Theater prepares for fall musical
Maggie Klaers and Emily Ziessman
September 30, 2019
According to thespian president senior Ruby Stillman, Park’s next production is set to be “Legally Blonde”. “(‘Legally Blonde’) deals with really tough topics in a fun way. Feminism, obviously, but also stereotypes of women and how that is overcome and how that plays out. Also, sexual...
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 get married after 6 weeks and on their wedding day a strange man wanders into the ceremony, kisses t...
Student actors perform outside of school
Gabriel Kaplan and Maria Perez-Barriga
January 21, 2019
Senior Greta Nackerud, who was a part of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” at the Minneapolis Children’s Theater Company, said she found herself acting in productions beyond the high school for several reasons. “At some point when I was in seventh grade, I decided I wanted to be a famous actor....
Theater performs opening night of ‘9 to 5 the Musical’
Maggie Klaers and Sofia Seewald
November 10, 2018
According to sophomore lead cast member Phoebe McKinney, hard work during tech week and a successful final dress rehearsal contributed to a strong opening night performance. “Tonight went so well, I’m so proud of how far we’ve come in the last week,” McKinney said. “Last night’s dress rehea...
Stage manager for ‘9 to 5 the Musical’ works towards success
Sofia Seewald and Maggie Klaers
October 25, 2018
Senior Nietzsche Deuel said she has enjoyed working with both the cast and crew for ‘9 to 5 the Musical’ and previous theater productions as the stage manager. “I get to work with all the parts of theater, because usually cast works with cast and crew works with crew, but as stage manager I...
Theater to put on ‘9 to 5 the Musical’ this fall
Sofia Seewald and Maggie Klaers
September 18, 2018
According to theater director Jodi Hatzenbeller, the upcoming fall performance, “9 to 5 the Musical,” is a ‘70s show based around sexism in the workplace. “The musical is based on a movie that came out in the 1980s, but is actually set in the late ‘70s, and it’s this workplace revenge...
High schoolers looking back, helping out
June 4, 2018
According to sophomore student director Sam Sietsema, he began helping with the middle school shows early last school year. “The fall of last school year I went to (Lillian) Zumberg and asked, ‘do you want help from student directors’ because we have had student directors for the middle school...
Actors prepare for fall musical
September 9, 2016
As sophomore Jenna Cook exited her audition for the fall musical, “The Drowsy Chaperone,” she felt proud of her effort, but kept a realistic viewpoint. Cook said she wants to continue being active in the theater program and would feel content with any role in the musical. “As of right ...
Reliving the ’40s at Park
Josh Anderson and Caroline Ahlgrim
January 16, 2013
Park theater is opening Joe Landry's "Vintage Hitchcock," a 1940 style radio broadcast The theater department is expanding its horizons, opening “Vintage HItchcock” this weekend, a performance that includes intrigue, espionage and murder. Since November, 49 Park students have been working ...
Isabel Kjaer, Marta Hill, and Kaia Myers
Though the decision to resign was hard to make, Principal Scott Meyers said it was ultimately made easier because of the potential positive effects on his life. “I'm going to miss being a part of...
When playing against Minnehaha Academy and its nationally ranked player Jalen Suggs, coach David Breitenbucher said the plan was to keep him away from the basket. “We tried to have a game plan to...
As senior Alex Riley reflected on his last game at Park, he said it was a bittersweet experience. “It was kind of sad, but kind of cool to see everybody kind of saluting us and honoring us and almost...
