In this week’s blog, Heather Shields, APAC’s new Interim Executive Director shares her history with and excitement about working with APAC. Welcome Heather!_______________________________________________________________________________________________ Within moments of setting foot off of the N train for a friend’s Kentucky Derby party back in 2008, I was plotting my move to Astoria. Well, at least as soon as […]
Writers’ Reflections on the Midwinter Reading Series
In February, APAC hosted our Midwinter Reading Series at the Queens Council on the Arts. It featured a play, Carefully Taught, by Cheryl L. Davis and a musical, Love, Always, by Bill Connington and Michael Cooper. We asked the writers of these pieces to share their experiences for the APAC Blog. Here’s what they had […]
Reflections on Playmaking Round One
Our 10th Anniversary of Playmaking is underway and once again students from Horace Greeley Intermediate School (IS 10) are taking part in an afterschool program where they learn to write their own plays from Playmaking instructor Susan Willerman. These young playwrights then see their original works brought to life by professional actors and directors in a evening of staged […]
A Great 2014 @ APAC - Thanks to YOU!
As 2014 draws to a close and the winter holidays approach, we find ourselves thinking of the things we all love about this time of year: the warmth of family and friends, generosity of spirit, festive surprises, and the promise of an exciting new year to come. And really, those wonderful things are part of […]
Cast Reflections on In The Bones
We asked the actors in In The Bones to share responses to the following questions about their experiences with the play: What has been a meaningful part of your journey with this play / your character? VICTORIA BUNDONIS Take a character who upon first look seems extremely unsympathetic and find a way to empathize with […]
Playwright Cody Daigle shares his journey with In The Bones
In The Bones is a play about the ongoing (and maybe never-ending) process of dealing with and internalizing profound, catastrophic loss. Structurally, each scene of the play moves forward one year, detailing how time has changed the nature of grief for the play’s characters, and whether they’re moving closer or further away from healing and […]
Dev Bondarin (director of In The Bones) is named Artistic Director
Please join us in welcoming the In The Bones director, Dev Bondarin, as the new Artistic Director of APAC! I am excited and proud to join Astoria Performing Arts Center as Artistic Director and to begin my tenure with this fall’s production of Cody Daigle’s In The Bones. Cody and I are longtime collaborators, and I […]
