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Steel River Playhouse Looking for Volunteers to Help Paint Sets

This coming weekend – May 19th & 20th – we are hoping to get a ton of Hairspray set painting completed  (Opening night is only  3 WEEKS away!!) and we need your help! (Thanks so much to those of you who already let me know you could come in!!) If you can handle a paintbrush — or if you are new to painting but always wanted to give it a try — please consider coming in for a few hours this weekend to lend a hand in painting this FABULOUS set.  No boring white and tan either — colors like PURPLE and GREEN … Continue reading

Art Camp with an Attitude

The application for this program has been extended to May 1st. For more information on this program and to fill out an application, click here.

Toys in the Attic at the Tri-PAC

Pottstown, PA—We just observed International Women’s Day on March 8. On that day, Lillian Hellman’s exquisitely written drama, Toys in the Attic, opened at the Tri-County Performing Arts Center is located at 245 E. High Street in Pottstown. Many readers perhaps haven’t heard of this award-winner (New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play). That could be because Toys isn’t performed often (it really challenges actors). Or maybe it’s because Hellman has been described as “America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century.” What if, instead, Hellman were described as one of America’s most significant playwrights, period? Would … Continue reading

A Faculty Recital at the Tri-PAC

Pottstown, PA— If you’re a music lover with eclectic tastes, we know where you should be at 7 PM on Sunday, March 18 – the Tri-County Performing Arts Center at 245 E. High Street in Pottstown!  That’s when the teachers who offer private lessons year-round at the Tri-PAC hold their annual Faculty Recital.  It’s a high-quality musical potluck, and admission is FREE (but of course donations are welcome).  Opera, Pop, Classical, Jazz, and instrumentals all are on tap.  Laugh, sigh, clap and be enthralled with the virtuosity!   It’s all in the intimate Newberry Loft setting, so arrive early – there … Continue reading

Tri-PAC Needs Volunteers

We have our periodic open house weekend on the 10th and 11th. We are looking for helpers to give tours, man the registration table and answer questions. If you can help out for an hour or two or more, please let me know!! Saturday 10:00 to 3:30 Sunday 10:00 to 1:30. Kim Paczkowski Volunteer Coordinator Tri-County Performing Arts Center 245 E. High Street Pottstown, PA 19464 610-970-1199 www.tripac.org  

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