Janet & Ray Scherr Forum Theatre is an intimate proscenium theatre within the Bank of America Performing Arts Center in Thousand Oaks. With 394 seats, it is considerably more compact than the complex's larger auditorium, making it particularly well suited to theatre productions, comedy, lectures, smaller concerts and performances where proximity between artists and the audience is important. Its variable proscenium opening and professional technical facilities give the stage flexibility for a variety of performance formats.
The compact auditorium creates an immediate atmosphere with clear views toward the stage, while a professional sound system supports spoken-word, musical and theatrical productions. The theatre is fully accessible for visitors with disabilities, and its smaller scale makes entering, finding seats and moving through the venue straightforward before and after a performance. The atmosphere feels closer to a carefully designed performing-arts forum than a large auditorium, which is one of the venue's defining characteristics.
The theatre is located at 2100 E Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, California 91362, United States. A six-level parking structure stands directly beside the complex and is entered from Dallas Drive; to reach the Scherr Forum, visitors take the parking-structure elevator to Level 3 and then one of the Plaza elevators down to Level 2 for access to the theatre. For broader transportation around Thousand Oaks and connections with other parts of the city, the information further down the page provides additional context.