Behind the Scenes

13 Nov, 2024

5 Questions for Edgar Meyer

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We're looking forward to presenting bass virtuoso and recent Grammy winner Edgar Meyer with genre-crossing Kentucky-born violinist Tessa Lark and eclectic cellist Joshua Roman here at The Purchase PAC on Sunday, November 17. In anticipation, we posed a few questions [...]

11 Oct, 2024

5(ish) Questions for Manual Cinema

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Performance collective Manual Cinema (and all of their luggage) will arrive at Purchase later this month, to share their production of Frankenstein with us on Sunday, October 20. In anticipation, we reached out to Drew Dir, Co-Artistic Director, Frankenstein Lead [...]

6 Aug, 2020

Clothes Maketh the Show

By |Aug 6, 2020|Behind the Scenes, Bringing Backstage Forward, The PAC in Your Living Room|Comments Off on Clothes Maketh the Show

Ever wonder what goes on behind the curtain during a live performance? In the new series Bringing Backstage Forward our Production Team invites you into their world, sharing insights and tricks of the trade via blog posts, videos, interviews, and [...]

28 Apr, 2020

Backstage with Christy Havard, Director of Production: Theater Superstitions

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Theater is a magical place full of wonder and mystery – and superstitions. Some of these have been around for centuries, and are taken VERY seriously backstage. Here are just a few… Break a Leg! This is one of the [...]

5 Feb, 2020

Sometimes Dressing Rooms are Not Just for Dressing…

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Backstage with Christy Havard, Director of Production As we all know dressing rooms are for actors, dancers, and all other artists to change into their costumes, study their lines, shower, rest and relax between scenes or pieces. Well, I thought [...]

14 Jan, 2020

Backstage with Christy Havard, Director of Production: Fly System Rehab

By |Jan 14, 2020|Behind the Scenes|Comments Off on Backstage with Christy Havard, Director of Production: Fly System Rehab

When I started here at The Purchase PAC back in the 2004-2005 season , most of our counterweight fly systems still had manila (hemp) hand lines in their operating system and hemp for the breasting / pick lines. Over the [...]