NCTC Performing Arts Theatre provides quality entertainment and hands-on educational programs in the performing arts to children and young adults from preschool through college. Home of Newington Children’s Theatre Company, NCTC is Connecticut's oldest operating children's theatre. Founded in 1963 as a town program, the company became an independent nonprofit organization in 2002. Its flagship program, the NCTC Touring Company, is the only one of its kind in Connecticut, and gives its young cast the opportunity each year to tour a fully-staged musical to audiences throughout the state. Productions, summer programs, and professionally-taught classes in theatre, dance, and music offer something for any child. NCTC operates its own performance, rehearsal and educational facility in Newington, including a 110-seat black box theatre.