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For 29 years, Pius XI students have been encouraged to take over the Black Box Theater as playwrights, directors, actors and technicians. This is an opportunity to tell their stories – personal, comic, absurd and profound – and celebrate their own voices!
Join us for the first ever Popesfest, a food, beer, entertainment and art festival featuring Pius XI alumni-owned food & beverage businesses and entertainers, musicians and artists/makers.
Click here to pre-order your ticket! On-site VIP parking is also available at $100/car.
Sponsorship & volunteer opportunities are available – contact Dan Carey at dcarey@piusxi.org for details.
Join us for our first instrumental concert of the school year, featuring our smaller chamber ensembles. This year’s instrumental concerts will take you on a journey around the world, celebrating the music of many lands.
This concert will feature music with themes of Love and Peace. Love of one another, love for the world, love lost, love of singing; inner peace and external, alongside those around us. Join the Concert Choir, Pius XI Chorus and Madrigals in a celebration of two words that are ideal to celebrate in this time between the beginning of the school year and Thanksgiving.
by Jaclyn Backhaus
directed by Xodia Choate
This performance is SOLD OUT. A waiting list will begin 1 hour prior to curtain at the ticket office for any tickets turned in by patrons who are not using them.
Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers. What results is a confluence of love, anger, grief, and bloodshed, as the ensemble struggles to reconcile romantic ideologies of the past with their modern ideas of courtship. Everything you’ve learned about love from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.
by Jaclyn Backhaus
directed by Xodia Choate
Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers. What results is a confluence of love, anger, grief, and bloodshed, as the ensemble struggles to reconcile romantic ideologies of the past with their modern ideas of courtship. Everything you’ve learned about love from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.
by Jaclyn Backhaus
directed by Xodia Choate
Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers. What results is a confluence of love, anger, grief, and bloodshed, as the ensemble struggles to reconcile romantic ideologies of the past with their modern ideas of courtship. Everything you’ve learned about love from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.
by Jaclyn Backhaus
directed by Xodia Choate
Four literary heroines of the nineteenth century set conventionalism ablaze when they turn down marriage proposals from their equally famous gentlemen callers. What results is a confluence of love, anger, grief, and bloodshed, as the ensemble struggles to reconcile romantic ideologies of the past with their modern ideas of courtship. Everything you’ve learned about love from the pages of Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.
This performance is SOLD OUT. A waiting list will start one hour prior to curtain for any tickets that are donated for resale. Must be in person at the ticket booth to join the waiting list.
Join the Pius XI Dance program along with special guest artists from around the community in our annual fall celebration of dance! This is our 10th annual fall dance program, and it will include two production numbers featuring all Pius XI dancers from all levels. Guest performers include Alverno College, Catey Ott Dance Collective, the Nancy Einhorn Milwaukee Ballet II Program, Warped, and Artistic Edge/Smutek Dance.
The laughs never stop when the Pius XI Improv team takes the stage! Join them to watch games and sketches in this evening of fun.
The members of the Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra invite you to join us for a celebration of music and community. The winds and string sections will serenade you and the entire orchestra will delight you with sounds of the season. Guest conductor John Steinke leads the orchestra; local artists are featured in the magical Corelli “Christmas Concerto.” This concert has something for everyone to enjoy.
Get into the holiday spirit with Pius XI band & orchestra! This year’s instrumental concerts will take you on a journey around the world, celebrating the music of many lands.
This concert will feature music with themes of Joy and Faith. As the world celebrates the birth of Christ, Pius XI choral ensembles will endeavor to spread joy through music selections that celebrate the season and inspire a continued faith – in ourselves, in humanity as a whole, and in God.
The laughs never stop when the Pius XI Improv team takes the stage! Join them to watch games and sketches in this evening of fun.
Due to the upcoming weather situation, this program has been cancelled. Please contact us with any questions.
Homecoming is defined as an instance of returning home. Watch as the members of the Pius XI Black Student Union display their artistry and nuance through defining what home means to them and how they get there.
This event has been cancelled. Please contact us with any questions.
Start organizing your team for our first PPO Trivia Night – a night of fellowship and fundraising to support Student Life Activities at Pius XI! Teams of up to 10 members and individuals welcome. All participants must be at least 21 years of age.
Doors open at 6pm, Trivia runs from 7-9pm
Prizes will be awarded for:
First AND Last place
Best Team Spirit
Best Table Decorations
Best Coordinated Outfits
Most Creative Team Name
Beer and wine available for sale
Pizzas available for pre-order
by Neil LaBute
directed by J.T. Backes
How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? What price might you pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil LaBute in THE SHAPE OF THINGS. A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an art major while his best friends’ engagement crumbles, so unleashing a drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships.
This production is recommended for ages 13 and up due to some mature themes.
by Neil LaBute
directed by J.T. Backes
How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? What price might you pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil LaBute in THE SHAPE OF THINGS. A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an art major while his best friends’ engagement crumbles, so unleashing a drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships.
This production is recommended for ages 13 and up due to some mature themes.
by Neil LaBute
directed by J.T. Backes
How far would you go for love? For art? What would you be willing to change? What price might you pay? Such are the painful questions explored by Neil LaBute in THE SHAPE OF THINGS. A young student drifts into an ever-changing relationship with an art major while his best friends’ engagement crumbles, so unleashing a drama that peels back the skin of two modern-day relationships.
This production is recommended for ages 13 and up due to some mature themes.