The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College opened in 1985, with a mission to serve RVCC and the community at large. Each season, the theatre presents the Major Artists Series and The Merck Series—made possible by a grant from The Merck Company Foundation.  Additionally, the theatre presents The Sampler Series, a series of programs for children 4 and up, The Family Series, for kids 8 and up and their entire families and School-Time Performances a series of educational field trip events.  

The theatre complex is made up of two performing spaces. The Edward Nash Theatre is a proscenium style auditorium with one-thousand seats on two levels. With excellent acoustics and sight lines, it is a perfect setting for concerts, theatre and dance.  The Welpe Theatre is a flexible studio space, which can seat one-hundred at cabaret tables, or one-hundred-fifty, in rows, facing a raised stage.  It is a perfect setting for more intimate and experimental performances.