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Every student takes part in our Fine Arts Program at Saint John’s Prep. Our well-rounded curriculum supports the development of appreciation and passion for fine arts that will last a lifetime.
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The Saint John’s Prep Theatre Department is bringing Disney’s A Hunchback of Notre Dame to life! The cast and crew is bringing this sweeping score and powerful story to the stage at the Paramount Center for the Arts March 22-24, 2024! Be prepared to be swept away by the magic of this truly unforgettable musical!
This production will take you to Paris with an epic cathedral size set, vivid backdrops and exciting special effects. More than 60 Saint John’s Prep students in grades 6-12 are bringing this tale to life! The shows will also feature a background choir with singers from the Great River Chorale, Saint John’s Abbey, and Saint John’s Prep alumni. Be prepared for powerful performances and heart stopping music!
The story comes from the book by Victor Hugo and includes songs from the Disney film. Prep’s production is set at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and features the title character, Quasimodo, who is the cathedral’s bell-ringer. Quasimodo’s uncle is the intimidating Dom Claude Frollo who orders Quasi to stay hidden in the bell tower. Quasimodo defies his uncle and leaves the church and befriends the beautiful Esmeralda. The show follows Quasimodo’s efforts to protect Esmeralda from his uncle.
The show runs March 22-24 at the Paramount Center of the Arts in St. Cloud, MN. Tickets are $25 for adults and $17 for children. Click here to reserve your seats today! American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be offered at 7:30pm on March 23.
Young Explorers Day Camp Series Dates: July 10, 17, and 24 Time: 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Cost: $50 per date or $120 for all 3
Students entering grades 5-8 will have fun making new friends, getting plenty of fresh air and experiencing the beautiful 2,900 acre campus of Saint John’s Prep and Saint John’s University. Participants will enjoy adventure and age-appropriate discovery activities, guided by academic themes of arts, sciences, and cultural exploration. Each date is filled with fun group activities that exercise the body, challenge the mind and nurture the spirit of our youth.
Click here to register.
July 10 Focus on Sciences: Kids will get their hands dirty while participating in an outdoor education program to improve their environmental literacy and emotional connectedness to the natural world. They will learn how to sweep net for insects in the prairie and do some pond dipping for aquatic invertebrates in Lake Sagatagan.
July 17 Focus on the Arts: This session will consist of an introduction to theatre as we spend the morning making new friends, engaging in storytelling activities, and working together to develop and perform original mini-plays. We will then venture “behind the scenes” with a backstage tour of Saint John’s theatre spaces. All skill levels welcome! The second block will bring us into the woods for an introduction to orienteering and hiking through the trails of Saint John’s University.
July 24 Focus on Cultural Exploration: The first block will be an introduction to cultures around the world, and students will participate in cultural activities! Following this session, students will head over to the kitchen where they will learn basic cooking skills and prepare lunch together. Lunch will also include a traditional food item.
The Last Five Years SoLD OUT FOR AUGUST 16 August 16-18, 2024 7:00pm and 2:00pm Gnarly Bard Theater
Saint John’s Prep Theatre Department is proud to present “The Last Five Years” this August 16-18 at the Gnarly Bard Theater in downtown St. Cloud.
The August 16 performance is SOLD OUT. Limited seats remain for the August 17 performance. There are lots of seats available for the August 18 matinee.
This show is “An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years, the show’s unconventional structure consists of Cathy, the woman, telling her story backwards while Jamie, the man, tells his story chronologically.”
As a part of the new A2E curriculum, students interested in a Performing Arts Distinction are allowed to work on a “Capstone Project.” Elizabeth St. Hilaire ’25 and Isaac Miller ’26 pitched this project to SJP Theatre Director Brandon Anderson and have been actively working on it throughout the summer! Other production staff include Will St. Hilaire ’23 and Dr. Carolyn Finley.
Showtimes are 7:00 p.m. on August 16 & 17 and 2:00 p.m. on August 18.
Tickets are $11.50 and available online.
The Last Five Years SOLD OUT August 16-18, 2024 7:00pm and 2:00pm Gnarly Bard Theater
Tonight’s performance is sold out! There are still tickets available for tomorrow’s matinee.
Tickets are still available for the 2:00 p.m. matinee on August 18.
The Last Five Years August 16-18, 2024 7:00pm and 2:00pm Gnarly Bard Theater
Proven Guilty October 25-27 & October 31-November 3 Saint John’s Prep Weber Center
Please join us for a delightful evening of mystery! Proven Guilty is an original murder mystery play written by Annika Dauer ’25. It will debut in on the Weber Center stage at Saint John’s Preparatory School October 25-27 and October 31-November 3, 2024. Two separate casts will bring this entertaining and inventive show to life! Click here to see the cast list.
Dinner and a Show October 25 and November 1 Saint John’s Prep is hosting two dinner theater productions of this exciting show! At 6:00pm on October 25 and November 1 theatre goers will have the opportunity to enjoy a gourmet meal before the show catered by Jules Bistro. Guests will be able to interact with the actors and see the stage before the show. Tickets for the dinners are no longer for sale.
Show Summary On All Hallow’s Eve of 1995, a dinner party is held at the Upstate New York manor of Dr. Julian Fox: the enigmatic millionaire and owner of the Sunrise Sentinel, known for its dedication to exposing corruption amidst the high ranking members of government. By the end of the night, the media mogul would be dead, and not a soul alive can tell what really happened. Now, it’s up to Detective Inspector Ethel Carter and her dedicated team of officers to sort out the truth locked within the twisting halls of memory. The catch? All of the suspects are firmly convinced that they themselves are to blame. Join us for an evening of mystery, comedy, and unreliable narrators in this subverted take on the classic Whodunnit genre.
