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…

This fall finds me onstage singing and dancing for the first time since playing Thenardier in Les Miserables back in 2013.  Well, there was that matinee during The Little Mermaid (2016) when I had to almost literally jump in as…

Hello, friends!  Aaron Taylor here.  By day, I’m the Technical Director here at The PAC.  For the next few weeks, I also have a new, exciting, more-than-part-time job: Director of our PAC Pro-Am Production of Young Frankenstein.  For me, taking…

The Auditions Are Coming!  Imagine that you arrive to a job interview only to discover a room full of other applicants just as qualified if not more so for the job as you.  Now imagine that in addition to your…

Backstage at Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals during Hello Dolly with fellow chorus member, Lana Olsen back in 1986. Hello, “Dolly” ! As recitals retreat, rehearsals rev up for Youth Theatre and their summer production of Hello, Dolly!  “Dolly” holds a…

“All the world’s a stage” and the arts are our most vital means of connecting to the rest of that world.  By sharing the best that we have to offer through music, dance, performing and visual art, others learn about…

If you’ve ever doubted what today’s youth can accomplish, you need look no further than what 50-60 elementary and middle school students can accomplish in one week when Missoula Children’s Theatre makes their annual April pilgrimage to the PAC. MCT…

  This Play is Cursed Some believe that the play Macbeth is cursed – insert scary music – and that it’s bad luck to say the title of the play or quote a line of dialogue from it inside a…

It’s February. Share your love! Having closed the door at 221b Baker Street for the time being, my attention is now drawn to the more mundane.  I know they aren’t due until April but with no PAC Season Events occurring…

To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn With every production at the PAC we try to push our limits and in turn the audience’s expectations.  This month we do that in a very literal way by installing a temporary revolving stage for…