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...continuously engaging

a passion for the arts

Our mission is to continuously engage a passion in the arts. We strive to keep the arts accessible and affordable to our community and region.

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Engaging a passion.

Engaging with the arts enriches each of us, and that engagement brings people together, it fosters community. Ask any volunteer or artist who has volunteered for community theater. They are one. Art and artists aren’t only in museums or concert halls -- they are all around us. Even here... in Pipestone.

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The Presenter Series is a collection of regional, professional artists/events in our season that take the PPAC stage to entertain Pipestone and the surrounding communities.

The Calumet Players provide quality, affordable community theatre productions that are accessible to all residents of SW MN. Providing 3 performances a season on the PPAC stage, the Calumet Players strive to offer a platform for the arts in our area.

The Al Opland Singers are a choral group based in Pipestone, Minnesota, consisting of 35-55 singers from the surrounding region. They produce two shows a year; one in the Spring, and one at Christmas time.

Ethan VanderWoude Performing "The Impossible Dream" at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center
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Ethan VanderWoude Performing "The Impossible Dream" at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center

Please enjoy this most recent feature to our Virtual Performance Series: Ethan VanderWoude performing “The Impossible Dream”. This song is composed by Mitch Leigh, with lyrics written by Joe Darion. The most popular song in the broadway musical “Man of La Mancha”, it speaks about the journey being our destiny, rather than the destination itself. Ethan VanderWoude is a Bass-Baritone vocalist and past local performer on the Pipestone Performing Arts Center stage. His roles in the Calumet Players' musical productions include a Pirate in "Peter Pan", Terk in "Tarzan", Munkastrap in "CATS", the Big Bad Wolf & Cinderella's Prince from "Into the Woods", and Mr. Manningham in the play "Angel Street". He was able to squeeze in one Christmas concert with the Al Opland Singers during High School and also was the featured performer in the "Ethan and Friends" concert in 2016 which helped him fundraise for an overseas college choir trip. He studied Vocal Performance with a focus of Opera at Wartburg College in Waverly, IA and was heavily involved with multiple choirs as well as theatrical productions while a student there. Some of his roles at Wartburg included: Guglielmo from Mozart's "Così fan tutte", John Sorel from Gian Carlo Menotti's "The Consul", and Big Jule from Frank Loesser's "Guys and Dolls". His most notable performance was his role as Dr. Dulcamara in Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" while taking part in the Brancaleoni International Music Festival during the summer of 2017 in Piobicco, Italy. Ethan has been studying voice privately since graduation in 2018 and as soon as some normalcy returns from the COVID-19 pandemic; he plans to continue his education and pursue his Masters in Opera Performance. Please enjoy!
Pipestone Performing Arts Center "Be The Light" Virtual Performance
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Pipestone Performing Arts Center "Be The Light" Virtual Performance

We have missed the artists and volunteers that occupy our stage, and we can not wait until we can share live arts events with you again, our supporters. 🎭 Because of the global health crisis, we have had to get creative so that we can continue to share the talents of artists and performers with our audience, as well as keeping the mission of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center in the periphery of the community, which is "to continuously engage a passion in the arts". In recent weeks, we have been working with local performers in creating a virtual arts experience straight from the PPAC stage. This is the first series of locally recorded performances. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can give a donation online at https://red.vendini.com/donation-software.html?t=donation&d=74858ab52386e1c3ff9369fe7f347867. "A Safe Place To Land" Written By: Sara Bareilles Performed By: Rachel Kuphal & Anthony McGee "Moonlight" Sonata Composed By: Ludwig Van Beethoven Performed By: Zachary Ploeger "I See The Light" from DISNEY's Tangled Written By: Alan Menken Performed By: Samantha Fleet
Classics at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center
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Classics at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center

Session 2 of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center's Virtual Series. This second release of performances by local artists premieres Sunday, September 27th at 2:00 p.m. Three local artists whose musical gifts are rooted in the classical music genres; Reggie Gorter singing Bernstein, Jeanine Olson performing a Liszt Sonata and Bronwyn Jones rekindling her favorite Andrew Lloyd Weber solo. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can give a donation online at https://red.vendini.com/donation-software.html?t=donation&d=74858ab52386e1c3ff9369fe7f347867 "Dream With Me" from the opera Peter Pan Composed By: Leonard Bernstein Performed By: Regina Moffitt-Gorter "Sonata In B Minor" Composed By: Franz Liszt Performed By: Jeanine Olson "Memory" from the musical CATS Composed By: Andrew Lloyd Weber Performed By: Bronwyn Jones
This Is Our Town, Remember This Place
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This Is Our Town, Remember This Place

Session 3 of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center's Virtual Series. This third release of performances by local artists premieres Saturday, December 12th at 7:30 p.m. Three local artists are featured in this presentation: Troy Manzey, Bruce Weigle and Zach Budden. If you are able and willing, please consider giving to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. Like many non-profits, we are experiencing a financial hardship due to the global health crisis. The price of a ticket from the viewers of this virtual experience would go a long way in helping us sustain through these difficult months. You can send a donation to the Pipestone Performing Arts Center by mailing it to PO Box 100 (Pipestone). Two of the three pieces in this presentation are both written and performed by local artists. Our pursuit in sharing these performances and creating this series has foremost been keeping our local artists working and sharing their work, while ushering the mission of the Pipestone Performing Arts Center which is to continuously engage a passion for the arts. We hope you enjoy. "Our Town" Written By: Randy Newman Performed By: Troy Manzey "Winnewissa Whispers" Composed By: Bruce Weigle Performed By: Bruce Weigle "Remember This Place" Written By: Zach Budden Performed By: Zach Budden

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104 Main Street East

Pipestone, MN, 56164

507-825-2020 (Box Office)

507-825-5481 (Main Office)

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