{"id":27947,"date":"2025-11-07T18:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27947\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:37:12","slug":"journey-to-the-poles-of-inaccessibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/27947\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                    \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eriereader.com\/image\/scale\/auto\/auto\/articles\/525387_spotlight-25.11.13-journey-to-the-poles.jpeg\" class=\"lightbox_img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/525387_spotlight-25.11.13-journey-to-the-poles.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Contributed<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble cast in the upcoming production of *Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility performed at PACA will bring the quirky, neurotic, and hilariously cryptic play to life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">BEGINNING THURSDAY, NOV. 13<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Director Zachery Hoffman describes PACA&#8217;s next production as a &#8220;traveling comedy about\u2026 an enthusiastic world explorer\u2026 and a neurotic and germaphobic insurance agent\u2026 on a dangerous journey.&#8221; There&#8217;s more to the description, but it definitely sounds like a show that will need to be seen to be completely understood \u2013 with a plot as interesting, funny, and cryptic as its title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Hoffman explains that each person in the cast is playing two to five roles in this show. &#8220;This is a heavy lift. They are all so funny and intuitive and bring such thoughtfulness to every role that they play.&#8221; Hoffman promises a show filled with laughs and invites the audience to &#8220;sit back, relax and have a fun time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">The lead roles of neurotic Dylan (played by Mitchell King) and explorer Chris (Kerrylee Hinkson) are brought to you &#8220;with incredible wit, comedic timing, and heart,&#8221; says Hoffman. The ensemble cast also includes Jasse Camacho Vera, AJ Holman, Marnie Foss, and Sophia Santiago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Ryan Dawley (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eriereader.com\/article\/eries-40-under-40-class-of-2024\/ryan-dawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">40 Under 40 Class of 2024<\/a>), PACA&#8217;s new artistic director, describes the show as &#8220;sharp, absurd, and somehow\u2026 way too relatable&#8221; as it explores themes of &#8220;ego, friendship, and why humans just can&#8217;t resist doing the dumbest things possible in the name of discovery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">As we hurtle toward the end of the year, PACA has its 2026 season set and is continuing its Rise With PACA campaign to install a new elevator, and build a new theater\/events space on the fifth floor. The final fundraiser for 2025, The PACA Holiday Extravaganza, is a variety show directed by Diane Hardner and hosted by PACA&#8217;s own Mark Tanenbaum. The one-night-only event will feature local talent, and hints Dawley &#8220;maybe some mulled cider,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I love this theater and want it to be used to its full potential.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility: Nov. 13-23 \/\/ Thursdays, Friday, Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m. \/\/ PACA, 1505 State St. \/\/ $20 \/\/ For tickets and info:<a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.eriereader.com\/events\/journey-to-the-poles-of-inaccessibility-11-13-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> tickets.eriereader.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\">PACA Holiday Extravaganza: Friday, Dec. 19 \/\/ 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. \/\/ PACA, 1505 State St. \/\/ $20 \/\/ For tickets and info: <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.eriereader.com\/events\/diane-hardners-christmas-extravaganza-12-19-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">tickets.eriereader.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Contributed The ensemble cast in the upcoming production of *Journey to the Poles of Inaccessibility performed at PACA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,18230,18231,18232],"class_list":["post-27947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-journey-to-the-poles-of-inaccessibility","tag-paca","tag-raise-the-roof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}