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The World’s Stage Theatre presents in collaboration with Pius XI Catholic High School GOING DARK: SHORT PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, an evening of the lesser known works of Samuel Beckett. Join us to explore themes of the cycles of life through movement, physicality and the rhythms of language. The eight works, most of which have never been produced in Milwaukee, ask us to reflect on the nature of our existence while questioning if we like what we see in ourselves. Open your mind to a world filled with dark humor, irony, and colorful characters.
WORKS: “A Piece of Monologue,” “Rough for Theatre II,” “Quad,” “Come and Go,” “Play,” “That Time,” “What Where,” & “Catastrophe,” by Samuel Beckett. Each work will be presented each night.
DIRECTORS: Erin Nicole Eggers, Kirk Thomsen, Posy Knight, David Rothrock, & Gretchen Mahkorn
This unique and exciting collaboration features Pius XI acting students working alongside professionals from the community. Together they will present some of Samuel Beckett’s rarely seen works.
The World’s Stage Theatre presents in collaboration with Pius XI Catholic High School GOING DARK: SHORT PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, an evening of the lesser known works of Samuel Beckett. Join us to explore themes of the cycles of life through movement, physicality and the rhythms of language. The eight works, most of which have never been produced in Milwaukee, ask us to reflect on the nature of our existence while questioning if we like what we see in ourselves. Open your mind to a world filled with dark humor, irony, and colorful characters.
WORKS: “A Piece of Monologue,” “Rough for Theatre II,” “Quad,” “Come and Go,” “Play,” “That Time,” “What Where,” & “Catastrophe,” by Samuel Beckett. Each work will be presented each night.
DIRECTORS: Erin Nicole Eggers, Kirk Thomsen, Posy Knight, David Rothrock, & Gretchen Mahkorn
This unique and exciting collaboration features Pius XI acting students working alongside professionals from the community. Together they will present some of Samuel Beckett’s rarely seen works.
The World’s Stage Theatre presents in collaboration with Pius XI Catholic High School GOING DARK: SHORT PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, an evening of the lesser known works of Samuel Beckett. Join us to explore themes of the cycles of life through movement, physicality and the rhythms of language. The eight works, most of which have never been produced in Milwaukee, ask us to reflect on the nature of our existence while questioning if we like what we see in ourselves. Open your mind to a world filled with dark humor, irony, and colorful characters.
WORKS: “A Piece of Monologue,” “Rough for Theatre II,” “Quad,” “Come and Go,” “Play,” “That Time,” “What Where,” & “Catastrophe,” by Samuel Beckett. Each work will be presented each night.
DIRECTORS: Erin Nicole Eggers, Kirk Thomsen, Posy Knight, David Rothrock, & Gretchen Mahkorn
This unique and exciting collaboration features Pius XI acting students working alongside professionals from the community. Together they will present some of Samuel Beckett’s rarely seen works.
The World’s Stage Theatre presents in collaboration with Pius XI Catholic High School GOING DARK: SHORT PLAYS OF SAMUEL BECKETT, an evening of the lesser known works of Samuel Beckett. Join us to explore themes of the cycles of life through movement, physicality and the rhythms of language. The eight works, most of which have never been produced in Milwaukee, ask us to reflect on the nature of our existence while questioning if we like what we see in ourselves. Open your mind to a world filled with dark humor, irony, and colorful characters.
WORKS: “A Piece of Monologue,” “Rough for Theatre II,” “Quad,” “Come and Go,” “Play,” “That Time,” “What Where,” & “Catastrophe,” by Samuel Beckett. Each work will be presented each night.
DIRECTORS: Erin Nicole Eggers, Kirk Thomsen, Posy Knight, David Rothrock, & Gretchen Mahkorn
This unique and exciting collaboration features Pius XI acting students working alongside professionals from the community. Together they will present some of Samuel Beckett’s rarely seen works.
Join us for the culmination of our first semester Acting classes! Individual classes present their work throughout the evening:
Acting 1B – Scenes from ANONYMOUS by Naomi Izuka
5:00pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Acting 1A – Scenes from A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry
6:30pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Basic Improvisation – Improvisation Battle
7:00pm in the Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater, 2nd floor
PARALLEL SOLDIERS – Independent Study Project by Clare McCauley
8:00pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Tickets are $2.00 for adults and high school students and are sold at the door only.
Join us for the culmination of our first semester Acting classes! Individual classes present their work throughout the evening:
PARALLEL SOLDIERS – Independent Study Project by Clare McCauley
5:00pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Acting 2 (Mods 3/4) – Playwriting Project Scenes
Collaboration with Milwaukee Chamber Theatre
6:00pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Acting 2 (Mods 13/14) – Playwriting Project Scenes
7:00pm in the Black Box Theater, 5th floor
Tickets are $2.00 for adults and high school students and are sold at the door only.
Milwaukee Public Television invites you to preview the first hour of Downton Abbey Season 6 on Thursday, December 17th at the Pius XI High School Performing Arts Center.
The one hour screening is free and open to the public. Reservations are required. Call 414 297-7540 for a reservation or register online by selecting a time below.
Seating is open.
Join Pius XI choirs, orchestra, band, and dance for an evening of holiday cheer that is sure to raise your spirit!
Join Pius XI choirs, orchestra, band, and dance for an evening of holiday cheer that is sure to raise your spirit!
Join us at the historic Pabst Theater for one of the most magical musicals of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Follow the yellow brick road and click your heels to be transported over the rainbow into the wonderful world of Oz as Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow set “off to see the Wizard.” Based on the classic MGM film, this bewitching musical includes “Over the Rainbow,” “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” and “The Merry Old Land of Oz.”
This production features Milwaukee favorite C. Michael Wright as The Wizard!
Tickets to this special Student & Group matinee preview are only $5! Book your group’s tickets today–call 414.290.7454 or e-mail us.
Join us at the historic Pabst Theater for one of the most magical musicals of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Follow the yellow brick road and click your heels to be transported over the rainbow into the wonderful world of Oz as Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow set “off to see the Wizard.” Based on the classic MGM film, this bewitching musical includes “Over the Rainbow,” “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” and “The Merry Old Land of Oz.”
This production features Milwaukee favorite C. Michael Wright as The Wizard!
Tickets only available through the Pabst Theater Box Office at 414.286.3663 or online.
Join us at the historic Pabst Theater for one of the most magical musicals of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Follow the yellow brick road and click your heels to be transported over the rainbow into the wonderful world of Oz as Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow set “off to see the Wizard.” Based on the classic MGM film, this bewitching musical includes “Over the Rainbow,” “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” and “The Merry Old Land of Oz.”
This production features Milwaukee favorite C. Michael Wright as The Wizard!
Tickets only available through the Pabst Theater Box Office at 414.286.3663 or online.
Join us at the historic Pabst Theater for one of the most magical musicals of all time, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Follow the yellow brick road and click your heels to be transported over the rainbow into the wonderful world of Oz as Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the Scarecrow set “off to see the Wizard.” Based on the classic MGM film, this bewitching musical includes “Over the Rainbow,” “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead” and “The Merry Old Land of Oz.”
This production features Milwaukee favorite C. Michael Wright as The Wizard!
Tickets only available through the Pabst Theater Box Office at 414.286.3663 or online.
We are sad to report that this event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule it at a future date!
Download an informational flyer about this event!
The Pius XI Performing Arts Academy, the Heart of Harmony Barbershop Chorus and Sweet Adeline’s Region 3 are teaming up to present “SUPER SING 2016” youth harmony vocal music workshop and performance on Saturday, January 30, 2016.
Picture this: Your singers spending a full day from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM working on choral blend, harmonization and acapella singing while having a blast learning and performing classic barbershop tunes coached by critically acclaimed clinicians and award winning quartet singers.
Check out our award winning performers and clinicians:
Thanks to some generous support and sponsorship, this workshop is FREE and open to all high school and college age singers and directors, but HURRY! Space is limited and demand is HIGH! Lunch is included, along with a commemorative T-Shirt. We will be forming one male and one female workshop chorus. Registering your students in quartets is encouraged, but not required. Use our easy, on-line registration to reserve your spots by January 1, 2016.
Sheet music and individual voice part learning tracks will be available following registration, and most of the music is from the Wisconsin School Music Association Solo and Ensemble Festival Music List. High School directors may easily have a quartet ready for WSMA contest by the end of this workshop!
And that’s not all. We will conclude the day with a performance at 3:30 PM that is free and open to family, friends and the public, featuring our student workshop choruses and our teaching quartets.
This one day intensive experience gives Dance students from grades 8-12 the opportunity to interface with some of the best and brightest in the world of Dance from across the country. Enrollment is only $50 and includes lunch and a commemorative T-Shirt. Space Is Limited, Don’t Miss Out!
Registration is now closed. Please contact Kristin Herlache Dimmer to inquire about late registration.
Featuring Master Teachers:
Thom Dancy began studying dance at the age of 20 under Cynthia Vallone at Steps On Broadway in New York City. Continuing his education in ballet, Thom pursued a BFA in Dance from the University of Oklahoma, where he studied under Steve Brule, Mary Margaret Holt, and Donn Edwards. As a professional dancer, Thom has worked for Milwaukee Ballet, Grand Rapids Ballet, and recently as a contemporary artist with the Big Muddy Dance Company. Thom has also danced for the Ohio Outdoor Historical Drama Society and the St. Louis MUNY and is a proud member of Actor’s Equity. While dancing for companies across the country, Thom has also choreographed highly successful works performed by Grand Rapids Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet II, and The Big Muddy. His work has been heralded as “marvelous” by Michael Uthoff (Artistic Director, Dance St. Louis) and as being “of great wit and invention” by Midwestern critics. Thom has also been the recent recipient of choreographic awards ranging from Youth America Grand Prix to the Palm Desert “Dance Under the Stars” Choreography Festival. During his off-season, Thom is the director of the contemporary project “NomadicLIMBS,” a group of ballet-minded movers formerly based out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This group of four men and four women is comprised of some of the most gifted dancers from companies such as Milwaukee Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, and Hessisches Staatsballett in Germany. The group received rave reviews during its Wisconsin tenure.
Lisa Moberly is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a degree in dance. As a professional dancer, Lisa has performed with Chris Stevens, Kanopy Dance in Madsion, Nikolais/Louis Dance Theatre in New York, Martha Mulligan and Brian Jeffery in Chicago and currently with Betty Salamun’s Dance Circus in Milwaukee. Lisa has assisted in developing A.C.E. programs for schools while with Dance Circus.
Her teaching experience started in college when she helped develop a dance program for Mary Lou Meyers, Turning Point Dance Academy. She has also taught dance at Sherry Morray’s Dance Academy in Downers Grove, IL. Lisa is currently teaching for Danceworks at their main location and at their satellite location at the Jewish Community Center. Lisa is also a certified Pilates instructor. She received her certification from Body in Balance in Chicago, IL. and has taught Pilates for the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee since 2004. In 2012 Lisa opened her own studio, Flying Frog LLC., located in Thiensville where she teaches Pilates and the GYROTONIC (R) method. Lisa also teaches Pre-Ballet and Pilates for the Milwaukee Ballet School.
Alvin Ramirez, Co-Director of Xtreme Dance Force, was born in the Philippines and lived there for his first ten years. He now resides in the Chicagoland area where he earned a credited bachelor’s degree in Human Geography from Elmhurst College. Alvin trained in hip hop, contemporary and breakdancing since the age of 17. Through his performing/competition and training years, Alvin lived in the competition world winning numerous overall first place awards and earning scholarships throughout the country. He has performed and opened up for several top recording artists such as Ciara, Ludacris, Soulja Boy and Twista. Alvin has also been showcased in top shows in Las Vegas and recently was a choreographer for the internationally broadcasted MLS All Star Game Half-time Show featuring top recording artist Lupe Fiasco on ESPN. He has also choreographed for the NBA Detroit Pistons dance team Automotion, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as well as Western Michigan University dance team.
Alvin continues teaching all over the country while he sets award winning hip hop routines for numerous dance studios and companies. Since becoming Co-Director of Xtreme Dance Force, the company has opened up for celebrity recording artists such as Bow Wow, Chingy, Mims and Tyrese as well as many others. Alvin is currently working on choreography with brand new up and coming recording R&B artist Stevie Brock who was recently signed with Mosley Music Group/Interscope Records. Among all this, Alvin is on faculty for Tokyo’s Move Dance Intensive. Alvin was also on MTV’s Season 2 of America’s Best Dance Crew. He was the main choreographer and co-mentor of Xtreme Dance Force crew. Alvin is currently self-training through different movements and executions and continues to search for more knowledge.
Alvon Reed began his dance training at Eisenhower High school under the direction of Evelyn Newman. Alvon holds a degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA. He was a Fellowship trainee at The Ailey School and the Milwaukee Ballet School. He has played featured roles in Theatre of Cedar Rapids productions of “Smokey Joe’s Café” and “Follies.” Alvon has also performed throughout the Caribbean and the Hawaiian Islands with Norwegian Cruise Lines. Mr. Reed has performed lead roles with Inland Pacific Ballet, Nevada Ballet Theatre, Opus Dance Theatre and Jennifer Muller/The Works. He has worked on commercials for Sharp Electronics, Levi’s Jeans and UTV in addition to industrials for Nike and Puma. Alvon has performed in Arena Stages successful production of Oklahoma where he played the role of Jess. He was also privileged to perform with Liza Minnelli on the TVLand Awards Show. Recently, Alvon worked with renowned post-modern choreographer, Bill T. Jones on a workshop slated for the Broadway stage entitled “Superfly!” Mr. Reed has just finished working at the world renowned Apollo Theatre with Tap dancing legend, Maurice Hines in his new variety show called “Apollo Club Harlem.” He was fortunate to share the stage with The Manzari Brothers and female Tap sensation, Dormesha.
Come check out the skill and talent of 100+ elementary and middle school students who take instrumental music lessons through the Pius XI Performing Arts Academy! This concert is FREE and open to the public.
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the latest Pius XI Alumni Exhibition, “Reverberation.” The exhibition features Jenny Poetzel ’94, Marissa Waraksa ’09, Jordan Waraksa ’03, and Nick Waraksa ’00.
Don’t miss the amazing voices of our Women’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble–one night only in the Black Box Theater.
Featuring the Carroll University Wind Symphony, International Music Project, Carroll University Choirs and 300 area voices from Pius XI Catholic High School, Indian Trails High School, Waukesha West High School, Fond du Lac High School, Wautoma High School, Muskego High School, and select members of the Jubilate Chorale.
William Shakespeare’s charming 1601 comedy is a topsy-turvy world of cross-dressing lovers, yellow cross-garters, and crossed identities. Shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola has lost her country and beloved twin brother. Disguising herself as Cesario, a page, she falls in love with Duke Orsino even as she delivers his affections to lovely Lady Olivia. Between beautiful songs, high comedy, and delicate poetry, love redeems all!
TWELFTH NIGHT is performed: