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  Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble Presents “Runaways”

  March 17, 2025

  The Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presented “Runaways” over a four-show run March 13th through March 15th. “Runaways” is a musical which was written, composed, choreographed, and directed by Elizabeth Swados, about the lives of children who run away from home…

  
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  Greta Kunene (Musical Theater 2025) Visits Chicago for 2025 National Unified Auditions

  February 6, 2025

  Greta Kunene (Musical Theater 2025) in front of the Palmer House hotel, where the auditions were held.

  Every February, inside the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, the theater departments of several dozen colleges converge to hold the National Unified…

  
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  John Heimbuch (Theater 1996) Speaks to Students During Common Experience

  January 28, 2025

  Perpich alum, John Heimbuch (Theater 1996), spoke with students during Common Ex on Monday, January 27th. Common Ex is a series of presentations where students often hear about the artistic life from practicing artists, many of whom are Perpich graduates.

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  Perpich Theater and Musical Theater Students Attend Gallery Tours at Walker Art Center

  January 27, 2025

  Perpich Theater and Musical Theater students and Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, attended gallery tours at the Walker Art Center on January 17th and January 24th. These tours served as preliminary work for the Luigi Jannuzzi Project in which Perpich students will be…

  
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  Sheena (Dean) Jimmick (Theater 2006) Makes a Difference for Minnesota Youth

  January 23, 2025

  Sheena (Dean) Jimmick (Theater 2006) is the database manager for Avenues for Youth where they partner with youth experiencing homelessness to help them achieve their dreams. When Sheena was a student at Columbia Heights High School, a drama director there told her…

  
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  Kevin Kjonaas with Avenues for Youth Visits with Theater and Musical Theater Students to Discuss Youth Homelessness

  January 22, 2025

  Perpich Theater and Musical Theater students welcomed special guest, Kevin Kjonaas with Avenues for Youth, to their classroom on Wednesday, January 22nd. Kevin is Associate Director of Development & Communications for Avenues and was invited to speak on youth homelessness. That theme…

  
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  Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble Presents “Montage of an American dream deferred”

  December 16, 2024

  The Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presented “Montage of an American dream deferred” on Thursday, December 12th and Friday, December 13th. The production was a newly devised verbatim play, a type of documentary theater that uses the exact words of real…

  
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  Theater Classroom Visit at St. Paul Central High School with Lein Walseth

  December 12, 2024

  Theater educators observe during Emily Gill’s drama classes at St. Paul Central High School in St. Paul Public Schools

  On December 11, 2024, a group of theater teachers joined Perpich’s Theater Education Specialist, Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth, for a…

  
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  Perpich Students Attend University of Minnesota Performance of “Cabaret” at Rarig Center

  November 21, 2024

  On November 20th, Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, and Bob Frey, Social Studies Instructor, brought a busload of 36 Perpich students from an array of arts areas to the Rarig Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota to see a production…