It is often said the final piece of the puzzle in any live performance is the audience. Each new audience brings its own personality, it’s own energy. Before the last bows on The Cottage we wanted to give a voice to our audiences. We asked Grace Pettijohn, a long time supporter of APAC who volunteered to usher […]
Opening Night at Sac’s Place
This past Saturday night, APAC celebrated the opening of our fall mainstage The Cottage. After a long two weeks of tech, dress rehearsals and previews, we finally reached one of the most fun parts of working in theatre…the opening night party! ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The cast and some of our audience gathered for the opening night party. […]
Bring Your Sweet Tooth to the Show
Over the past few weeks we have given you different views of the new play The Cottage which will have its first public performance this Thursday. We hope after seeing so many different perspectives of the show in the last few weeks you are as excited about seeing the show as we are about showing […]
Set Build - A Week in Pictures
The Cottage is moving forward, including the set being built. Last week, our staff and a few volunteers gathered to get a jump on building the set. We wanted to share some of what we’ve been up to and they say a picture is worth a thousand words. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Costumes from The Cottage
Some actors say that the moment they first put on their costumes is when they can fully realize their characters, it adds a piece of the puzzle as to who the characters are. Ryan Moller, costume designer from APAC’s The Secret Garden, is joining us again on The Cottage. He is taking this opportunity to share with […]
What Adam Learned on his Summer Vacation
The entire production staff of The Cottage is anticipating this Thursday - First Rehearsal. This day the actors will join us to have a first read-thru and with that take the first steps bringing this play from the page to the stage. After last week’s post in which Sandy Rustin told us why The Cottage was written, this […]
Dominating Ladies in a Male Dominant Genre
Tickets are being sold, postcards are being printed, actors are being cast, and a set is being budgeted. In many ways, we are already in full swing for The Cottage - our first mainstage show, and we’re excited to see what the hard work of the next 5 weeks will bring to this devilishly funny script. […]
Looking Back and Moving Forward
Since Taryn left at the beginning of August, the most common question about APAC I’ve been asked is “how is it going without Taryn?” The answer is complex, of course there is a huge impact to the company when 1/3rd of its senior staff leaves, and this is a major transition time for all of […]
Casting By the Numbers
Tomorrow we get under way with casting for our first mainstage of the year - The Cottage. Casting is the first time a director will see these actors bring the script to life - these same actors will embody characters in front of an audience in just under two months. Leading up this endeavor is […]