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Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

The Student News Site of Shorewood High School

Shorewood Ripples

Pippin creates exciting atmosphere in the theater

Pippin creates exciting atmosphere in the theater

Ashley Slomann and Lifang Zhang March 8, 2024

Between February 8 and 10, Shorewood Drama showcased its production of the 1972 musical Pippin. The show tells the story of Pippin, son of the historical king Charlemagne, as he embarks on a quest for...

Drama prepares complex additions for Pippin

Jillian Beaster December 23, 2023

As the SHS drama department prepares Pippin, the winter musical, the technical theater and ensemble group have worked to present a unique show with complex new additions.  The recent Broadway rendition...

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

42nd Street concludes, Jerry Awards for Little Shop of Horrors

Jillian Beaster and Tyndall Talley June 8, 2023

This spring, Shorewood Drama performed 42nd Street, Mark Bramble and Michael Stewart’s flashy Broadway musical. With the show winning Tony Awards for Best Musical and Best Choreography, the theater department...

courtesy Paulina Fenske

SHS Drama presents “Little Shop of Horrors” for winter musical

Jenna Abu-Zahra and Andrina Roberts February 19, 2023

Shorewood theater completes one of its largest productions On February 9th, the drama program performed their first production of Little Shop of Horrors.  “Little Shop of Horrors is about a boy...

Zahni Gulbronson (right) and Madeline Pluckhan (left) hold on a scene of Fiddler on the Roof. The musical was the last production for many seniors in SHS Drama.

“Fiddler” concludes successful year of productions

To finish the 2022 school year on a high note, the Shorewood Drama Department presented their spring musical, Fiddler on the Roof. The award winning musical, created by playwright Joseph Stein in 1964...

Ginny Mitchell, senior, stars as Cinderella in Shorewood Dramas latest production.

SHS presents different kind of Cinderella

Maya Schmaling and Giselle Knox March 16, 2022

Shorewood drama’s latest production, Cinderella, made its premiere on March 3. The show marks a step forward for the drama department as the first in-person musical since the pandemic began.  The...

Students rehearse for the spring musical, Working, in the North Gym. There are a total of 14 cast members in the production, which will be filmed over the course of two weeks.

Drama prepares for pre-filmed performance

Sam Diliberti and Sophie Diliberti April 27, 2021

The SHS drama department is in rehearsals for their first musical of the year, Working. Adapted from the original version in 2012, the show features music from various composers such as Lin Manuel Miranda...

Mamma Mia! captures aesthetic and attention

Mamma Mia! captures aesthetic and attention

Laura Oldfather June 5, 2019

Shorewood Drama performed their spring musical, Mamma Mia! on May 16, 17 and 18. This marked the end of their 2018-19 season and the final show for many seniors.  For those unfamiliar with the production,...