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The Heart Of Downtown Springfield

Opened in 2006, the Richard E. Wildish Community Theater is the premiere entertainment destination for the greater Springfield area. The theater features 275 seats in stadium seating and there is truly "not a bad seat in the house." The excellent acoustics and flexible stage showcase the wide array of activities that have become a calling card for the facility.

The Wildish Board of Directors is committed to the mission of offering a professional facility at accessible costs. Four of the area's most popular arts organizations now call the Wildish their "artistic home." More than twenty other arts and business groups regularly use the Wildish.

 What Makes our Space Special

  • An intimate, close-up feel seats 270 including accessible seating.
  • Flat floor with cushioned sleepers and sheeting,
  • 32 feet wide by 31 foot deep playspace.
  • Steinway grand piano - Graciously funded by the community, regularly tuned and maintained.
  • Green room & dressing rooms – Featuring a full kitchen. Dressing rooms include restrooms and showers.
  • Full theatrical lighting and sound equipment.
  • Accessible restrooms in the lobby and backstage.

Technical Information

Sound Equipment

Currently the Wildish Theater employs the following equipment to offer a sound experience to our artists and patrons.

  • Behringer X32 Digital Mixer
  • Behringer X16 Digital Snake
  • Behringer A500 Reference Amplifier
  • Carvin DCM2004LX 4 Channel Amplifier
  • Two Shure SM 58 Vocal Microphones
  • Four SM 57 Instrumental Microphone
  • Four overhead chorus microphones
  • Two Passive Carvin Wedge Monitors
  • Four DI’s

The Wildish Theater is proud to offer the latest in digital sound mixing! We use the Behringer X32 mixer and the S16 digital snake. The X32 is a versatile digital sound system in a compact form factor. The Wildish is equipped with eight in-floor sends and two powered in-floor returns. The S16 digital snake extends the capabilities of the theater to offer an additional 16 XLR sends and 8 XLR returns over a single cat 5e cable. Two of the S16 returns can be powered using a Behringer A500 reference amplifier. The A500 solid state amplifier offers noise-free operation and is the perfect choice for an onstage amplifier.

Lighting Equipment

The Wildish Theater operates an ETC EOS lighting console offering clients enormous flexibility to turn their artistic visions into reality. Our team is excited to work with you. We are happy to offer design services along with your rental of the theater.

Our equipment includes:

  • Ninety-six individual controllable dimmers
  • Twelve overhead LED lights
  • Optional shin busters for dance

Video & Projection

We love projections for all kinds of things at the Wildish.

Our projection capabilites include our Primary Projector that can be focused on our movie screen or cyclorama. We also have projectors that can display advertising on the side walls of the seating area.

Live streaming is available featuring three camera positions. We can stream to multiple platforms via our Black Magic ATEM mini.

Our green room and dressing rooms feature live video and audio feeds of the stage.