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November At PAC
Written By: Mary Adair Trumbly - Highlands PAC | Issue: November 2024
Opera, comedy, and cute kids singing their hearts out – the Highlands Performing Arts Center’s November calendar is filled with fun and wonder.
Tosca
The Highlands Performing Arts Center campus continues to be busy even in November.
The Highlands Cashiers Players will present a production of The Savannah Sipping Society (Jamie Wooten, Jessie Jones, and Nicholas Hope) opening on Friday, November 1, and running through Sunday, November 3, and again Thursday through Sunday, November 7-10.
In this delightful, laugh-a-minute comedy, four unique Southern women, all needing to escape the sameness of their day-to-day routines, are drawn together by Fate — and an impromptu happy hour — and decide it’s high time to reclaim the enthusiasm for life they’ve lost through the years.
The PAC Educational Theatre in collaboration with the Highlands School will present ELF Jr. The Musical on Friday, Saturday, November 15-16 for the public. Directed by Highlands School Music Teacher Joi Chapman, this warm, funny production stars middle school students.
Elf Jr. The Musical is a must-see holiday production. Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to discover his true identity. Buddy is determined to help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
On Saturday, November 23, the MET Opera will present (live from NYC) Tosca, by Puccini at 1:00 P.M. Extraordinary Norwegian soprano Lise Davidsen stars as the passionate title diva in David McVicar’s thrilling production, British-Italian tenor Freddie De Tommaso makes his eagerly anticipated company debut as Tosca’s revolutionary lover, Cavaradossi, and powerhouse American baritone Quinn Kelsey is the sadistic chief of police Scarpia. Maestro Xian Zhang conducts the electrifying score, which features some of Puccini’s most memorable melodies.
The Friday after Thanksgiving brings Mark O’Connor’s Appalachian Christmas, featuring Maggie O’Connor to the main stage. Please see page 78 for more information on this performance.
Tickets for events are available at HighlandsPerformingArts.com.
Highlands PAC is located at 507 Chestnut Street.
