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Junior Morgan Graves helps sophomore Ainsley Preston Pepperell sew a costume for The Amish Project. Graves exercises her sewing skills by helping create costumes for the school productions, as well as teaching others how to successfully create costumes through sewing.

Theater program fosters an interest in sewing

Maggie Klaers, Ruthie Posada, and Emily Ziessman April 18, 2019

Swapping pillowcases for elaborate performance costumes, junior Morgan Graves said her sewing abilities have grown immensely since joining the theater costumes crew. “I basically didn’t do much...

Sophomores Cole Kanne and Isaac Scott rehearse for the upcoming spring play Prelude to a Kiss.
Theater will have its last performance May 4 at 2 p.m. in the high school auditorium.

Sophomore lands lead in spring play

Kate Schneider April 17, 2019

Sophomore Cole Kanne said he is well equipped to play Peter, the lead in “Prelude to a Kiss,” because they have similar personality traits and Kanne said he will put an interesting twist on the character. “This...

Sophomore Isaac Scott reads his lines aloud during the read through for the spring play March 13. The spring play this year is Prelude to a Kiss.

Spring play to be ‘Prelude to a Kiss’

Maggie Klaers, Emily Ziessman, and Ruthie Posada March 18, 2019

The theater company’s spring performance will be a funny love story with a surprising turn of events, according to director Jodi Hatzenbeller. “Peter and Rita meet, they fall fast in love, they...

Stage manager Nietzsche Deuel, who is a senior, participates in a conversation during a play rehearsal. Going into her final show as a senior, Deuel says it is bittersweet to be leaving behind the Park theater program, but she is excited to finish with the upcoming spring play.

Seniors look to final show hopeful, sentimental

Maggie Klaers March 3, 2019

As senior stage manager Nietzsche Deuel’s last show approaches, she said she can’t help but feel nostalgic looking back over her years in the theater program. “I know for me it’s going to be...

Choir Musical Preview

February 19, 2019

In preparation for the play sophomore Emily Turnquist delivers an emotional monologue at practice Dec. 11. After the performance the cast and crew allowed for questions from the audience on the making of the play.

Park competes at Winter One Act Sections

Marta Hill, Emma Leff, and Anika Hanson February 6, 2019

After “The Amish Project” won the first round of the Winter One Act competition, it fell short of qualifying for State at Sections Feb. 2, according to theater director Jodi Hatzenbeller. “We...

Sophomore Lilly Strathman plays character Carol Stuckey in Parks rendition of The Amish Project. The one act play went on to win first at sub-sections.

Winter One Act wins first round of competition

Maggie Klaers February 1, 2019

Sophomore lead cast member Lilly Strathman said she was thrilled that theater’s production of “The Amish Project” received first place at the Winter One Act competition Jan. 22 at Edina High School....

Senior Morgana Obredofer takes notes while rehearsing for The Amish Project. The cast did thorough research on their characters and the tragedy that the play is based on so that they could accurately portray the story.

Theater hosts Q&A after ‘The Amish Project’ performances

Anika Hanson and Sophie Olmen January 23, 2019

Senior crew member Rachel Mattson said the Q&A went very well for both the cast and crew of “The Amish Project” as well as the audiences that attended each performance. “It went a lot better...

Senior Lindsey Epstein drills a board onto the Winter One Act’s set Amish schoolhouse during a set crew meeting Jan. 9. The set crew and costumes crew worked to ensure the show is authentic and respectful to Amish culture. “The Amish Project” will be Jan. 18, 19 and 20 in the Auditorium.

Company strives for authenticity with play

Maggie Klaers and Sofia Seewald January 17, 2019

With little Auditorium availability in December, theater director Jodi Hatzenbeller said Winter One Act crew members have been busy preparing for the performances and competition of “The Amish Project.” “The...

Inappropriate setting, time to represent school shooting

Inappropriate setting, time to represent school shooting

Maria Perez-Barriga January 13, 2019

This article has been changed Jan. 17 to correct errors. Echo apologizes for the mistakes. Park’s selection for the winter play, “The Amish Project” is based on a true story about the aftermath...

Senior Ayanna Nathan sings center stage with other cast members in the opening number of “9 to 5 the Musical”.

Theater program receives Spotlight Awards

Maggie Klaers and Sofia Seewald January 9, 2019

Sophomore cast member Phoebe McKinney said she was ecstatic when she learned she received a Spotlight Education award. According to McKinney she worked very hard to bring her lead role to life. “I...

Fair use from the Broadway Theatre

Les Miserables exceeds expectations

Talia Lissauer January 9, 2019

It is no surprise that “Les Miserables” is one of America's longest-running musicals—there is something in it for almost everybody. The three-hour musical includes a dramatic love story, battles...

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