Kennedy High School has gained a new face with social studies teacher Cael Joens. It is his first year teaching at Kennedy but he is not just here to teach in the classroom. He directed Kennedy’s fall...
This year's winter musical at Kennedy is the classic Christmas tale featuring Buddy the Elf, Elf The Musical Jr. This show takes the story of box office sensation Elf and turns it into a holiday musical.
The...
Iowa’s Thespian Festival started in the mid-1970s and has been hosted at the University of Northern Iowa for 13 years. The festival hosts over 30 schools from around Iowa. The festival hosts three...
The Kennedy Theatre Department has decided to perform Disney's story of The Lion King as this year's winter musical. The official cast list was released October 19th.
The first cast list listed only...
Debuting in 2016, The Anxiety Project is a musical theater performance. The show depicts situations surrounding human suffering and mental health through the eyes of Avery, a psychology student attempting...
In search of an engineering class, Ava Powers ended up in Stagecraft and Design during her freshman year because of a problem with her schedule. Though the class wasn't her first pick, she was drawn in...
Kennedy’s theater department has announced the Chicago cast list, posted on Feb. 3.
Chicago is a 1975 American musical set in the jazz age of Chicago. The story is a satire on corruption in the...
Kennedy reopened their theater doors with the production of Beauty and the Beast Jr., directed by Kennedy teachers Steven Tolly and Nick Hayes with Student Director junior Calliope Matta. Kennedy’s production...
Kennedy’s theater department has been buzzing with excitement since the Playtime Poppy production of Beauty and the Beast Jr. began in late October. Like with every show, an immense amount of work and...
