Downtown Erie Theater and Performing Arts Center
PACA - Erie's Performing Arts Collective Alliance - is an uncommon non-profit. Our mission has been to create a self-sustaining and taxpaying arts and education-based public entity in our community, and we are succeeding. In six short years, thanks to community-wide support, PACA has become a unique hybrid that not only supports the entrepreneurial efforts of emerging artists and produces award-winning theatre, but is also revitalizing a historic downtown property and bringing labor and tourism dollars into the heart of the city.
PACA's home, the historic Meyer building in downtown Erie, is home to 35 artist-tenants, including sculptors, photographers, painters, craftsmen, and musicians of all types.
All of this comes together in an architecturally significant 120-year-old building on its way to being on the National Register of Historic places. The massive improvements are a full-time job, and the work has not gone unnoticed. PACA was recognized with this year's Preservation Erie Award for their efforts.
2024-2025 THEATRICAL Season
Avenue Q
by Jeff Marx & Robert Lopez
Nov 14 – 24, 2024
Who's Holiday
by Matthew Lombardo
Dec 19 – 21, 2024
God of Carnage
by Yasmina Reza
Jan 17 – Feb 02, 2025
2 Across
by Jerry Mayer
Feb 14 – 16, 2025
Bat Boy
Music & Lyrics by Laurence "Larry" O'Keefe
Mar 21 – Apr 06, 2025
Boys in the Band
by Mart Crowley
Apr 25 – May 11, 2025
The Price
by Arthur Miller
Jun 06 – 22, 2025
Radium Girls
by D.W. Gregory
Jul 18 – Aug 03, 2025
2024-2025 Youth Theatre
Firefly Tales
a night of adapted urban legends
Oct 25 – 27, 2024
She Kills Monsters
by Qui Nguyen
Feb 28 – Mar 09, 2025
Inside the PACA Building
Thank you to our PACA THEATRE Sponsors
UPCOMING EVENTS
WHO'S HOLIDAY! is a wildly funny and heartfelt adults-only comedy that tells the story of Cindy Lou Who as she recalls that Christmas Eve she first met the Grinch and the twisted turn of events ...
GET YOUR TICKETS
Offering shows year-round, be sure to make any date a night to remember with dinner and a show at PACA. With extraordinary performances and breathtaking sets, we strive to make your theatrical experience something you'll always remember.
Buy Now
