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  • Students Present “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe with Guest Director, Christian Bardin

     The cast of “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe – Perpich Arts High School – November, 2022

    November 16, 2022

    The .5 Production Class at Perpich Arts High School presented “The Wolves” by Sarah DeLappe during a two-show run on November 14 and…

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  • Joetta Wright (Theater 2005) Speaks for Dedication 2022

    September 20, 2022

    Joetta Wright (Theater 2005)

    Dedication Day 2022 was September 19. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The faculty speaker, Tory Peterson (Theater Instructor), spoke about our interconnectedness and how…

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  • Maya Elena (Music 2012) Performs for Dedication 2022

    September 20, 2022

    Maya Elena (Music 2012)

    Dedication Day 2022 was September 19. Dedication is a Perpich tradition where new students and faculty/staff are welcomed into the Perpich community. The faculty speaker, Tory Peterson (Theater Instructor), spoke about our interconnectedness and how…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presents “Weird Nightmares”

    December 10, 2021

    Perpich Theater Ensemble presented Weird Nightmares, a dramatic presentation of four Hans Christian Andersen stories (The Deep Bell, Most Incredible Thing, The Red Shoes, and Little Match Girl) and the lyrics to Charles Mingus’ song Weird Nightmares on Thursday, December 9, 2021. The students played…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presents “Love & Information”

    October 20, 2021

    Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble performed a compilation of selected scenes from Caryl Churchill’s play Love & Information this week. Each scene ranged from less than a minute in length to a few minutes long.

    Clara Buchner (Visual Arts 2022) was a…

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  • Jessica Johnson (Theater 1997) Chats about Broadway with Perpich Students

    June 9, 2021

    Jessica Johnson, credit: Jenny Anderson

    Jessica Johnson (Theater 1997) chatted about Broadway with Perpich students and Tory Peterson, Theater Instructor, on May 20, 2021. Johnson is a founding member and Senior Vice President of Polk & Co., a Broadway…

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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…

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  • Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presents Anton Chekhov’s “Three Sisters”

    December 17, 2020

    Perpich Arts High School Theater Ensemble presents Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters

    In a chatroom in a provincial town, three sisters wait…
    The clock strikes. A flashlight is lit.
    The clock breaks. The town catches fire.
    The Covid strikes. A gun is fired.
    They dream of Moscow.

    This Three…

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  • Alumni Speak to Students in Human Centered Design Class

    November 25, 2020

    Jenna Abts (Music 2001), Jessica Dercklein (Theater 2004), and Chris DeSalvo (Music 1998) met with Tory Peterson’s Human Centered Design class this fall to speak with current student designers about apps and social media platforms. The alumni used their work experiences to question…

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