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Junior Asha Ferrán-Sapatnekar, freshman Hadley Boesman and freshman Daphne Grapentine perform a dramatic scene April 22. Ashgirl is Park Theater's final production of the 2025-26 school year.

Ashgirl leaves the season in the dust

Cameron Bakker May 19, 2026

Park Theater performed its spring play, Ashgirl, from April 23-25. It was the final show of the school year, and therefore many seniors’ last theater production of their high school career. The story...

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“Wicked: For Good” is wonderful

Lila Frank February 5, 2026
The second movie in the double feature of “Wicked,” titled “Wicked For Good,” hit theaters this past Nov. The film concludes the magical story of the fictional city of Oz.
The cast of “String” performs a scene introducing the characters of the Greek Fates Nov. 12. Performances ran from Nov.13 to Nov. 22.

Not just another show

Sylvie Richardson November 29, 2025
Park theater performs an up-and-coming musical with great success. ‘String’ highlights the work of the students in the cast and crew.
Crew members junior Lily Neupauer,  senior Freyja Flink and junior Elliott Netoff disassemble a prop Feb. 8. Park’s one-act, “Kodachrome,” qualified for the state showcase.

Capturing the moment

Shepard Cox February 24, 2025

For the annual one-act, Park’s Theater Department produced the show “Kodachrome” this winter. After performing well at sub-sections, Park came in first at finals, receiving a first-place ranking...

Junior Bailey Schneeberg and Senior Isiah Brown rehearse their roles of "The Photographer" and "Earl" Jan. 15. This was Park theater's last rehearsal for Kodachrome, with their first show being on Jan. 16.

Kodachrome is picture-perfect

Colin Faust January 23, 2025

On Jan. 16, Park Theater’s production of Kodachrome opened. The play features the use of photography to create scenes, representing the many different lives amplified throughout the play. Senior Karen...

Lions & tigers & bears, oh my!

Lions & tigers & bears, oh my!

Layla Mickelson November 27, 2024

After a full year, the Park Theater program has produced another hit musical. This year's production was The Wizard of Oz, filled with a vibrant, exuberant cast. There was lots of unfamiliar creative...

Senior Coco Gruen helps clean out that back of the theater May 23. The thespians are preparing to say goodbye to Park's current auditorium.

Drama in motion

TJ Brayboy and Jacob Martenson June 1, 2024

With new renovations sweeping Park by storm, the theatre club has been one of the clubs hit the hardest. The main space for club activities, the auditorium, is in a construction zone and hasn’t allowed...

Senior Coco Gruen and sophomore Elliott Netoff rehearsing as the show’s DJs during the first act of “Steel Magnolias.” “Steel Magnolias” premiered April 19 and had two following shows April 20 and 21.

Theatre ‘steels’ the show

Leo Justesen, Staffer April 24, 2024

Park’s Theatre presented “Steel Magnolias” on April 19, 20 and 21. It displayed a rollercoaster of laughs, joy, shock and heartbreak. The play is based on a real story set during the 80s in Louisiana...

Juniors Kaylee Rice, Julia Lorenzen and Sid Bradley prepare for the upcoming theater competition on Jan. 23. They are fixing the couch in preparation for the showcase.

‘A Trip to the Moon’ makes moves

Layla Mickelson January 25, 2024

After their final performance for friends and family on Jan. 21, Parks theater program started their rehearsal for their sub-section one-act performance, with a set of vignettes from the show “A Trip...

Sophomore Elliott Netoff poses to her scene partners in 'A Trip to the Moon' Jan. 20. The Park theater program will be going to Richfield to compete in the one-act.

Park takes ‘A Trip to the Moon’

Taylor Voigt January 24, 2024

From Jan. 19-21, Park theater put on performances of the one-act play “A Trip to the Moon.” One-acts are a type of play that surround one event, in this case the moon landing, and display multiple...

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