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“Festival of Plays” Highlights Student Talent
Last week, the JHS Thespian Troupe put their best under a much-deserved spotlight when they showcased three student-selected and student-directed plays. “How to Succeed in High School Without Really...
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Theatre Teacher Todd Avery Welcomed into Michigan Thespian Hall of Fame
Todd Avery (center) pictured with parent volunteer and stage creator Tom Dracht (L) and JPS Board President William Waalkes (R) In his wildest dreams, Todd Avery never imagined that his passionate love...
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Jenison High School Thespians Present “Singin’ In The Rain”
What happens when a love triangle unfolds onstage amidst lies, deception, and desperate women? The umbrellas and rainslickers come out, of course, because the inevitable love connection ends with some...
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Missoula Children’s Theatre Brings Hansel & Gretel to Jenison
While some might balk at the idea of casting, costuming, and producing an entire play in just one week, the Missoula Children’s Theatre has learned to make it look as easy as a Sunday picnic in July....
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JHS’ Zombie Prom Opens Tonight!
With the stage dimmed and a nuclear waste dump aglow, Zombie Prom is ready to light up the night with its off-Broadway tale of forbidden love. Set in the 1950′s at Enrico Fermi High School, bad boy...
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Jenison’s Center for the Arts Opens in Grand Style
After two years and over 50,000 man hours of dreaming, designing and digging, the Jenison Public Schools Center for the Arts opened this week to hundreds of expectant community members. Supported with...
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High School Production of Wizard of Oz Amazes Audiences!
The Jenison High School Thespians and Music Department took on a legendary classic for the first musical production in the new Jenison Center for the Arts and they did not disappoint! Performing to a...
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Missoula Children’s Theatre Returns to Jenison!
The beginning of October brought a community favorite back to Jenison: The Missoula Children’s Theatre! Our K — 12 students were invited to audition and actors were chosen to fill roles in the MCT...
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Jenison Junior High Goes Under the Sea!
It may have felt like mid-January outside the JCA last week but inside Jenison Junior High theatre students were bringing the tropics home with their production of Disney’s, The Little Mermaid!...
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JHS Theatre Presents: Oklahoma!
Once again, the Jenison High School Thespians wowed the community with their talents at this year’s High School Musical: Oklahoma! While many younger people may not be familiar with the story of...
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JH Theatre Tackles Once Upon a Mattress
Taking the classic fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea, to another level, Once Upon a Mattress was this year’s Jenison Junior High musical production! The story centers around 15th century Prince...
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JHS Theatre Says, “Let Your Freak Flag Fly!” in Shrek the Musical
Last week the Jenison Thespians amazed audiences with their talent and passion in their performance of Shrek the Musical! The story in the musical version is very similar to the movie from 2001 we all...
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#JPSReads!
When Junior High theatre director, Holly Florian, chose James and the Giant Peach for this year’s winter performance fifth grade teachers, Michelle U’Ren knew that she wanted to read the classic story...
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Peter Pan Has a Prequel? Of Course it Does!
Before you see Jenison theatre perform “Peter Pan” this winter, you’ll want to know the back story, of course! Director and theatre teacher, Todd Avery, has been waiting to perform “Peter and the Star...
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#JPSReads Comes Alive on Stage!
As a partnership to #JPSReads, the Junior High theatre department presents, James and the Giant Peach starting today and running through Sunday afternoon. We hope that families all over the district...
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Growing Old is Mandatory. Growing Up is Optional.
Tonight the curtain opens on another spectacular Jenison High School Musical: Peter Pan! Of course, the story of the boy who refuses to grow up, written by J.M. Barrie, is well-known and a ubiquitous...
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Junior High Theatre Gets Wild in Madagascar!
What happens when a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, a hippo, and a handful of penguins dance their way onto the Jenison stage this weekend? Adventure, of course! [With a side of silliness.] Based on the...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Comes to JPS!
This weekend you can get a jump start on Spring Break by visiting Paris in the late middle ages! [Don’t worry, it’s only for 90 minutes. No need to invest in a chamber pot.] The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
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Full of Thanks and Giving
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope this day finds you embracing the people and places that fill you up and enhance your life! I am thinking about my loving and supportive wife, terrific children and the...
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‘Santa’ is Everywhere!
While the ‘man in the red suit’ certainly adds to the excitement of the Christmas season, our community knows that bringing joy and being Santa to others can’t be left to him at this, or any time of...
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