While it has its own resident company of professional actors, auditions are still frequently open to the public.

[2] The theater has 347 seats on two levels, an orchestra and balcony with boxes, as well as a rooftop terrace, which is open during shows and rented out for private events.

The new building, which cost 12.5 million dollars and includes a 340-seat theater and rehearsal space [4] is connected to an office building which houses various internal theater projects,and headquarters for nonprofit arts organizations such as Project Green Fork, Indie Memphis, and others.

Indie Memphis also uses the Playhouse on the Square theater for its yearly film festival.

[6] TheatreWorks is a building one block west of The Circuit Playhouse originally built in 1995 to house a variety of small performance groups unable to afford quarters of their own.