What shows did you do in high school? — Page 4

Middle school shows: an "I don't know how this was considered legal" Newsies, before the Broadway version became a thing, & Annie Jr.
High School: Pippin, You're A Good Man,Charlie Brown (didn't participate), Les Mis, and Leader of the Pack.
Community Theatre: Annie Jr., Godspell, and Les Mis.

Freshman year: Pinocchio (auditioned, didn't get cast), Thoroughly Modern Millie (ensemble), talent/variety show (got a solo musical act, but got kicked out because of grades. Whoops)

Sophomore year: A: An Adaptation of The Scarlet Letter (didn't audition), Beauty and the Beast (Lefou), One-act original plays (various)

Junior year: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Edmond), Hairspray (Wilbur Turnblad), Improv original called Bad Romance (didn't audition, but ended up in the show anyway LOL)

Senior year: Almost, Maine (didn't audition because I was in Legally Blonde outside of school), Curtains (Christopher Belling), Working (we did it with 24, rather than 6, but I did the duet towards the end of the show)

3-star thespian :)

Ah, what the hell.

6th grade: The Wizard of Oz (Munchkin)

7th grade: Peter Pan (Pirate)

8th grade: The Music Man (Ethel Toffelmier)

9th grade: Grease (Cha Cha/ensemble), Baby (ensemble)

10th grade: Once On This Island (Andrea), Fiddler on the Roof (Fruma Sarah)

11th grade: Crazy for You (Mitzi), Once Upon a Mattress (originally princess #12, upgraded to Lady Larkin)

12th grade: Annie (Star to Be), Into the Woods (Cinderella)

Do technical credits count, too? If so:

8th Grade: Guys and Dolls- Stage Manager, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer- Props Mistress

Freshman Year: Antigone- Assistant Props Mistress, Nice Work If You Can Get It- Assistant Stage Manager, Runaways (blackbox show)- Lighting Designer

Sophomore Year: Peter and the Starcatcher- Props/Set Designer, Bonnie and Clyde- Assistant Stage Manager, The Game's Afoot- Stage Manager, The Diviners- Assistant Stage Manager, And They Dance Real Slow in Jackson (blackbox show)- Sound Designer

Current: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe- Stage Manager (currently on hold due to flood damage in theatre)

What a fun thread topic!

We did (in order from my freshman year) R and H's Cinderella, Once Upon a Mattress, and Disney's High School Musical. Missed Carousel by a year. I was ticked.

Interestingly, I played a "woman of a certain age" in all three shows. In addition, Marrick Smith (of FUN HOME and the Muny's FORUM) was the Prince in our Cinderella. We're still friends!

Middle School - Story Theater & Your A Good Man Charlie Brown

Freshman - Carnival (roustabout)

Sophomore- West Side Story (Baby John)

Junior - Don't Drink The Water & Guys and Dolls (Niclely Nicely)

Senior - You can't Take It With You & She Loves Me (Head Waiter)

Freshman Year: Willie Conklin/Ensemble in Ragtime



Sophomore Year: the Dentist in Little Shop of Horrors, Ryan Evans in High School Musical and Grandpa in You Can’t Take It With You



Junior Year: Captain Georg von Trapp in the Sound of Music and Sebastian in the Little Mermaid



Senior Year: the Beast in Beauty and the Beast, Ryan Evans in High School Musical 2 and Hansel/the Giant in the Grimm Brothers Spectaculathon

Unfortunately I wasn't involved in any of the shows my school did. I stayed out because there was a lot of teenage drama bull**** with much of the cast and crew. I really regret not participating tbh because I only recently discovered a real appreciation for theatre

Freshman year: a straight play adaptation of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Apparently they attempted to do Grease a few years before and was such a colossal failure it was cancelled during rehearsals. No clue if the show was any good or not because I completely forgot to see it.

Sophomore year: Little Shop of Horrors. Their first attempt at a musical since the aborted Grease. Only like eight people auditioned and the student playing Seymour had to be convinced to do it without any prior acting or singing experience. I remember being fairly impressed by the production values for such a cheap school and all the performers were great. Definitely the best show they did.

Junior year: High School Musical. A dumb show but everyone had a ton of fun and the parts were perfectly cast.

Senior year: The Music Man. God bless everyone involved with it. They did their best with this show but I thought it was kinda ****. I was bored through most of it and have no idea why it's considered a classic.

This is fun.

Frosh: Smile (Ensemble)
Sophmore: Once Upon a Mattress (Jester)
Junior: Fiddler on the Roof (Motel), The Diviners (Dewey), Mayhem in Maeville (Bud)
Senior: Once on this Island (Tonton Julian), Godspell (Jesus), You Can't Take it With You (Tony)

Updated On: 9/7/17 at 07:36 PM

I did way more straight plays in high school than musicals (of which I did exactly 1) but whatever.

Freshman year: Our Town-- both of the Crowell brothers (beginning my long career of pants roles); The Odyssey-- Hermes

Sophomore year: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee-- Ensemble/Understudy (this show was during our theater department's "accident season" when half the cast was sick or injured at any given time, so while I never had to cover any of the leads, I was a frequent stand-in in rehearsals and I learned all of the female roles just in case.)

Junior year: Picnic-- Helen Potts (I got bumped up after the original Helen Potts got expelled. I was originally cast as Irma.)

Senior year: Ring Round the Moon-- Capulet (probably the best experience I've ever had doing a show, even if Ring Round the Moon is kind of a terrible play); Shakespeare in Hollywood-- Ensemble (probably the worst experience I've ever had working on a show. Funny how that works.

My school happened to be blessed with a well funded & supported arts department, so we did anywhere from 4-6 shows every year. Usually two of those were musicals: a fall semester production with auditions open to the whole school, and a spring semester production limited to the students who successfully auditioned & registered for a musical theatre class. We also had a one act play production class in the fall semester, and that was the show we took to the one act competitions (in my time, we went to the state level twice, which was a big point of pride many years ago lol).



So, in no particular order:

• Funny Girl (ensemble, also a terrible idea none of us enjoyed talking about when it was finished)
• Sweet Charity (Vittorio/ensemble. Fun fact: our Charity danced with the Rockettes last year)
• Big the Musical (ensemble)
• Little Shop of Horrors (started as the understudy Mushnik, took over full time when the regular guy got suspended for flashing some classmates...)
• Footloose (Rev. Moore. We cheated & used the original/Broadway libretto, and I shamelessly admit I enjoyed making people cry every night during "I Confess."
• A double bill of Chamber Music and selections from All In the Timing (I was Trotsky and one of guys in The Philadelphia)
• It Runs In the Family (I was Doctor something, the lead, and I never want to see that godforsaken play again)
• The Nerd (I've forgotten my character's name, but I was the grumpy boss of the lead who gets covered in cottage cheese in the second act. We used real cheese...)
• Antigone (sentry)
• Fiddler On the Roof (Tevye, a role I'd probably literally kill to play again when I'm old enough to do it justice)

I know I've forgotten a few. Like I said, we did a lot of shows. If you were an established theatre kid (and, like me, a guy), you were always busy. Damn near lettered twice in theatre, too. And, I'm happy to say quite a number of people I knew in high school theatre have gone on to have successful careers in the industry (no big names, but I can think of at least 8 of us working consistently in theatre/film/TV/theme parks/cruise ships).

I did not participate in any shows until Junior year, but I saw my school put on:

Competition one acts:

• Hair
• A Taste of Sunrise (won a state competition, was taken to a regional competition and recorded by PBS: https://scetv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/drama-performance-1/a-taste-of-sunrise-drama-arts-toolkit/#.WbVOcdN96WY 
• Bang Bang You're Dead

Full shows:

• Arsenic and Old Lace
• Shrek

Junior year:

• Peter and the Starcatcher (Smee)
• Bring It On the Musical (ran projections)

I am currently a senior and we're doing:

• You're a Good Man Charlie Brown (my first musical, playing Charlie Brown)
• The Balkan Women (one act, in a crew position since rehearsals are the same time as Charlie)

Upcoming and planning to audition for:

• The Little Mermaid
• to be announced Spring one act

Updated On: 9/10/17 at 10:39 AM