Wayne County Community College’s Heinz C. Prechter Performing Arts Center will serve as a center for the arts in Metropolitan Detroit.  Artists and audiences alike will be thrilled with the beauty, comfort, and quality of this $16.52 million state-of-the-art performing arts complex.  Owned and operated by Wayne Community College District, the Center received wide public support and serves as a performance home for WCCCD own season of events, as well as area resident art groups.  In addition, the Center provides space for numerous other art and community organizations for a wide variety of events from Broadway shows and top name entertainment to high school graduations and area dance recitals.

The Center will also house WCCCD academic theatre program.  Students can work toward an Associate of Arts degree in theatre with a concentration in performance or technical theatre.  The Center, in the role of a theatre laboratory, provides hands-on professional experience, giving students an excellent education to transfer to a four-year institution or enter the work world.  The Center works with local school systems, organizations, and senior citizens to enhance arts education.
Comprised of 74,000 square feet with a 1,200-seat Auditorium, 14 classrooms amid a stage and rehearsal rooms, the Center is able to accommodate a wide-range of events and educational activities.  The Center strives to serve our patrons with special needs.

Accommodations include special seating for wheelchair patrons, listening enhancement devices, signed interpreted performances upon request, and special parking.

The Center is accessible from several major highways and has ample free parking.  Directions to the Center are available in written and map format.  Come experience the thrill of live performance at the Heinz Prechter Performing Arts Center, Michigan’s venue for Great Performances in Your Home for the Arts.

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