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13 Nov, 2025

Notes from the Lobby: The Sound of Bravo

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Since our season began in early October 2025, 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 [...]

14 May, 2025

Honoring The Prompters

By |May 14, 2025|Behind the Scenes, Community Partners, PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Honoring The Prompters

Saturday, May 3 was a busy day here at The Purchase PAC. It was Alumni Weekend on campus. We had performances in three of our theatres, a luncheon in the fourth, and an Alumni Showcase fair taking place in the [...]

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, 2023 The Purchase PAC presented 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 [...]

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, 2023 with Change the Frame, a program of works by Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, and Hanna Benn, featuring [...]

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 [...]

15 Feb, 2022

What the heck is “tech”?

By |Feb 15, 2022|Bringing Backstage Forward, PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on What the heck is “tech”?

The Facilities Rentals page of our website proudly proclaims: “There is no better place for tech.” Most of us have heard the expression “tech rehearsal” or “the show is in tech,” but what exactly does this mean? Christy Havard, Director [...]

15 Feb, 2022

Community is at the Heart of What We Do

By |Feb 15, 2022|PAC News & Notes|Comments Off on Community is at the Heart of What We Do

(February 2022) Speaking at the opening plenary of the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference recently, Ben Cameron, President of the Jerome Foundation, said that “the lasting impact of the last 22 months may not lie solely in our artistic [...]