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Students Present “Sketches & Observations” in the Neo-Futurist Tradition
October 18, 2023
Perpich Arts High School presented “Sketches & Observations” on October 16 and October 17, 2023. In the Neo-Futurist tradition, the sketches & observations from Feiffer’s People by Jules Feiffer and The Colored Museum by George C. Wolfe were presented in random order….
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Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, Accepted for U of M’s Global Perspectives of Civics Fellowship
Tory Peterson, Theater InstructorOctober 16, 2023
Congratulations to Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, who was accepted for the University of Minnesota’s Global Perspectives of Civics Fellowship this past summer. The multi-year selective fellowship brings together six high school educators from Minnesota and…
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University of Minnesota Duluth Professors Workshop with Dance, Theater, and Musical Theater Students
September 20, 2023
Matthew Wagner works with the Dance students in the Studio.On Tuesday, September 19th, Perpich students in Dance, Theater, and Musical Theater welcomed Lauren Roth and Matthew Wagner to their arts classrooms. Both Roth and Wagner are assistant professors…
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Carla Steen, Dramaturg at Guthrie Theater, Visits with Theater and Musical Theater Students
September 12, 2023
Carla Steen, Dramaturg at Guthrie Theater, meets with Perpich Arts High School Theater and Musical Theater studentsOn Tuesday, September 12th, Theater and Musical Theater students welcomed Carla Steen, Dramaturg at Guthrie Theater, to their classroom. A dramaturge or dramaturg…
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Leslie Harper (Class of 1991) Named 2023 Bush Foundation Fellowship Recipient
Leslie Harper (Class of 1991)August 17, 2023
Congratulations to Leslie Harper (Class of 1991) on being named a 2023 Bush Foundation Fellowship recipient! Harper (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe) is determined to help Tribal communities create their own futures. Raised by…
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Backstage Center Stage Workshop Focuses on Theater Tech & Design
June 28, 2023
Perpich Center for Arts Education hosted an in-person one-day tech/design workshop for theater educators and directors in Brainerd, MN at the beautiful Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts on June 27, 2023. The target audience for the workshop was K-12 and College/University Theater…
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Perpich Arts High Theater Department presents “TMORA, and TMORA, and TMORA”
April 18, 2023
Perpich theater students screened Anton Chekhov’s short story film adaptations and performed selected vignettes of Luigi Jannuzzi’s “Museum Plays” at The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) on April 14, 2023. The selected vignettes were recontextualized to fit specific works in The Museum…
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Harding and Lein Walseth Present Workshop at Art and Science Academy
April 10, 2023
Mary Harding, Perpich Dance Instructor and Dance Education Specialist, and Dr. Stephanie Lein Walseth, Theater Education Specialist, presented “Using the Tools of Theater and Dance to Build Arts Literacy” to faculty and staff at Art and Science Academy, a K-8 arts and…
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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,…
