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PMAC performances would not be complete without the backstage work of stage managers and tech crews.

The Underrated Art of Working Behind the Scenes

April 14, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

Have you ever wondered who takes care of lighting, sound, and all the other equipment used for school meetings or PMAC performances? In a world where technology can be accessed easily and rapidly, this job might not seem difficult. It might come as a surprise, then, that six students workRead More

Kimber’s artistic quilts are embedded with her personal family history.

Not Your Grandmother’s Quilt: Chawne Kimber’s Radical Knits

January 26, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

At a glance, the artwork currently displayed in the PMAC gallery looks like an assortment of quilts made by the worn but nimble fingers of an aging woman. However, upon closer scrutinization, anyone can see that these quilts are not your grandmother’s thick and flowery blankets, patched together lovingly toRead More

Colony Hall, a 50,000-square-foot addition to the Paul Mellon Arts Center, will include an auditorium for more than 1,000 people.

Pmac Addition to be Named Colony Hall

January 19, 2018 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

  Behind the Paul Mellon Arts Center (PMAC), construction for Choate’s much awaited Colony Hall began in mid-December. Ms. Kalya Yannatos, the Director of the PMAC, said this construction is a way of Choate’s “recognizing the need to allow the arts program to be fully supported in the way thatRead More

Brundibár’s Historical Impact Influences Choate Arts

December 15, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

This past weekend, Choate students performed an opera called Brundibár with incredible historical significance. Brundibár was originally written and performed by Jews imprisoned in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. This opera was a powerful act of resistance in the camp; it was and continues to be a symbolRead More

Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, most famous for Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes.

Tony Kushner’s Impact on Choate Theater

November 10, 2017 at 6:00 am Comments are Disabled

October has been an eventful time for the Arts Department at Choate. This bustling excitement has been on going for the past two weeks, with the various plays put on stage from both Choate students and various outside actors. However, the biggest event of all was on October 25: TonyRead More