Author: PTA Admin

Free Summer Arts Program

Summer Arts Institute (SAI) is accepting applications for their free, in-person, 4-week arts program held at The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens. The program, for intermediate and advanced level students, offers majors in film, dance, concert band, orchestral strings, theater, visual arts, and vocal music, and is open to current 7-11 grade students.

Applications are due by February 6, and virtual auditions are due by February 25 (in-person call backs April 2–3). You can watch a video about the program and fill out the application form. For more information email summerarts@schools.nyc.gov

Singing Telegrams

Send a virtual singing telegram performed by PPAS Classical Vocal students and teachers and bring a smile to the faces of your loved ones.  With your donation of just $10, $15, or $35, you can select one, two, or sixteen songs to send to your family, friends, neighbors, or coworkers. Selections range from holiday favorites “A Very Merry Madrigal,” “Let it Snow,” “Joy to the World,” and so many more. 

Your donation will help PPAS continue providing quality performing arts education to hundreds of children in New York. 

8th Grade Play

Winter Break – 8th Grade
Written by Joe Calarco
Directed by Lillian Meredith

Time: Now. Place: A town in the United States of America where Winter is cold. Winter Break has just begun. Alternately hilarious and touching, the play follows nineteen teenagers, some who know each other, some who don’t, as they wrestle with friendships, breakups, loss, graduation, and their place in the world.

Show Dates:
Thursday, December 16th @ 7 pm
Friday, December 17th @ 7 pm
Saturday, December 18th @ 7 pm

Order tickets online

The Greatest 6th Grade Show

The Greatest 6th Grade Show – 6th Grade Devised Plays
Devised by the Ensemble
Directed by Monique Moses

Devised through collaborative artistic processes and group learning, sixteen sixth graders explore what it means to be in middle school and separated by computer screens. Through short plays and movement pieces created by them and for them, they search for ways to connect, grow, and break free despite the difficulties of adapting to a pandemic.

Show Dates:
Thursday, December 9th @ 7:15 pm
Friday, December 10th @ 6:45 pm

Reserve tickets for The Greatest 6th Grade Show!

Drama 3 Performance

Come watch our DR3’s perform!
Indecent – 11th Grade
Written by Paula Vogel
Directed by Heather Lanza

Indecent by Paula Vogel is a play with music inspired by the controversial Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s Yiddish play, God of Vengeance. In the original, a brothel owner tries to protect his daughter’s purity, but he doesn’t realize she’s already fallen in love with one of his prostitutes. When an English translation of it was brought to Broadway, the performers were arrested and charged with obscenity for performing in a play that featured the first kiss between women on a Broadway stage. Indecent asks what artists are willing to risk for the stories that need to be told.

Show Dates:
Wednesday, December 8th @ 7pm
Thursday, December 9th@ 7 pm
Friday, December 10th @ 4 pm & 7 pm
Saturday, December 11th @ 7 pm

Reserve tickets for Indecent

Mind the Gap

Mind the Gap is a free, intergenerational theatre program in which elders [ages 60+] and youth [ages 14-19] interview each other and write or devise short plays inspired by their personal stories. Mind the Gap’s primary goal is to use theatre as a creative tool to increase empathy and communication between generations. No theatre experience is required to participate in the program.
Visit their Web site for more information.