Patrons of the Performing Arts

Our PTA is proud to support our beloved Performing Arts program, which has been producing a full stage musical every year since 2017. Our shows offer a part to every 1st–8th grade student who auditions, as well as abundant opportunities to join in backstage as stage and tech crew and managers. Months of preparation culminate in four amazing performances each spring!

Whether building the jungle vines for a Hakuna Matata moment on stage, sewing in sparkly lights for a Star cape, or beating a drum as a singing cheetah, each McKinley & PACS performing artist and crew member becomes an integral part of making the magic happen onstage. Each performance gives McKinley & PACS audiences an opportunity to be part of that community magic.

Ticket sales, participant tuition, and audience donations alone do not cover the many needs of a theatrical production including performance rights, costumes, sets, props, supplies, and more.

Patrons of the Performing Arts help supplement this budget to ensure that performing arts continues to thrive at McKinley and PACS.

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History of McKinley & PACS Performing Arts

In 2017 Director Cate Bruce-Low (parent to three McKinley/PACS alumni), along with a dedicated team of parent, grandparent, and student visionaries brought a magical production of The Wizard of Oz to the McKinley stage in black and white and in technicolor. Dancing Junebugs buzzed, munchkins sang, and Dorothy, Toto, and the friends they met along the way learned that there is no place like home.

Building on the excitement and enthusiasm with which the community received that first production, we staged Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 2019, with 63 McKinley student performers whose characters included sea monsters, a group of 4 “Chitties’ who brought the car to life, dancing Vulgarians, and a guest appearance from the tornado from Oz.

After the McKinley stage was dark for two, sad years during the COVID pandemic, we roared back with 2022’s production of Disney’s The Lion King Jr. Our 4 packed-audience shows were performed by McKinley students in kindergarten through 8th grade and made possible by an amazing group of backstage crew students and a dedicated, patient, wonderful team of McKinley staff members, parents, and family members. 

We look forward to creating rich, diverse performing arts opportunities in an equitable way for the McKinley & PACS community each year! Keep an eye on the Performing Arts page for information on this year’s show.

Duloc and beyond for our upcoming production of Shrek the Musical Jr. For more information on auditioning or being a part of the backstage team for Shrek, click here. Show enrollment open through Sunday, November 6th, 2022. 

2022-2023 Schedule

  • General Rehearsal Days/Times: November 28th, 2022- Friday, February 24th, 2023 on Wednesdays 1:20-4pm & Fridays 3:20-5pm (Not all actors called to all rehearsals)
  • Off Book Date (when all lines, choreography, and blocking should be memorized): Wednesday, February 1st, 2023
  • Tech Week Rehearsals: Sunday, February 26th, 12-5 pm, 2/27-3/2, times TBA
  • Performance Dates: Friday, March 3rd @6:30pm, Saturday, March 4th@ 1:00 & 6:30pm, and Sunday, March 5th @ 1pm

Past Productions

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