BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2021

I DO I seldom get the chance to play the same role twice. But, the last week of September, I do. I will approach my part steeped in what I learned the first time around, and if I’m lucky, what…
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BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2021

Karloff as Jonathan Brewster in the original production of Arsenic & Old Lace. It’s interesting how childhood influences shape our lives.  I think the first time I realized that you could feel two things simultaneously was when as a child,…
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BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2021

How far down the road do you look?  While driving to Louisville to train student puppeteers for their production of The Little Mermaid, I daydreamed about what awaiting obstacles might deter my plans for the PAC this season. I was…
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BART’S BLOG – JULY 2021

The PAC is Back, and We Need You!  Yes, YOU! That’s right, folks.  Our doors are open, but we need YOU as audience members, volunteers, and performers to bring the PAC back to life! AUDITIONS! July 12 & 13, the…
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BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2021

In May, I shared all the exciting events we have planned for the upcoming season with the PAC’s Producing Partners.  “Who are these Producing Partners?” you may ask: They are financial institutions that recognize the value that quality performing arts bring…
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BART’S BLOG – MAY 2021

In a few short months, the PAC will be twenty years old, and although I definitely have an eye on the future and getting clear of the current pandemic, I can’t help but also have an eye on the past…
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BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2021

In March of 2020, The PAC hosted a Central Hardin High School production of Little Women.  Little did we know that would be the last performance on our stage that spring or that “to be or not to be” was…
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BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2021

As things start to thaw outside, so does the freeze on activity at the PAC.  We may not be as busy as usual, but this March is undoubtedly shaping up to be a lot more active than last March.  As…
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BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2021

A flash of lightning reveals a dead body, and nearby – fresh and clear – lay the footprint of a gigantic hound.  So begins the PAC’s penultimate installment of The Novel Stage Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Much like the eponymous…
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BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2021

The past year was unlike anything we could have ever anticipated; and though it sometimes feels like we accomplished very little, I have to remind myself that with the help of additional HCS staff, the PAC team used our “down”…
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