Perpich News
Kevin Hohlstein
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Students Perform Rock Musical “Godspell”
March 11, 2024
Using a variety of games, storytelling techniques, and hefty doses of comic timing, student performers brought to life the story of “Godspell” and transformed the Black Box Theater for an audience in the round. The students performed an eclectic blend of songs,…
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Perpich Theater and Musical Theater Students Visit Chicago for 2024 National Unified Auditions
February 8, 2024
The group at the Palmer House, where they stayedEvery February, inside the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, the theater departments of several dozen colleges converge to hold the National Unified Auditions, a make-or-break, do-or-die audition week for anxious,…
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Students Give Songs a Second Chance in “Flop! Says Who?” Musical Theater Performance
December 4, 2023
Broadway Musical flops were given a second chance to shine when the members of Company, the Perpich Musical Theater Ensemble, explored some of the amazing songs from shows that were deemed “unsuccessful.” The group presented “Flop! Says Who?” on November 30 and…
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Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Department Presents: “Quilters”
March 10, 2023
The Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble opened their spring semester show, “Quilters”, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. The show runs through Saturday, March 11.
“Quilters” is the story of a pioneer woman, Sarah, and her daughters as they face life in…
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Perpich Theater and Musical Theater Students Visit Chicago for National Unified Auditions
February 15, 2023
The group outside of Palmer House Hotel in ChicagoEvery February, inside the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, the theater departments of several dozen colleges converge to hold the National Unified Auditions, a make-or-break, do-or-die audition week for anxious,…
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Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble Presents “Life: A Woman’s Journey”
December 5, 2022
The Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble presented their fall semester show, “Life: A Woman’s Journey”, over two nights and a matinee on December 1st and 2nd, 2022.
What happens when eight intelligent, thoughtful, caring, and determined young women get together to…
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Perpich Musical Theater Ensemble Presents “Jasper in Deadland”
March 18, 2022
Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater opened their spring musical, Jasper in Deadland, on March 16, 2022. This fresh, compelling pop-rock musical, inspired by the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, follows 16-year-old Jasper Jarvis as he travels through the afterlife on a…
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Company, the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble, Makes Debut with “Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway”
November 12, 2021
Company – the Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble – excitedly made its debut with Influenced! How Pop & Rock Have Shaped Broadway. This musical theater revue explores how the shift of ‘popular’ music, after the Golden Age of Musical Theater,…
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Perpich Arts High School presents Studs Terkel’s “Working”
March 15, 2021
Perpich Arts High School students presented the musical Working by Studs Terkel on March 11, 12, and 13, 2021. The students performed live to a limited in-person audience and also live-streamed the performances for an audience at home. Most of their preparation…