Where We Work
Our spaces
A working theatre, not a classroom with a curtain.
Where we work
Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
Our house. Every production on our stage in recent seasons was built and performed here.
- Mainstage Theatre
- The primary venue for department productions and the student organizations.
- Box Office
- Season tickets and single seats · 601-979-5956
- Department Office
- Advising, auditions, crew calls and organization contacts · 601-979-2872
Inside the building
Shop, studio and backstage
Costume Shop
Where wardrobe is designed, built and fitted, a working shop used for class projects and productions alike.
Green Room
Where a company lives during a run: notes, warm-ups and the wait between entrances.
Dressing Rooms
Dedicated dressing rooms for the company, including quick-change space during performances.
Performance Studio
An additional performance and rehearsal space equipped for training and smaller productions.
A working theatre, not a classroom with a curtain. Students build in the shop, dress in the dressing rooms, warm up in the green room and sell the tickets at the window.
Department of Speech Communication and Theatre
Rose E. McCoy Auditorium
1400 J.R. Lynch Street, Jackson, MS 39217
College of Liberal Arts · Jackson State University
Phone & Email
- Department office 601-979-2872
- Box office 601-979-5956
- Chair mark.g.henderson@jsums.edu
Content drawn from the Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Handbook. © 2026 Jackson State University.
