Pingry Arts

In addition to the Central Jersey Marquee Awards and Montclair State University Theatre Night Awards, Pingry Dramatic Arts is also participating in the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards! Modeled after Broadway’s Tony Awards, the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards was created in 1996 to encourage and reward exceptional accomplishments in the production of New Jersey high school musicals. The Rising Star Awards is a statewide high school recognition program with over 100 schools participating.

Congratulations to our student and educator nominees:
The Educational Impact Award - The Pingry School
Supporting Actor in a Male-Identified Role — Xavier LeBlanc '29
Lighting Design — Alan Van Antwerp

As we look forward to the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards ceremony on June 9th, let’s wish them the best of luck in the comments below!

💐 👏 BRAVO to the Middle School Production of Beauty and the Beast Jr. for their amazing performance! Check out some highlights of the performance! 🎭

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On Saturday, May 9, the Pingry Middle School Chamber Choir, directed by Mr. Jay Winston and accompanied on piano by Ms. Emma Liu of the Lower School, competed in the Music in the Parks festival at Dorney Park in Allentown, PA! Competing for the first time ever, they achieved an excellent rating and first place in their category! Congratulations to the 19 singers, grades 6-9, on their fantastic music performances!

🎶🏆 What an incredible day at the “Music in the Parks” festival at Hershey Park last week! 🎉 Our Pingry Glee Club, a harmonious blend of the Balladeers and Buttondowns, soared to new heights by taking 1st place with a superior rating in the mixed choir category! 🥇🌟

But that’s not all—the Balladeers, making their debut in the Women’s Choir category, also struck gold with a first-place win and a superior rating! 🎤✨

And the cherry on top? The Balladeers took home the Best Overall Choir award, earning the highest score among all 14 ensembles (instrumental and vocal) that competed! 🎶👏

A day filled with triumph for the Balladeers, Buttondowns, our music program, and our entire school community! 🥳🎶

✨Hostetter Arts Center Gallery is Pleased to Present the Work of Jon Sarkin '71✨

Jon Sarkin '71 is a self-taught contemporary artist known for his densely layered works that combine text, imagery, and abstraction into highly personal visual narratives.

After a life-altering stroke in his 30s, Sarkin turned to art as a means of expression, developing a distinctive style that has been exhibited widely and featured in films, publications, and galleries across the country. For thirty-five years, working from his studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Sarkin produced an estimated twenty thousand drawings, paintings, collages, and mixed-media works. His method was stream-of-consciousness: layering ink, marker, paint, and found imagery across paper, foamboard, and disassembled vinyl record sleeves. Recurring motifs — Batman, cacti, jazz musicians, mantra-like word lists — cycle through the work with obsessive frequency.

Mr. Sarkin's impact on the Pingry Community was felt during his annual, one week Artist-in-Residencies, during which he met with visual art classes and created works on site. Throughout these Residencies, countless students and faculty were inspired by his work, his passion, and his life. His work will be on view in the Hostetter Arts Center Gallery from April 27 through May 20. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., when school is in session.

🎉🎭 Congratulations to students and faculty/staff who participated in this year’s winter musical Cabaret, who received an incredible 12 nominations and honorable mentions from the Central Jersey Marquee Awards! 🌟 Join us in wishing them the best of luck at the awards ceremony on Monday, May 18, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in the comments below!

Exciting news! Pingry's Dramatic Arts technical theater students and faculty have been nominated in the following categories by the MSU Foxy Theatre Night Awards for their work on the mainstage production of "The Grapes of Wrath"!

This year’s play category is the most competitive to date, with nearly 100 productions entered from across the state. The adjudicators said, “The level of artistry, storytelling, and technical ex*****on we saw was truly exceptional.”

Congratulations to our student and educator nominees:
• Outstanding Achievement by a Student Lighting Technician for a Play:
The Grapes of Wrath; Precious Anyanwu & Hannah Castiglione, The Pingry School

• Outstanding Achievement by a Student Set Technician & Builder
The Grapes of Wrath; Alex DeLorenzo, The Pingry School

• Outstanding Achievement by a Student Costume Designer for a Play:
The Grapes of Wrath; Alex Soultanian, The Pingry School

• Outstanding Achievement by a Student Makeup Designer for a Play:
The Grapes of Wrath; Yulia Gavrylak, The Pingry School

• Outstanding Achievement in Scenic Design for a Play
The Grapes of Wrath, Joseph Napolitano, The Pingry School

ICYMI, The Hostetter Gallery is pleased to present “Irene Rousseau: “Visualizing the Infinite: Geometry, Pattern, Scientific Imagination”, a solo exhibition of paintings and mosaics!

Irene Rousseau is a Summit, New Jersey–based artist whose work explores the visual language of mathematics through geometry and scientific inquiry. She earned a Ph.D. from New York University and an M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate University. Her work is held in major museum collections, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Tekniska Museet of Science & Technology in Stockholm. Her solo exhibitions include the Science & Art Festival in Athens and the New Jersey Institute of Architects. She received First Prize for Installation at the International Art Biennale Malta, the AIA/NJ Design Presentation Award, and a travel exhibition award from École Polytechnique in collaboration with the French Ministry of Culture and the Mathematical Society of France.

Ms Rousseau writes “I am not a mathematician; however, my work is deeply informed by mathematical thinking and scientific inquiry. My art is interdisciplinary and draws inspiration from concepts related to structure, symmetry, systems, and transformation found in nature and the universe. Guided by intuition and visual experimentation, the work functions as a form of modeling, using pattern, repetition, and variation to translate abstract mathematical ideas into perceptible form. The integration of geometry and organic complexity reflects a dialogue between natural systems and mathematical order."

The exhibition is up until Friday, April 24, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. whenever school is in session!

✨ An unforgettable few days for our Middle School students! 🎭 The cast, pit orchestra, and crew of this year's Middle School Musical, Beauty and the Beast Jr., received inspiring visits from Broadway star Jelani Remy (known for The Lion King and Back to the Future) and Pingry Alum Matthew Marvin ’14, who toured with Beauty and the Beast. 🌟 Jelani and Matthew shared their journeys as professional actors and led amazing workshops in movement, choreography, and vocals!