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Hershey High School presents Winter Concert

Elizabeth Vojt, Reporter December 15, 2021

  The Hershey High School band, orchestra, and choir put on their annual winter concert on Wednesday, December 8th 2021. The event had a very good turnout, with the 1,200 person auditorium...

Katie Copeland (Alice Beineke) performs the beginning for her song “Waiting”. This song ended the preview for all the schools. (Broadcaster/Elena Lee)

Photo Essay: HHS Theatre’s Addams Family Preview

Paige Dalto, Jenna Reiber, and Natalie Taylor February 28, 2020

HHS Theatre had it’s Preview Day for all three schools across the district for their 2020 musical, Addams Family. The shows are February 28 and 29 at 7:30pm and March 1 at 1:30pm.

Senior Chris Santiago and junior Morgan King stand side by side during their first rehearsal. The shows will be performed on February 28, 29, and March 1 (Broadcaster/Talon Smith)

HHS Theatre Announce Cast for Musical The Addams Family

Talon Smith and Natalie Taylor January 7, 2020

The HHS Theatre department released the cast list for The Addams Family, the school’s winter musical, on December 12, 2019. The musical follows the story of Wednesday Addams, the oldest child in...

Alex Brightman portraying the role of Beetlejuice. The show has been running since April 2019. (Beetlejuice The Musical/Matthew Murphy)

Beetlejuice The Musical to Leave Winter Garden Theatre

Natalie Taylor, Layout Manager December 13, 2019

The upcoming revival of The Music Man is coming to The Winter Garden Theater in New York City, but Beetlejuice will have to find a new home in the meantime. The Tim Burton-inspired musical will play...

Senior Myah Koepfer stands on the set of Hershey’s musical Anything Goes, playing Reno Sweeney as she sings the musical’s “Anything Goes” number. Her performance earned her a nomination in the Apollo Awards for “Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical.” (Phil Ayala)

Koepfer Gets a Kick Out of the Apollos: Myah Koepfer’s Performance in Anything Goes Earns Her an Apollo Awards Nomination

Alina Zang, Reporter May 30, 2019

It was a “fairy dust moment.” That moment “where all the things we have been working for come together right as we go in to performance week,” said Michelle O’Brien, Hershey’s musical director,...

Patrick Gavazzi (left) and Myah Koepfer (right) performing the song “Friendship” during a dress rehearsal of “Anything Goes” at Hershey High School. Both of the performers are nominated for an Apollo Award. (Phil Ayala)

HHS Theater Production Anything Goes Nominated for “Outstanding Musical”

Natalie Taylor, Layout May 16, 2019

Hershey High School’s musical, Anything Goes, and various cast members get nominated for Apollo Awards. The Apollo Awards nominations for musicals were released on April 26, 2019 via Facebook. The...

Hershey Theatre Announces Four Upcoming Shows

Chris Santiago, Copy Editor May 13, 2019

The Hershey Theatre recently revealed four new Broadway musicals will perform on their stage in the near future: Once on This Island, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia, and Waitress. Charlie...

HHS Theatre Casts Musical Anything Goes

Natalie Taylor, Layout January 9, 2019

The HHS Theatre department released the cast list for Anything Goes, the winter musical for 2019. The list was released on December 9, 2018. HHS had a record-breaking 62 people audition for the musical...

Slightly (Tori Moss), a lost boy, fearful of the Indians right before performing “Indian Dance.” Practices for the crew and cast began on December 11.(Broadcaster/Jenna Thomas)

HHS Theatre Presents Peter Pan

Angelina Memmi, Layout March 5, 2018

Hershey High School theatre brings back the treasured classic Peter Pan for its spring 2018 musical. This musical includes a large cast including Cameron Brown as Peter Pan, Paige Randall as Wendy,...

The character of Madame Morrible being played by actress Kathy Fitzgerald. Madame Morrible is one of the major antagonists in the show. (Wicked)

“Wicked” Welcomes Two New Cast Members

Chris Santiago, Copy Editor February 8, 2018

“Wicked” will be replacing two of its cast members, Chad Jennings and Rondi Reed, for the characters of Doctor Dillamond and Madame Morrible. The role of Doctor Dillamond will soon be played...

Above is a poster for the PeterPan musical that came out 1954. The original book by J.M. Barrie was published first in 1904.  (Photo Courtesy of Stage Agent)

HHS Theatre announces 2018 Musical: Peter Pan

Chris Santiago, Copy Editor January 25, 2018

Hershey High School’s 2018 musical production will be Peter Pan. Performances will occur on March 1, 2, and 3 and include a matinee show. On December 11, students and advisors of HHS theatre...

Cast members of the HHS spring musical perform on stage. The entire cast of Into the Woods was nominated for Outstanding Musical.  (Broadcaster/ Zozan Kucukaydin)

HHS Theater Takes Home Four Apollo Awards, Outstanding Musical

June 1, 2016

By: Natalie Norman-Kehe and Julia Michaelson For those involved with the theater program at Hershey High School, Sunday, May 22 was a night to remember. The Hershey Theatre hosted the 8th Annual...

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