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Vital to Our Community
Written By: Luke Osteen | Issue: December 2023
The dazzling Highlands Performing Arts Center expansion requires a greater level of community support. Discover for yourself all that this landmark offers – 507 Chestnut Street.
If you’re a Plateau dweller, whether year-round or seasonal), heck, even if you’re just a guest up for a short visit, the odds are pretty certain that you’ve enjoyed a performance at the Highlands Performing Arts Center.
Whether it’s the PAC’s staging of its own Concert Series or the livestreamed MET presentations, or Great Art on the Screen, or the breathtaking National Theatre Live performances or the absolutely irresistible PAC Educational Theatre showcases; or the presentations by Highlands Cashiers Chamber Music Festival or Mountain Theatre Company or Highlands-Cashiers Players – this landmark has provided the setting.
“We’re the venue,” says Executive Director Mary Adair Trumbly. “We own and maintain the facility, and that’s fulfilling our primary mission – providing a quality venue for the performing arts in the Highlands-Cashiers area.”
That’s what makes it possible for these other enterprises to thrive on the Plateau and the possibilities became even richer with the unveiling of its gorgeous new theater.
As the new PAC wraps up its expansive 2023 season, it’s sending out fundraising requests to the public to support this vital community resource.
“Because we provide performance and presentation space to so many local non-profits, it’s easy for people to believe that when they support those organizations, they’re supporting the PAC” says PAC Board Chairman Steve Harris. “We’re the building, and we try to supplement the daily operations for this magnificent facility with our own concert series and live performances (which we preview every month in The Laurel), but we rely on generous donations to make everything work.”
Trumbly hints that another revenue stream will be opening soon for Highlands Performing Arts Center – first run movies.
“We need to be certified that our projection and sound equipment is state-of-the-art, and since Covid halted everything, there’s become a long, long wait for the inspections. Once we have that in hand, soon we’ll be screening current Hollywood movies, complete with popcorn and concessions.”
If you’d like to support the PAC and ensure that the Plateau maintains a space for remarkable performances and astonishing presentations, visit highlandsperformingarts.com and make a donation. Or attend its shows. Or chat with Trumbly (it’s that kind of place in that kind of community) at (828) 526-9047.
