Aaron Taylor sitting back to get the big picture. Aaron Taylor directing YTHC students Hello friends! Aaron Taylor here, Guest Blogger, Technical Director and toy collector of The PAC. When I started as Technical Director of The PAC, the first…

One of the biggest challenges in conceiving my approach to a show is creating the world in which the characters are going to live and move about. Wagons swinging out with benches on pit lift. Stage Left Elevation So as I…

Back in my days as a singing waiter at “The Oaks” on the lower east side of Manhattan. How I Came To Know The Elephant Man By the time I had moved to Manhattan in the 90s, I was having…

I’ve been longing to do The Secret Garden for over 20 years. For almost as long I’ve treasured the music of Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I even used a song from “Hunchback” as an audition piece for many…

John Hurt 1940-2017 Timing or coincidence? Timing we are told in theatre – and in life for that matter – is everything. So too is coincidence. Last spring I directed George Orwell’s 1984 at the PAC because I wanted to do something…

A new year? A new season! That’s right. While most everyone is making New Year’s resolutions, I’m making new season reservations: Many of you already know that we will open our next season with the ProAm production of the Tony…

Autumn is about change. Leaves are turning colors. A national election is a week away. My home is getting renovated. The stage is being reset every week (sometimes twice a week or more) as new events begin to crowd our…