The Dan Calabrese Center For The Performing Arts (PAC)
North Royalton High School's Performing Arts Center (PAC) (The Dan Calabrese Center for the Performing Arts) was built in the mid-1980s and has hosted a number of shows and events since. Up to this date, it has played host to the musicals Guys and Dolls, Annie, The Pajama Game, The Music Man, Grease, How to Succeed in Business..., Footloose, Little Shop of Horrors, and West Side Story. The current musical director is Megan Dolar, assisted by Tim Anderson. No musical was performed in the spring of 2009 due to repeated failed levies. However, in 2010 the plays were resumed once more with the play Harvey
Starting in 1996 the North Royalton High School Talent Show featured the singer group known as The Villagers. The group consists of a number of students dancing and singing along with popular songs including YMCA, Rock and Roll All Night, Shout, Come On Eileen and various other renditions. Founded by Christopher Ramsey, Charley Walters and Dave Torowski (along with first year members Jon Jewel and Jason Sperber), the group has a rotating cast and has been active in every talent show since the 1996 premiere.
It has also been the home of the North Royalton High School Spotlighters productions of The Curse of an Aching Heart; or Trapped in a Spider's Web, Look Homeward, Angel, You Can't Take it With You, The Crucible, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Scapino, Our Town, and The Curious Savage.
The PAC has also been the home of many events such as the Royalton Rock-Off, which was a benefit concert showcasing a number of student-formed rock bands such as Burning Down Broadway and Arisen.
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