Performing Arts
About D.C. Everest Performing Arts
The D.C. Everest Performing Arts Department is an award-winning program that prides itself on generating high-quality productions multiple times a year for students in grades 6-12. We aim to lay a foundation for students who are looking for a successful experience in the arts, we build experiences that provide an introduction to theatre, and we educate future performers while we all work cohesively to achieve these high-quality performance opportunities. Not only do we receive statewide recognition for our efforts, but we always strive to create enjoyable performances that our community will talk about for years to come!
2023-2024 Performances
Catch Me if You Can - the Musical
First a book, then a movie starring Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio, and now a musical- Catch Me if You Can is based on the unbelievable true story of one of the most famous con artists in history, Frank Abagnale Jr. We begin the musical as Frank is captured by Agent Carl Hanratty, after years of pursuit. Frank, however, thinks the audience deserves to hear his version of the truth, and narrates his life as a hip, dance-heavy variety television show. We see Frank, as a teenager, run away from his unhappy home to live a life of great adventure, conning people by assuming a multitude of identities: airplane pilot, doctor, and lawyer, to name a few. Set in the 1960’s, this rollicking musical by the creative team behind Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, tells the tale of an ingenious, yet lonely, boy looking for his place in the world.
Performance for this show will take place November 16-19 at the DC Everest Senior High Theater.
For more information and updates, join our Catch Me if You Can Canvas page.
DCE Performaning Arts will be performing Diary of a Whimpy Kid April 11-14, 2024.
Jerry Award Winners
Congratulations
Congratulations to all of the 5th-12th graders for their involvement in our 2020 Summer School virtual Musical, "DCE Does Disney!" View the featured story from Channel 7 and another glimpse of our show on CBS2 in New York about ways to safely keep the arts in school!
All donations benefit the D.C. Everest Performing Arts Department.
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Eighty-seven Business and Marketing students from both the D.C. Everest Junior High and Senior High competed in Junior Achievement’s Business Challenge hosted at Northcentral Technical College.
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43 D.C. Everest Senior High students visited the Heavy Equipment Operators Training Center in Coloma, Wisconsin.
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Thirteen members of the D.C. Everest Junior High Choir participated in “Singing In Wisconsin” — a state -wide event organized by the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association.
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D.C. Everest Equestrian teammates Katie Hoppe and Neah Zimmermann have been riding horses together since they were in fourth grade and this year, under the guidance of Coach Brenda Bartender, earned second place at the state competition with 115 points.
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On October 25, 2023, D.C. Everest band instructors Joe Finnegan and Ben Burish received the Melvin F. Pontius Creatives Sparks in Music Education Award at the 2023 Wisconsin State Music Conference hosted at the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Questions about DC Everest Performing Arts?
Please email Wendy Vesper