BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2025
Still in the Picture Back at the tail end of the last millennium, I had new headshots taken. I needed them to promote the premiere…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2025
Still in the Picture Back at the tail end of the last millennium, I had new headshots taken. I needed them to promote the premiere…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2025
From Desert Trails to Rocket Ships: The Many Lives of The Tortoise and the Hare Stories aren’t meant to stay the same. They live, breathe, and…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2025
Part 7-Make Them Hear You Welcome to the final installment in our behind-the-scenes series on bringing Ragtime to life as the PAC’s 2025–2026 season opener.…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2025
Part 6: Behind the Curtain: “The Wheels Are Turning…” Welcome to the sixth installment in an ongoing series exploring the journey of bringing the musical…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2025
Part 5: Behind the Curtain: “And there was distant music…” Welcome to the fifth installment in an ongoing series exploring the journey of bringing the…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2025
Part 4: Behind the Curtain—Progress in Motion Welcome to the fourth installment in an ongoing series exploring the journey of bringing the musical Ragtime to the stage…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2025
Part 3: Expanding Access — Diversity in Casting TitleWelcome to the third installment in a four-part series exploring the journey of bringing the musical Ragtime to the…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2025
Part 2: Designing the World of Ragtime TitleWelcome to the second installment in a four-part series exploring the journey of bringing the musical Ragtime to the stage as…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2025
Step Into the Spotlight with the Youth Theatre of Hardin County! If you’ve ever dreamed of performing on stage but weren’t sure how to get…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2025
Part 1: Adapting History—From Novel to Musical Welcome to the first installment in a four-part series exploring the journey of bringing the musical Ragtime to…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2025
From Ballet to Boutique: The Nutcracker and More at The PAC! Crown your holiday season with our annual production of The Nutcracker! This beloved ballet,…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2024
From Ballet to Boutique: The Nutcracker and More at The PAC! Crown your holiday season with our annual production of The Nutcracker! This beloved ballet,…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2024
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Relive the magic on HCEC-TV and WQXE Radio throughout the Holidays! Last year, the PAC brought the charm of live radio…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2024
Stepping Into the Unknown: No One Walks Alone Sometimes, the best opportunities come when you step out of your comfort zone. That’s precisely what happened…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2024
A Spoonful of Nostalgia Disney’s Mary Poppins at The PAC! As a child, I spent countless hours listening to records I checked out from the…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2024
Choose Joy Reflections from Our Volunteer Usher Orientation As we wrapped up last month with our semi-annual PAC volunteer usher orientation, I took a moment…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2024
Nostalgia and New Beginnings: The PAC’s End-of-Summer Postcard Promotion! Back before social media, we all shared our exciting summer plans by sending postcards to loved…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2024
AUDITIONS! AUDITIONS! and AUDITION WORKSHOPS This Month at The PAC! ProAm Auditions for the PAC ProAm Musical – MARY POPPINS Everyone’s favorite nanny takes the…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2024
Spring Cleaning at The PAC: Get swept up in our 2024-2025 Season and Exciting Opportunities for Everyone! Spring is in the air, and just like…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH/APRIL 2024
Welcoming New Faces to the PAC Family! I’m thrilled to introduce two fantastic additions to the PAC team: Kathy Zseger, our new PAC Secretary, and…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2024
Streamlining Event Requests: The PAC’s User-Friendly Living Calendar. The PAC is proud to share a recent scheduling component – an 18-month living calendar designed to…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER2023 – JANUARY 2024
A Palette of Creativity: Explore Art in its Many Forms at the PAC From the enchanting Nutcracker in December all the way to the laughter-inducing…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2023
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE Comes Alive At The PAC This Month As A Live Radio Drama This month, we invite you to join us as…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2023
It’s Time For ANIMANIACS…IN CONCERT! October 20 ONE NIGHT ONLY Join the voices of Animaniacs – the iconic animated Warner Bros series – for a…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2023
Tending The Secret Garden – Rehearsals and Production Having planted seeds over a year ago, we are now tending the Garden. We are currently in…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2023
AUGUST BART’S BLOG IS AN ENCORE! Planting Seeds for The Secret Garden – Casting This past week, over one hundred local amateurs and professionals from…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2023
Planting Seeds for The Secret Garden – Casting This past week, over one hundred local amateurs and professionals from seven years old to seventy auditioned…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2023
Act Now – Auditions This Month at The PAC! The PAC is holding ProAm auditions for the classic comedy caper CLUE and the musical based…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2023
Planting Seeds for The Secret Garden – Articulating the Vision Last month I shared how putting together a vision board helped me focus possible design…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2023
Planting Seeds for The Secret Garden – Focusing the Vision It’s good to try new things. So for our upcoming production of The Secret Garden,…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2023
Planting Seeds for The Secret Garden – Costuming Hello all! I’m Bart’s wife, Allison, and I’m taking over Bart’s Blog to share the beginnings of…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2023
What Is Cultural Equity and Why Is It Important at The PAC? Now that The Skin of Our Teeth has closed and our season is…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2023
Now’s the time to make a resolution and a reservation! As we look back on the year past, we resolve to do better and achieve…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2022
Trimming the Tree In expectation of the PAC staff and volunteers dropping by next week, Allison and I spent the weekend trimming the trees at…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2022
Credit Where Credit Is Due When someone thanks me for all I do at the PAC, I let them know that I don’t do it…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2022
When it comes to celebrating success, I fail. When was the last time I took time to acknowledge (let alone celebrate) my accomplishments or the…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2022
The PAC Transforms For A Truly Enchanted Production! As I shared in my last blog, this year’s ProAm Musical Beauty & the Beast is about the…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2022
The Power of Love “What is beauty? Is beauty what we look like? Is beauty our heart, our soul our personality? This musical is about…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2022
Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. Although my job is very creative, I delegate most of the hands-on work to others. Every summer,…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2022
Summer means vacation, right? Not at the PAC! No, sir. You see, not only are we helping Youth Theatre with their production of Disney’s The…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2022
This fall, we’ll open our 21st season at the PAC with a new spin on a tale as old as time. Disney’s Beauty & the…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2022
This month Allison and I have two very different road trips planned. The first will be a spring break trip up to Illinois along with several…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2022
It’s time for Spring Cleaning, or as I like to call it, Season Planning. Every spring, I sift through the marketing materials cluttering my office…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2022
Sharing Stories Both Old and New We opened our doors back in 2001 and twenty years later we are delighted to have become the home…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2021
20/20 Vision: Looking to the Past to Better Focus on the Future It’s time to check our vision. No, I don’t mean we need to…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2021
CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE When someone thanks me for all I do at the PAC, I let them know that I don’t do it…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2021
I DO I seldom get the chance to play the same role twice. But, the last week of September, I do. I will approach my…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2021
Karloff as Jonathan Brewster in the original production of Arsenic & Old Lace. It’s interesting how childhood influences shape our lives. I think the first…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2021
How far down the road do you look? While driving to Louisville to train student puppeteers for their production of The Little Mermaid, I daydreamed…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2021
The PAC is Back, and We Need You! Yes, YOU! That’s right, folks. Our doors are open, but we need YOU as audience members, volunteers,…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2021
In May, I shared all the exciting events we have planned for the upcoming season with the PAC’s Producing Partners. “Who are these Producing Partners?” you…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2021
In a few short months, the PAC will be twenty years old, and although I definitely have an eye on the future and getting clear…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2021
In March of 2020, The PAC hosted a Central Hardin High School production of Little Women. Little did we know that would be the last…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2021
As things start to thaw outside, so does the freeze on activity at the PAC. We may not be as busy as usual, but this…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2021
A flash of lightning reveals a dead body, and nearby – fresh and clear – lay the footprint of a gigantic hound. So begins the…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2021
The past year was unlike anything we could have ever anticipated; and though it sometimes feels like we accomplished very little, I have to remind…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2020
Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your heart be light Next year all our troubles will be out of sight. “Have Yourself a Merry…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2020
Students I’ve worked with would find it hard to believe, but I was not around during the heyday of radio dramas. No, I got acquainted…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2020
Gotta Dance! This month instead of a PAC Spotlight, I’m interviewing Caitlin Kowalski as part of our “Flip the Script” series. Caitlin is a level…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2020
The PAC Inches Forward With First ProAm Production For the first time in over five months, we have performers onstage at the PAC for rehearsals,…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2020
Kicking The Can Down The Road When is the PAC going to announce their next season? We ask ourselves that very question daily, and because…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2020
From Stage to Screen We are eager to welcome family and friends back to the PAC soon. When we do, part of our new normal…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2020
There’s no easy way to say this, so I’m just going to blurt it out, “We bought our cat a harness and a leash.” I…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2020
Many of you have been asking when the PAC will open back up for public use. As much as we would like that to be…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2020
These Are Dark Days A day off in theatre jargon is called a “dark day” for the simple fact that theatres turn the lights off…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2020
The play’s the thing! With Kentucky Shakespeare back at the PAC later this month, it bears repeating that Shakespeare wrote his plays as entertainment –…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2020
Accolades are wonderful. Winning a ribbon or a medal is a thrill. We all rejoice when we receive an “A” or excellent job evaluation. The…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2020
A Golden Evening. When first published 1887 “A Study in Scarlet” and its protagonist, Sherlock Holmes, attracted remarkably little public interest. So little in fact…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2019
‘Twas one month before Nutcracker, when all through the PAC Everybody was stirring and mostly on track; The dancers were stretching their bodies with care,…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2019
Charles Dickens considered A Christmas Carol to be a “Ghost Story of Christmas,” which seems all the more appropriate with the PAC’s radio drama production of Dickens’ Christmas…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2019
Jim Henson and John Lovins With any luck, we all have a mentor or two in our lives that we can attempt to emulate as…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2019
This fall finds me onstage singing and dancing for the first time since playing Thenardier in Les Miserables back in 2013. Well, there was that…
BART’S BLOG with Guest Writer – AUGUST 2019
Hello, friends! Aaron Taylor here. By day, I’m the Technical Director here at The PAC. For the next few weeks, I also have a new,…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2019
The Auditions Are Coming! Imagine that you arrive to a job interview only to discover a room full of other applicants just as qualified if…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2019
Backstage at Galveston Island Outdoor Musicals during Hello Dolly with fellow chorus member, Lana Olsen back in 1986. Hello, “Dolly” ! As recitals retreat, rehearsals…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2019
“All the world’s a stage” and the arts are our most vital means of connecting to the rest of that world. By sharing the best…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2019
If you’ve ever doubted what today’s youth can accomplish, you need look no further than what 50-60 elementary and middle school students can accomplish in…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2019
This Play is Cursed Some believe that the play Macbeth is cursed – insert scary music – and that it’s bad luck to say…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2019
It’s February. Share your love! Having closed the door at 221b Baker Street for the time being, my attention is now drawn to the more…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2019
To Everything Turn, Turn, Turn With every production at the PAC we try to push our limits and in turn the audience’s expectations. This month…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2018
The hustle and bustle of the holidays starts earlier and earlier every year. Who’s to blame? Well, blame me, I guess. Our radio drama of…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2018
My brother and me in our new pajamas emptying stockings How do you begin a tradition? Cookies for Santa? Elf on the Shelf? The Christmas…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2018
What’s on your bucket list? A performer’s bucket list is a bit different from most folks in that it is more likely to include fictional…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2018
A Tale of Two Sets Another season means another ProAm Musical to design and build. This season, we were able to take leftover set pieces…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2018
What are you waiting for? Tickets for all seven of the PAC’s 2018-2019 Season Events are on sale NOW. By this time, you’ve probably already…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2018
I don’t know about you, but my summer is going way too fast. Maybe that’s because my mind is already on the fall and the…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2018
If you don’t get the News Enterprise you may have missed the announcement of the PAC’s 2018-2019 season (Check it out). Here’s the inside scoop…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2018
Spring has sprung FINALLY. I found fall and winter to be particularly harsh and for a couple of months I snuggled under a warm blanket…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2018
Missoula Children’s Theatre presents “Gulliver’s Travels” at the PAC on April 13 at 7PM and April 14 at 2PM Thanks to theatre it has been…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2018
Wella, wella, wella Uh! Those Midsummer Nights Plays are like old friends. For the brief time that they are part of your life they mean…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2018
Provocateur: [pruh-vok-uh–tur, –too r; French praw-vaw-ka–tœr] noun. Definition: a person who deliberately behaves controversially in order to provoke argument or other strong reactions I began…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2018
We all face obstacles in different ways. One of the biggest obstacles I am currently facing is the guilt I feel over the minuscule size…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2017
“Wish that I was on ol’ Rocky Top” And today I was. It’s rare I get to travel more than an hour away from the…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2017
All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players… So begins a quote which has become…
BART’S BLOG – OCTOBER 2017
I read Dracula back in elementary school when I first became enthralled with black & white monster movies. But, I didn’t recall this quote until…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2017
Much of the music in this month’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be instantly recognizable to our audiences from the Disney film of the…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2017
There’s something for everyone this season at the Hardin County Schools Performing Arts Center with eight events designed to entertain your whole family! Ringing in…
BART’S BLOG – JULY 2017
Aaron Taylor sitting back to get the big picture. Aaron Taylor directing YTHC students Hello friends! Aaron Taylor here, Guest Blogger, Technical Director and toy…
BART’S BLOG – JUNE 2017
One of the biggest challenges in conceiving my approach to a show is creating the world in which the characters are going to live and move…
BART’S BLOG – MAY 2017
Illusionist Kevin Spencer onstage at The PAC Friday, May 5 at 7PM International Magician of the Year Kevin Spencer looks delighted as 5th grader Matthew…
BART’S BLOG – APRIL 2017
Back in my days as a singing waiter at “The Oaks” on the lower east side of Manhattan. How I Came To Know The Elephant…
BART’S BLOG – MARCH 2017
I’ve been longing to do The Secret Garden for over 20 years. For almost as long I’ve treasured the music of Disney’s The Hunchback of…
BART’S BLOG – FEBRUARY 2017
John Hurt 1940-2017 Timing or coincidence? Timing we are told in theatre – and in life for that matter – is everything. So too is…
BART’S BLOG – JANUARY 2017
A new year? A new season! That’s right. While most everyone is making New Year’s resolutions, I’m making new season reservations: Many of you already…
BART’S BLOG – DECEMBER 2016
As I write this, Allegro Dance Theatre is onstage performing “Sing A Christmas Carol” from the musical Scrooge. Sing a song of gladness and cheer.…
BART’S BLOG – NOVEMBER 2016
Autumn is about change. Leaves are turning colors. A national election is a week away. My home is getting renovated. The stage is being reset…
BART’S BLOG – SEPTEMBER 2016
After a year of work on my own and three months of collaboration with others, Disney’s The Little Mermaid is a month away from being…
BART’S BLOG – AUGUST 2016
Bart assists the MCT TADs with their audition process each August along with the rest of the PAC staff and volunteers. If you haven’t yet…