The Campanile Center for the Arts is a regional arts center in Minocqua dedicated to promoting and supporting the arts through education, performance and
I’m sitting in Rhinelander High School’s nearly empty auditorium.
On the stage in front of me, about 20 students are performing their final dress rehearsal of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
One of the actors twirls around in a long, rainbow-colored coat.
They’re singing into microphones tucked beneath tie-dye masks.
The students are getting ready for a weekend of performances.
Like their rehearsals, these performances will look much different than shows from a pre-COVID era.
Kristin Higgins is one of the directors.
In addition to the masks, she said the play has been choreographed so that students stay six feet apart.