Performing Arts Center (PAC)


Performing Arts Center Exterior
Performing Arts Center Interior
Man wearing clothes from the 1600's waving his hat
Man in a gray suit with arms outstretched with a women in a burgundy colored dress behind him.
Man in a brown jacket touching the chin of a women in a salmon colored silk robe
Man and women in dark suits helping up a women in cream colored suit
Community Choir in dark clothing singing on risers
Gospel Choir in blue robes
Gospel Choir in blue robes
man in the foreground pray on his knees with a man behind him about to strike with a sword
Silhouettes of men and women in top hats dancing on stage in front of a red curtain
simplified hand holding a skull on a red background
two men fighting with rapiers

 

The Performing Arts Center at Cerritos College is the heart of the Cerritos College campus. The Performing Arts Center or PAC houses 3 performance spaces: The Auditorium, The Black Box Studio Theatre, and the Recital Hall. The music and choir rooms, recording studio, private practice studios, music theory classrooms and the acting lab are located in the West Wing. The East wing houses theatre classes for makeup and hair, the costume shop, scene shop and the entertainment technology lab.

We produce four theatrical productions a year, two per semester. We hold the music recitals and concerts, choir concerts and large campus events in our performance spaces. All of our events are produced and staffed with the work from our students enrolled in the entertainment technology courses. They run everything from lighting design and production, live audio, costume design and production, hair and makeup all under the supervision of the faculty and staff with over 30 plus years of industry experience. 

Plan your visit

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Performance Schedule

 

Upcoming Events

Dancers leaning back in purple and pink
Fall 2024 Formal Dance Concert
The Cerritos College Dance Department and ASCC present: The Fall 2024 Dance Concert. Join us for three exciting nights of dance and live music with original works by faculty and student choreographers in the genres of Latin, African, Hip-Hop, Contemporary, Ballet and Folklorico!

Nov. 21-23 | 8 PM
Chalkboard drawing of Commedia Della Arte
Theatre 101: Live!

Theatre 101: Live! is an immersive theatrical experience where the audience steps into the shoes of a Cerritos College Student enrolled in a semester long course in drama. The 4th wall comes crumbling down as actors and audience members become one in their unified quest to truly appreciate theatre!

We're going back! Back to school!

Dec. 6-15 | Thu-Sat 8PM, Sun 2PM

d