Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts

The largest performing arts center in northern Nevada, Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts (PSPA) has been operating continuously since 1968. It hosts more than 100 events a year by its three resident companies, Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, A.V.A. Ballet Theatre and Artown, as well as a variety of international tours and local programming. Since 1995 the center also has presented a series called Broadway Comes to Reno. Located in the heart of Downtown Reno, PCPA houses a 1,500-seat mainstage auditorium, the 150-seat Pioneer Underground cabaret theater and the E.L. Cord Plaza for outdoor events and performances. PCPA also has youth arts education programming that has served more than a million children over the last 50 years.