From Stage to Screen We are eager to welcome family and friends back to the PAC soon.  When we do, part of our new normal will include a technological leap forward. Due to the pandemic, we anticipate seating limitations, audience…

There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to blurt it out, “We bought our cat a harness and a leash.”  I know, I know….  Our cat, Oz, also thought the harness was a stupid idea.  But its…

Many of you have been asking when the PAC will open back up for public use.  As much as we would like that to be sooner rather than later, we face the unfortunate reality that it may be some time…

These Are Dark Days A day off in theatre jargon is called a “dark day” for the simple fact that theatres turn the lights off when there isn’t a performance scheduled.  The PAC may be “dark” due to the COVID-19…

The play’s the thing! With Kentucky Shakespeare back at the PAC later this month, it bears repeating that Shakespeare wrote his plays as entertainment – to be performed, not read.  So this month’s blog (with a little help from Shakespeare…

Accolades are wonderful.  Winning a ribbon or a medal is a thrill.  We all rejoice when we receive an “A” or excellent job evaluation.  The roar of the crowd is equally as rewarding to the ears of the player in…

A Golden Evening. When first published 1887 “A Study in Scarlet” and its protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, attracted remarkably little public interest.  So little in fact that the author, Doctor Arthur Conan Doyle continued as a poor physician writing short stories,…

‘Twas one month before Nutcracker, when all through the PAC Everybody was stirring and mostly on track; The dancers were stretching their bodies with care, Their pointe shoes and dance bags strewn everywhere. Their parents and siblings were as deers…

Charles Dickens considered A Christmas Carol to be a “Ghost Story of Christmas,” which seems all the more appropriate with the PAC’s radio drama production of Dickens’ Christmas Carol following close on the heels of Halloween. It also brings to mind an early Christmas…

Jim Henson and John Lovins With any luck, we all have a mentor or two in our lives that we can attempt to emulate as we fumble our way through life. Often it is through “one on one” tutelage.  My…