Tulsa Performing Arts Center

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The Tulsa Performing Arts Center is a performing arts venue in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It houses four theaters, including the 2,365-seat Chapman Music Hall. The building occupies half a city block in downtown Tulsa. The center hosts regular performances by the Tulsa Opera, Tulsa Ballet, and Tulsa Symphony Orchestra. Arts organizations that use the hall also include Chamber Music Tulsa, Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, Celebrity Attractions Broadway Series, American Theater Company, Theatre Tulsa, Theatre North, Tulsa Town Hall and LOOK. The Tulsa PAC also attracts touring shows and headline performers such as Michael Bublé, Chris Botti and B.B. King.

The Tulsa Performing Arts Center was built with a combination of public and private funds and first opened in 1977. The facility was the design of World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki. The Center is a department of the City of Tulsa.