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Kennedy Torch

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Kennedy Torch

Kennedy' spring musical "Hadestown" audition camp and auditions will be held March 31 through April 2

Kennedy Theatre Department Prepares for Atypical Spring Musical Auditions

Sage Clow and Briella Temple March 29, 2025

The Kennedy Theatre Department will be holding an audition camp for the spring musical "Hadestown" from March 31 to April 1. Students planning to audition will learn dances with choreographer Alisabeth...

Kennedy Alumni Cael Joens Back to Teach Social Studies and Direct Theater

Kennedy Alumni Cael Joens Back to Teach Social Studies and Direct Theater

Amalie Jørck, Writer October 29, 2024

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...

Kennedy's "Elf The Musical Jr." set to hold auditions on Oct. 15-16.

Kennedy Announces Winter Musical “Elf Jr.” to Audition October 14 and 15

Onnika Hallam, Writer October 11, 2024

This year's winter musical at Kennedy is the classic Christmas tale featuring Buddy the Elf, Elf The Musical Jr., as announced on Oct. 9. This show takes the story of box office sensation Elf and turns...

Loan begins their solo in a bar.

Kennedy’s Anxiety Project Performs at the Iowa Thespian Festival 

Onnika Hallam, Writer November 3, 2023

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...

Lion King Cast Announced and Set to Perform on November 30

Lion King Cast Announced and Set to Perform on November 30

Onnika Hallam, Writer October 20, 2023

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...

Rachel Dean's "The Anxiety Project" debuts in Iowa as the alum returns to her hometown.

Introducing the Anxiety Project

Joshua Barker, Writer September 29, 2023

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...

Velma (Junior Daraiya Hurt) and Roxie (Senior Elizabeth Goff) pose on a piano with ensemble members.

Crime Comes to the Kennedy Stage in Chicago

Merideth Langton, Photo Editor April 18, 2023

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Stage Manager Ava Powers looks over stage light filters.

Ava Powers: Behind Kennedy Performances

Emma Beachner, writer April 6, 2023

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...

Onlookers gather in the Kennedy auditorium.

Chicago Finally Cast and Set to Perform in April

Divya Ramadugu, Writer February 7, 2023

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...

Junior Luke O'Brien (Gaston) flexes behind the Silly Girls during the song "Gaston".

Kennedy Actors Shine in Beauty and the Beast

Emma Beachner, Writer December 8, 2022

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...

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