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Upcoming Shows & Events

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Questions? Contact the Ticket Office at 414.290.0204 or by e-mail.

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May
7
Sat
Student Play Festival 2022: Play in a Day @ Black Box Theater
May 7 @ 7:00 pm
Student Play Festival 2022: Play in a Day @ Black Box Theater

For 28 years, Pius XI has been showcasing student playwrights and directors with our annual Student Play Festival. This year, join us for a one-night Play in a Day event! First, we’ll feature an original short play written by a Pius XI student. Then, you’ll experience a brand new play written, cast, and rehearsed all within 24 hours by our ensemble.

May
10
Tue
Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra Spring Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 10 @ 7:00 pm
Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra Spring Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

Please join the Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra for their Spring Concert!  This concert features a bit of classical music and then the orchestra will take you on a musical journey to Ireland with special guests from the Kinsella Academy of Irish Dance.  All are welcome and we promise you will leave this evening with a happy heart – and that’s no blarney. Tickets are free but seating is reserved.

May
11
Wed
Spring Choral Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 11 @ 7:00 pm
Spring Choral Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

Our highly-anticipated Spring Choral Concert includes all ensembles showcasing their work. This concert will include a selection of Broadway hits!

May
15
Sun
Milwaukee Festival Brass: Strike Up The Brass @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 15 @ 3:00 pm

Come join the award-winning Milwaukee Festival Brass for their final concert of the season “Strike Up the Brass!” Featuring show tunes, marches, pieces that are pure America, this lighter, family friendly program will provide something for everyone to celebrate the return of live music! While donations are gladly accepted, this is a free concert as our way of giving back to the community.

May
20
Fri
Dance into Spring: He Lives in You @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 20 @ 7:00 pm
Dance into Spring: He Lives in You @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

Celebrate the end of the school year with the artists of the Pius XI Dance Program as they showcase all their second semester work.

May
21
Sat
Dance into Spring: He Lives in You @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 21 @ 7:00 pm
Dance into Spring: He Lives in You @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

Celebrate the end of the school year with the artists of the Pius XI Dance Program as they showcase all their second semester work.

May
27
Fri
Pius XI Improv Team @ Black Box Theater
May 27 @ 7:00 pm

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.

May
31
Tue
(RESCHEDULED) Spring Band & Orchestra Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
May 31 @ 7:00 pm
(RESCHEDULED) Spring Band & Orchestra Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

NOTE: This performance has been rescheduled. All previously purchased tickets are still valid. Please email us with any questions.

Spend a night at the movies with Pius XI Bands & Orchestra as they wrap up their school year with a concert full of the best music Hollywood has to offer!

Jun
9
Thu
Wisconsin Music Ventures: When Worlds Collide featuring RB Stone @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
Jun 9 @ 7:00 pm

A special evening of live rock and blues music for the Pius XI school community, WMV community and the public.

RB Stone is a touring blues musician who is also a member musician with Wisconsin Music Ventures. He is coming through the Milwaukee area for a special concert just as WMV Founder Allison M. Schweitzer (aka Allison Emm, in “the business”) has taken on the position as the new Director of Choral Music at Pius XI. This concert is a special showcase to both introduce her to the Pius XI community, and to continue with WMV’s mission of helping independent musicians to thrive in Wisconsin. Opening for RB will be local Rockabilly artist Bruce Humphries, and Mrs. Schweitzer may make a guest musical appearance.
Jun
11
Sat
Together Again: An Evening with Midwest Vocal Express @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
Jun 11 @ 7:00 pm

Come see the mighty Midwest Vocal Express perform in person for the first time in too long with featured quartet, the 2018 International Champion: After Hours. The ensemble will also be joined by quartets Coulee Classic and Lakefront.

Jul
30
Sat
Cashel Academy of Irish Dance: “Rhapsody in Blue” @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
Jul 30 @ 7:00 pm
Cashel Academy of Irish Dance: “Rhapsody in Blue” @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

From the World Competitions in Ireland and Scotland to Epcot Center at Disney World, the World Champion Cashel Academy of Irish Dance is known throughout the world for their fast paced, high-stepping dance routines. Join them as they return to the stage in their first full-length recital since 2019!

Sep
9
Fri
Student Play Festival @ Black Box Theater
Sep 9 @ 7:00 pm
Student Play Festival @ Black Box Theater

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!

Sep
10
Sat
Student Play Festival @ Black Box Theater
Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm
Student Play Festival @ Black Box Theater

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!

Oct
1
Sat
POPESFEST 2022 @ Pius XI Parking Lot
Oct 1 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

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.

Oct
12
Wed
Fall Instrumental Chamber Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
Oct 12 @ 7:00 pm
Fall Instrumental Chamber Concert @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

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.

Oct
20
Thu
Fall Choral Concert: Peace & Love (A Choral Welcome to the New School Year) @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater
Oct 20 @ 7:00 pm
Fall Choral Concert: Peace & Love (A Choral Welcome to the New School Year) @ Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater

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.

Nov
3
Thu
(SOLD OUT) YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater
Nov 3 @ 7:00 pm
(SOLD OUT) YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater

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 PrejudiceWuthering HeightsJane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.

Nov
4
Fri
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater
Nov 4 @ 7:00 pm
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater

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 PrejudiceWuthering HeightsJane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.

Nov
5
Sat
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater
Nov 5 @ 7:00 pm
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater

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 PrejudiceWuthering HeightsJane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.

Nov
6
Sun
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater
Nov 6 @ 2:00 pm
YOU ON THE MOORS NOW @ Black Box Theater

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 PrejudiceWuthering HeightsJane Eyre, and Little Women is turned upside down in this grand theatrical battle royale.