The 2025 PAC-1-ACT Festival

Schedule

Fri, 21 Mar, 2025 at 07:00 pm

Location

Paw Paw High School 30609 Red Arrow Hwy, Paw Paw, MI, United States, Michigan 49079 | Paw Paw, MI

Presented each spring, the PAC-1-ACT Festival features 3 or 4 student directed one act plays. Shows are selected by the student directors each year and new plays are continually being added to our library.
Act 1- “The Firecracker Incident” Directed by Claire Hemenway
Fourteen-year-old Joe's parents are pretty tough. First, they moved his bedroom into his little sister's closet. Then they took away his door. And then, after he just "happened" to tie one of her Barbie dolls to black cat firecrackers and exploded them in the backyard, they grounded him for the entire summer. But when his only friend breaks him out in the middle of the night, he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, which may mean the difference between life and death.
Act 2- “Kitchen Catastrophes!” Directed by Gracie Blink
Mayhem is on the menu when celebrity Chef Guy Stagsly and his outrageous reality show Kitchen Catastrophes! visit French restaurant Chez Jacques. While Guy and his crew bring in cockroaches and rats, conduct building renovations, and stage a rigged cooking competition, the employees strive to carry on. There’s Julie, the level-headed restaurant manager; Jacques, the temperamental chef; and Mickey, the loyal and ambitious dishwasher. Not to be forgotten, there’s also Olive, a shy trainee who needs a lot of supervision. They’re not only struggling to impress roving food critics, but the stoic health inspector who has dropped in unexpectedly as well! Enjoy a palatable plateful of laughter and surprises with this delightfully delicious production!
Act 3- “The Invisible” Directed by Sarah McAnelly
Here's a poignant but necessary look at the problems of teenage bullying and suicide. J. Michael is a high school student and aspiring writer. Already dead, he narrates the events that lead up to his suicide. Along the way, we meet Melissa, his unrequited love, and Ms. Dodge, the hopeful English teacher. There's also Artie, a tough, rival student, and Mr. Butler, the ineffectual high school principal. Two other characters, J. Michael's overwhelmed mother and a tough district attorney, round out the cast. Together these multidimensional characters paint a complex picture of the pressures J. Michael must face on a daily basis. As his journey climaxes, the young poet is left with the miraculous truth that "what we do affects the world around us," and the world of the living may not be all that bad though, it is a place his muse will no longer take him. (Contains some mature language.)

Where is it happening?

Paw Paw High School 30609 Red Arrow Hwy, Paw Paw, MI, United States, Michigan 49079

Event Location & Nearby Stays:

Host or Publisher Paw Paw Performing Arts Center

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