Shelton Auditorium

The Butler Arts & Events Center (BAEC) is home to Butler University’s event facilities including performance venues, conference and meeting rooms, outdoor spaces, and housing. Its performance venues welcome more than 300,000 visitors annually, with 35,000 from the student matinee series. The BAEC is comprised of five venues including its flagship 2148 seat venue Clowes Memorial Hall; the Schrott Center for the Arts with 475 seats; Shelton Auditorium with nearly 400 seats; Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall with 135 seats and Lilly Hall Studio Theatre with up to 100 seats. Programming includes the Butler Arts Presents events, BAEC’s Education Matinee Series, Jordan College of the Arts performances, Broadway In Indianapolis shows, various Butler lecture series, performances from local performing arts organizations, and a variety of national touring shows.

Shelton Auditorium

Shelton Auditorium, with nearly 400 seats, is a unique and beautiful Greek-style theatre located on Butler University’s South Campus, formerly the campus of Christian Theological Seminary. The building is a mid-century “pre-Gothic” building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and opened in 1966. Shelton Auditorium features incredible acoustics, ample stadium seating and on-site surface parking in the lot off W. 42nd St. or off Haughey Avenue.