ABSTRACT
Performing arts centers (PACs) have long held an essential place on the campuses of American colleges and universities. Collegiate PACs serve a dual purpose. First, there is the more obvious mission of education, as university PACs serve as training centers (laboratories) for students matriculating in the school’s theatre, music, opera, dance, and technical production programs. Second, and of equal importance, is that collegiate PACs also represent their institutions as an important gateway into the communities that they serve.
