{"id":10261,"date":"2025-08-08T09:33:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/?page_id=10261"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:33:40","slug":"musical-theater-lab","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/musical-theater-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Musical Theater Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Screenshot_20250804_125435_Facebook\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/music\/files\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_20250804_125435_Facebook.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img 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href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/calendar\/event\/senior-recital-myka-stewart-cello\/\" class=\"c-calendar__link\"><span class=\"u-screen-reader-text\">Details for Senior Recital: Myka Stewart, cello<\/span><\/a>\n\n\t<header class=\"c-calendar__header\">\n\t\t<span class=\"c-calendar__date\">Sat, Apr 18 2:00 pm<\/span>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\t<h4 class=\"c-calendar__title\">\n\t\tSenior Recital: Myka Stewart, cello\n\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"c-calendar__location\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon icon-location\"><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/calendar\/venue\/christiansen-hall-of-music-100-urness-recital-hall\/\" title=\"Christiansen Hall of Music 100 Urness Recital Hall\">Christiansen Hall of Music 100 Urness Recital Hall<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__gettoknow site-panel__get_to_know panel panel-get_to_know 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