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Student Life
Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Department supports a variety of co-curricular opportunities in drama, choral and orchestral music, and dance. Students are given the opportunity to grow as artists, collaborate with their peers, and perform beautiful productions of theater, music, and dance. See below for a complete list of opportunities and more information on how to reserve tickets.
2019-20 Season
We are so excited for this year's shows. Contact Steve Borowka, Performing Arts Department Chair, with any quesitons.
Upper School Fall Play: The Art of Coarse Acting
Auditions: September 23 & 24
Performances: December 13, 14, 15
Middle School Play: Metamorphoses
Auditions: November 25, 26
Performances: February 7, 8, 9
School Musical: Spring Awakening
Auditions: January 21 & 22
Performances: April 17, 18, 19
Fifth & Sixth Grade Play: Across The Sky
Auditions: March 3 and 5
Performances: May 7, 8, and 9
Upper School Fall Play: The Art of Coarse Acting
Auditions: September 23 & 24
Performances: December 13, 14, 15
Middle School Play: Metamorphoses
Auditions: November 25, 26
Performances: February 7, 8, 9
School Musical: Spring Awakening
Auditions: January 21 & 22
Performances: April 17, 18, 19
Fifth & Sixth Grade Play: Across The Sky
Auditions: March 3 and 5
Performances: May 7, 8, and 9
US Autumn Choral & Orchestra Concert: November 21, 7pm
US Jazz Winter Concert: December 11, 7pm
US Jazz Winter Concert: December 11, 7pm
MS (6-8) Winter Concert: December 18, 5pm
US Spring Concert: April 29, 7pm
US Jazz Concert: April 30, 7pm
MS (5-8) Spring Concert: May 20, 5pm
Mark Your Calendar!
Audition Info
Email Steve for an Audition Packet and more information about the Spring Musical.
Media Archives
Metamorphoses - 2020
The Art of Coarse Acting - 2019
Humpty Dumpty is Missing! - 2019
Little Shop of Horrors - 2019
The Skin of Our Teeth- 2019
Twelfth Night - 2018
One Act Festival - 2018
Lockers - 2018
Here Be Dragons - 2018
Animal Farm - 2018
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - 2017
One Act Festival - 2017
Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit - 2017
Into the Woods - 2017
The Secret in the Wings - 2017
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2016
A Midsummer Night's Midterm - 2016
Dancers Responding to AIDS - 2016
Peter Pan - 2016
All Shook Up - 2016
Blood Brothers - 2015
Grade 5 Play - 2015
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dancers Responding to AIDS - 2015
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - 2015
Romeo & Juliet - 2014
Les Misérables - 2014
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The Art of Coarse Acting - 2019
Humpty Dumpty is Missing! - 2019
Little Shop of Horrors - 2019
The Skin of Our Teeth- 2019
Twelfth Night - 2018
One Act Festival - 2018
Lockers - 2018
Here Be Dragons - 2018
Animal Farm - 2018
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein - 2017
One Act Festival - 2017
Law & Order: Fairy Tale Unit - 2017
Into the Woods - 2017
The Secret in the Wings - 2017
A Midsummer Night's Dream - 2016
A Midsummer Night's Midterm - 2016
Dancers Responding to AIDS - 2016
Peter Pan - 2016
All Shook Up - 2016
Blood Brothers - 2015
Grade 5 Play - 2015
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Dancers Responding to AIDS - 2015
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - 2015
Romeo & Juliet - 2014
Les Misérables - 2014
Click to see more...
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