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Elementary and Middle School Theater Educators Share Ideas at Annual Roundtable
June 12, 2025
Sixteen educators and directors gathered on June 11th to share challenges, questions, strategies, ideas, and resources for teaching elementary and middle school theater. The session expanded on knowledge and resources shared at last summer’s roundtable, and welcomed both returning and new participants to…
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Perpich Arts High School Theater Department Presents “Senior Capstone 2025”
May 19, 2025
The Perpich Arts High School Theater Department presented “Senior Capstone 2025” on Thursday, May 15th and Friday, May 16th. “Senior Capstone 2025” was made up of four solo performances and two short plays.
Performances consisted of:Charli Pedersen (Musical Theater 2025) – an…
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Perpich Arts High School Musical Theater Ensemble Presents “Pop Up Musical”
May 12, 2025
In the style of VH1’s Pop-Up Video series (and perhaps even a bit of Mystery Science Theater 3000), the members of Company presented “Pop Up Musical”, an energetic variety show of Broadway musical hits on May 8 and 9, 2025. The performances…
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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…
