Spotswood High School Theatre Department

History Admin StaffWeb Academics Activities Athletics Media Center 25 Years! Home     Annie Get Your Gun Gallery Wizard of Oz Gallery Oz Gallery #2 Once Upon a Maitress Gallery	Classes (5)   Musical Theatre: a course designed to give students experience in auditioning, analyzing, and performing selections from musical theatre. Students will learn the history of musical theatre as well as applications in acting while singing on stage.   Speech Application: an introductory course covering all aspects of theatre, including acting, set and costume design, puppetry, and script creation. The course focuses on developing student comfort on stage using theatre games and exercises.
Past Musicals: Damn Yankees 1981 Bye Bye Birdie 1982 Pippin 1983 HMS Pinafore 1984 Hello, Dolly 1985 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 1986 Grease 1987 Once Upon a Mattress 1989 Sound of Music 1990 Oliver 1991 Music Man 1992 Fiddler on the Roof 1993 Godspell 1994 The Wiz 1995 Bye By Birdie 1998 The Sound of Music '99 The Music Man '00 Once Upon A Mattress '01 Little Shop of Horrors '02 Into the Woods '03 Pirates of Penzance '04 The Wizard of Oz '05 Annie Get Your Gun '06 'Cinderella 07 Peter Pan 08 Oklahoma! 09	Theatre I: a continuation of coursework from Speech Application, with an emphasis on performance and deepening student's technical theatre skills.
	Theatre II: An advanced theatre course preparing students to audition for and participate in professional and amateur theatre post-high school. Theatre II class presents a children's play each year for visiting elementary school students.
	Technical Theatre: a course designed to introduce students to all aspects of tech theatre, including set construction and decoration, stage management, makeup, lighting, and costume design.	.
Over the years, several talented teachers have led Drama at SHS. Kathleen Milligan 2006 - present Leah Kirkpatrick  2004-06 Alan Heatwole 2001-04 Kenneth Gibson   1998-01 Michelle Crotteau   1993-98	Spring 2010 The musical "Little Women" is based on the well known novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.  It tells the story of the March sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, as they grow up during the Civil War era. Fall of 2009: Spotswood will present its competition one act play, along with other one-act productions from select classes in the theatre department for its Spotswood Spotlight Productions Night; a celebration of the International Thespian Society induction ceremony. The date and play titles have yet to be chosen; keep an eye out for updates! Drama '08-'09 Extracurricular Activities - SHS has many activities through which students can experience theatre outside of the classroom. Drama Club and the International Honors Society - SHS's Drama Club is linked to our chapter of the International Honor's Society, founded in 2004. The International Honors Society (ITS) is an educational theatre organization created to honor and foster high school theatre. Members are inducted after completing a minimum of 100 hours in theatre work. Drama club sponsors field trips to see live theatre and raises funds for SHS productions. One Act - Each year, SHS produces a one act play which performs at the Virginia High School League Valley District Festival, with the opportunity to advance to Regionals and States. This one act also competes at Virginia Theatre Association's State conference. The 2007-2008 production, The Good Doctor, placed second at districts and first at regionals. The 2008-2009 production, The Lady is Not for Burning, ranked among the top five competition plays at VTA. Musical: The Theatre Department co-sponsors the musical with the music department, and features a live orchestra and amazing sets and costumes.