The Astoria Performing Arts Center, Inc. (APAC), a not-for-profit organization, was founded in 2001 by actress Susan Scannell (“Dynasty”). Our mission is to bring high quality theatre and entertainment to Astoria/Long Island City and to support local youth and senior citizens. We are a professional theatre company that complements a full season of award-winning mainstage programming with dedicated community programming.
Each year, APAC brings extended networks of artists, technicians, and volunteers together to produce musical revivals and modern plays.
Our mainstage productions have been recognized for their quality and exceptional production values. We have received fifteen New York Innovative Theatre Award nominations and four wins (Children of Eden & Ragtime), and an Off-Off Broadway Theatre Review Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical (Is There Life After High School?). We are invested in bringing visibility to new voices in American theatre, through readings and workshops.
APAC continues to benefit from early and consistent recognition from the press (including the Queens newspapers, as well as The New York Times and American Theatre magazine, among others). We are committed to keeping our work accessible: the programming is varied in order to reach a broad audience, produced regularly each season and affordable, so that theater-going can be habit – not a rare treat for the people who see APAC’s shows.
