We are Dayton's "Official Professional Theatre Company!"
Our Vision
Advancing the human race through theatre made just for you.
Our Mission
We are Dayton’s professional regional theatre company, exploring the human experience and promoting enlightenment, inclusion and understanding through quality entertainment.
Historic Highlights
2017
The Human Race marks its 30th anniversary season with the world premieres of Eric Ulloa's 26 Pebbles, a story about the community of Newtown, CT, and Family Ties by Daniel Goldstein.
2016
The City of Dayton names The Human Race "Dayton's Official Professional Theatre Company."
The Human Race celebrates its 30th anniversary.
2015
Michael Slade’s drama, Family Shots, had its world premiere with stars Corbin Bleu and Colleen Zenk.
2013
Staged-reading of Michael Slade's Gingerbread Children, first of the new Marsha Hanna New Play Workshops
Collaboration with Victoria Theatre Association to create the Broadway Studio, a teen summer camp
2012
World premiere of Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
World premiere co-production of Michael Slade's Under a Red Moon with the Carnegie Visual and Performing Arts Center
2011
25th Anniversary Season
Artistic Director Marsha Hanna passes away in January after a lengthy battle with cancer
Executive Director Kevin Moore named Producing Artistic Director and Company Manager Tara Lail named Managing Director
2010
August: Osage County, a collaboration with Wright State University, produced at WSU's Festival Theatre
Resident Lighting Designer John Rensel inducted into the Dayton Theatre Hall of Fame
Artistic Director Marsha Hanna and Executive Director Kevin Moore received the 2010 Ohio Governor's Award for Arts Administration
The Human Race Theatre Company Address
126 North Main Street Suite 300 Dayton, OH United States