Purchase PAC

13 Nov, 2025

Notes from the Lobby: The Sound of Bravo

By |Nov 13, 2025|2025-2026 Season, Notes from the Lobby, PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Notes from the Lobby: The Sound of Bravo

Since our season began in early October, The Purchase PAC’s theaters have been ringing with the sound of "Bravo!" While we have some of the warmest audiences in the region — and I know this from the many conversations I [...]

7 Dec, 2023

5-ish Questions for Rob Mathes

By |Dec 7, 2023|2023-2024 Season, Meet the Artists|Comments Off on 5-ish Questions for Rob Mathes

With just a few days to go until arranger, composer, producer, director, and musician extraordinaire Rob Mathes returns to The Purchase PAC to rock the house with his annual holiday concert, we caught up with him to chat about the [...]

27 Oct, 2023

5 Questions for BODYTRAFFIC dancer Alana Jones

By |Oct 27, 2023|2023-2024 Season, Meet the Artists|Comments Off on 5 Questions for BODYTRAFFIC dancer Alana Jones

On Saturday, November 4, The Purchase PAC will present LA-based contemporary dance company BODYTRAFFIC. We were super excited to learn that one of the dancers, Alana Jones, is a Purchase College Conservatory of Dance alum. We love it when alums [...]

5 Jul, 2023

Join us on a creative journey and experience something real.

By |Jul 5, 2023|2023-2024 Season, PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Join us on a creative journey and experience something real.

To experience something real is to expect the unexpected — a musical phrase that ignites your imagination, a dance piece that offers a fresh perspective, an encounter with an old friend in the lobby. At The Purchase PAC, a myriad [...]

14 Apr, 2023

5 Questions for Angélique Kidjo

By |Apr 14, 2023|2022-2023 Season, Meet the Artists|Comments Off on 5 Questions for Angélique Kidjo

Angelique Kidjo is currently on tour, bringing her ultra-high-energy world music vibe to cities around the globe...including a stop right here in Purchase, NY tomorrow night. Despite a whirlwind schedule, she was kind enough to take the time to answer [...]

3 Jan, 2023

5 Questions for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

By |Jan 3, 2023|2022-2023 Season, Meet the Artists|Comments Off on 5 Questions for Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra has been a regular and beloved presence on our stages for decades. They return to The Purchase PAC on January 22 with Change the Frame, a program of works by Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, and Hanna Benn, featuring violin [...]

19 Dec, 2022

Making Connections, Sparking Creativity, Building Community

By |Dec 19, 2022|PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Making Connections, Sparking Creativity, Building Community

The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College is more than just a building with four stages, more than just a place for professional artists to perform and move on to their next gig. It is a creative hub, an artistic learning [...]