of professionally staffed programs reaching hundreds of thousands of young people each year.
Cityfolk
Cityfolk has been Dayton’s premier traditional and ethnic arts organization for more than 25 years. In 2005, Cityfolk won the first CMAcclaim Award, awarded by Chamber Music America for outstanding presenters in the ensemble music field. Through its year-round season of concerts, in-school educational activities, the annual Cityfolk Festival and other programs, Cityfolk brings the Dayton area the finest in traditional music and dance from around the world. For more information on Cityfolk’s history, commitment to education and programming updates, call (937) 223-3655 or visit www.cityfolk.org.
Victoria Theatre Association
Victoria Theatre Association is one of Dayton’s premier arts organizations, presenting the Premier Health Partners Broadway Series, the PNC Family Series, the Michelob Ultra Cool Films Series, Star Attractions, the Projects Unlimited Variety Series, and the Physicians for Kids Discovery Series, which features curriculum-enhanced live theatre productions for school children.
