Heard of the Fidget Spinner? After attending PiM, Sam Kenknight was accepted to the Engineering program at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is now working at the top of his field at Lutron Electronics in Chicago, Illinois.  Not to mention perhaps one of the most incredible pieces of alumni legacy… a portion of the fidget […]

Being Himself “After PiM, I went to St. Olaf College and graduated in 2013 with a degree in nursing. I then worked in the neonatal intensive care unit for three years at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota in Minneapolis and in the pediatric intensive care unit for one year at Gillette Specialty Healthcare in […]

“I am excited to begin my studies at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where I received scholarships from MCAD and the Japanese American Citizens League. PiM gave me a lot of freedom to develop my art in my own way. Because of my time at PiM, I have the opportunity and confidence to […]

2015 graduate Spencer Levin, has hit the ground running. Having already booked multiple national commercials and short film roles, Levin has most enjoyed appearing on Hulu and Adult Swim’s Black Jesus. Levin appeared in countless plays and musicals during his time at our school. “What [PiM] provided for me that I still find so important is […]

A graduate of the University of Minnesota dance program, McMenamy performed as a company member with Threads Dance Project before founding her own modern dance collective with four other university peers called DaNCEBUMS in 2013. The grassroots dance collective has since performed at Bryant-Lake Bowl, The Southern Theater, The Cowles Center for Dance, Icehouse, Red […]

“Going into high school, I struggled a lot with self esteem and identity, but PiM was such an accepting and collaborative space that these uncertainties slowly started to fade away over the course of my high school career. PiM gave me so many opportunities to collaborate and this collaboration is responsible for a lot of […]

Calabay started his own commercial photography and video business, Calabay Productions, while he was still a student at our school, which has grown to service clients like Grassroots Solutions, Best Buy, Goodwill, Ananya Dance Theatre, Equal Vision Records, the Minnesota Opera, the University of Minnesota and many more.  In 2017, Calabay moved to Los Angeles […]

“Since my theatre days at PiM life has dealt me a variety of roles. I’ve been a fashion design student, a tailor at the Guthrie Theater, and a stitcher for Sesame Street costumes. My current role is a graphic designer that also dabbles in sales. The communication skills I learned from the PiM Theatre program […]

“Since graduating from PiM in 2010, I have earned a bachelors of music summa cum laude from the University of Illinois Chicago and traveled internationally as a professional musician, performing everything from rock and roll to broadway musicals. The education and experience I received from PiM prepared me for success not only in my musical […]

Max Mars first got his major start with improvisational theater in Mr. Leaf’s classes at PiM. After graduating, he started with the performance class at Stevie Ray’s. Max also does theater around the city seen in shows like Autistic License, DISORDERED [thy name is teenager] and the Minnesota debut of “13” The Musical.  He is […]

“Since graduating from PiM, life has taken me to Hamline University, then to live in Atlanta, only to then venture to Italy for six months, which is where my heart truly lives. Currently, I am living in Los Angeles working for a tech company called Enjoy, whose clients include AT&T, Sonos, Eero, DJI, and Tag […]

“Since PiM, I studied audio engineering in Chicago at Tribeca Media Arts College. After finishing, I joined a band and toured nationally and internationally for a few years. More recently, I started a recording studio and had my friends who I’ve met across the country come and make records. Every year seems to be more and […]