[1][2] The building contains a 500-seat black box theater, a 1,600-plus-seat main auditorium/theater, and a 5,000-square-foot art gallery that wraps around the building, as well as an open-air rooftop terrace that holds approximately 200 people.
CPAC was built on the site of the Ritz Theatre, which opened in 1927 with actor George Sidney in Lost at the Front and four acts of live vaudeville.
The theater closed in 1965 and was used as a clothing factory and, in later years, as a bakery.
[3] Vacant by 2014, the theater was demolished in August 2017 after it was determined a new building would be required rather than restoration.
[7] Carteret natives The Smithereens played the opening concert at the venue.