Gilbert Fine Arts Boosters

05/29/2026

Congratulations to the following students Thomas Barbier, Audrey Hilleman, Ashley Heimer, Gwen Pistilli, Elijah Dahlstrom & Wyatt Jones who all performed at the Iowa High School Musical Awards Showcase last night. The showcase will be aired again on IPTV in June.

Gilbert High School will have students performing at the Iowa High School Musical Awards tonight at 7 pm. If you would like to watch, the program will be live-streamed. Please use the link below to watch!



https://www.iowapbs.org/shows/musicaltheater/episode/14153/2026-iowa-high-school-musical-theater-awards-showcase

05/11/2026

Gilbert had a great day at Large Group Contest at North Polk on Friday, May 8. All Gilbert choirs and bands received straight Division I “Superior” ratings. And Chamber Choir received a perfect score. Congratulations!

05/11/2026

Congratulations to our Gilbert High School production of “The Prince of Egypt!”

The Prince of Egypt was an amazing show put on by our Gilbert High School theater students this past fall, we all knew it when we watched it live. And now the cast and crew are piling up ...

05/08/2026

We are so excited to announce the results of the 2026 IHSMTA (Iowa High School Musical Theatre Awards) from the Fall Musical Production,
“The Prince of Egypt”!!
Outstanding Overall Performance
Outstanding Student Orchestra
Outstanding Achievement in a Principal Role: Thomas Barbier as “Moses”
Outstanding Achievement in a Principal Role: Ashley Heimer as “Tzipporah”
Outstanding Achievement in a Principal Role: Audrey Hilleman as “Miriam”
Outstanding Achievement in a Behind-the-Scenes Role: Gwendolyn Pistilli for Publicity
Special Recognition for Ensemble
Special Recognition in a Principal Role: Bree Moore as “Nefertari”
Special Recognition in a Principal Role: Elijah Dahlstrom as “Ramses”
Special Recognition in a Behind-the-Scenes Role: Bayley Hintz for Sound Designer
Congratulations to Gwen for being selected to attend the Behind-the-Scenes Day on May 20th;
as well as have a special recognition at the IHSMTA Showcase.
Congratulations to Thomas for being selected to perform a Spotlight Medley at the IHSMTA
Showcase, singing an excerpt “Footprints on the Sand”
Congratulations to Ashley and Audrey for being selected to perform in one of the medleys at the
IHSMTA Showcase.
Congratulations to Bree and Elijah for also being selected to perform in one of the medleys at
the IHSMTA Showcase.
You will be able to see all six of these amazing people at the Iowa High School Musical Theater
Awards Showcase on May 28th at 7 pm.
Tickets will go on sale on May 15th at 10 am. THEY SELL OUT FAST!

05/08/2026

05/07/2026

04/09/2026

Gilbert High School is proud to present its spring play, “The Wizard of Oz,” which will take place this Friday and Saturday inside the GHS Auditorium.

Friday, April 10: 7 p.m. show time (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)

Saturday, April 11: 2 p.m. show time (doors open at 1:30 p.m.)

Tickets are $8 for students and $10 for adults, and can be purchased at the door or at this link: https://www.gobound.com/ia/schools/gilbert/tickets.

Thank you to GHS senior Gwen Pistilli for making this poster. She does a fantastic job with promotion for our fine arts department!

We hope to see all of you there!

03/23/2026

After the conclusion of the state individual speech contest in Council Bluffs last Saturday, we are thrilled to announce that senior Alyse Beyer (Radio News Announcing) and sophomore Sarah VanDyk (Storytelling) were selected to perform at the All-State Festival for individual speech on Monday, March 30th at the University of Northern Iowa. This is the first all-state speech nomination for both students! Congratulations!!!

03/10/2026

Gilbert Night of Jazz tonight at 7pm at the Gilbert High School auditorium featuring Tiger Voices, Gilbert High and Gilbert Middle Jazz Bands. The concert is free; please come out to support our music students.

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03/06/2026

Congratulations to our Gilbert High School individual speech students on giving great performances at their first competition of the season, held at Bondurant-Farrar High School last weekend.

Of Gilbert’s 34 performances, 25 received Division I ratings and qualified for the state contest later this month in Council Bluffs.

Advancing to state were:

-Thomas Barbier: Literary Program
-Alyse Beyer: Original Oratory and Radio News Announcing
-Matthew Clute: After Dinner Speaking and Poetry
-Canaan Dunn: Reviewing
-Sabine Escalera: Improv
-Sophie Govias: Videocasting
-Kate Hansen: Solo Musical Theatre and Storytelling
-Ashley Heimer: Reviewing and Solo Musical Theatre
-Kaylee Higgins: Acting and Improv
-Audrey Hilleman: Solo Musical Theatre
-Ada McKilligan: Original Oratory
-Amelie Newstrom: Solo Musical Theatre
-Regan Richards: Improv
-Dominic Saienga: Improv
-Audrey Spiess: Reviewing
-Maggie VanDyk: Acting
-Sarah VanDyk: Storytelling and Acting
-Molly Weiler: Literary Program
-Olivia White: Prose