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What shows have you selected for the coming year? PLEASE share your choices!

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James Thomas Bailey
Director of Theatre Arts
Justin-Siena HS, Napa CA
Artistic Director, CSz Los Angeles
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"The Christmas Crisis" (from Next Stage Press) for our Fall play

"Hello, Dolly!" for our Spring musical

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Robin Blasberg
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Fall production: Little Mermaid jr. (class show)

Winter production:  Night of one acts - Surprise, Sad and Gad (from Almost, Maine), Kiss & Any Body for Tea?  - I wanted to call the evening 4 Play because it is 4 plays about the beginning of relationships but. my principal thought it was "not appropriate for High School" Any thoughts on how to rename?

Spring production: Top contenders - Curtains, Wonderful Town, Me & My Girl, and Into the Woods

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Marla Blasko
Director/Teacher Theatre Arts
Long Reach High School
Columbia, Maryland
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The Play That Goes Wrong High School Edition

Frozen

The Importance of Being Earnest 

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Natalie (Saunders) Dommer
Pasadena Memorial High School
Pasadena, Texas
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I always love reading this thread! Pembroke Hill in Kansas City has this line up:

The Laramie Project - fall play

Guys and Dolls- Winter musical

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Spring play 

Cheers to the waning days of summer! 

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Tracy Herber
Theatre Director/Performing Arts Chair
The Pembroke Hill School
MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 7/25/2026 11:34:00 PM
From: Tracy Herber
Subject: RE: Tell Us Your Season!

I always love reading this thread! Pembroke Hill in Kansas City has this line up:

The Laramie Project - fall play

Guys and Dolls- Winter musical

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) - Spring play 

Cheers to the waning days of summer! 

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Tracy Herber
Theatre Director/Performing Arts Chair
The Pembroke Hill School
MO
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Original Message:
Sent: 7/26/2026 8:05:00 AM
From: Jill Panyard
Subject: RE: Tell Us Your Season!

Encore Home School Productions is performing Sense&Sensibility, Kate Hamill adaptation (does anyone have a Mrs Ferrars puppet?) and Oliver for the spring musical. 

Our mainstage season includes our fall play Make 'Em Laugh by Jason Odell Williams & our spring musical is Come From Away.

We are looking forward to highlighting our class shows as well and student directors will have a chance to choose those productions once our school year is underway.

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Julie Estrada, MEd
Theatre Educator
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Hello Everyone!

I coach middle school theater and high school large group and individual speech. My middle school students are performing The Black Pearl for our fall show. I write the scripts myself and this one is based on Treasure Island and Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

We'll be performing cuttings from classic plays such as Our Town for our winter showcase. I'm still undecided on our spring one act. Our high school troupe is performing Frozen for our fall musical. I hope to write an adaptation of Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys for our reader's theatre (with the author's consent) and I'm still deciding on our ensemble acting pieces. 

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Elizabeth Bos
Language and Theatre Arts Teacher
Pella Christian Schools
bose@pceagles.org
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Original Message:
Sent: 07-27-2026 09:45
From: Julie Estrada
Subject: Tell Us Your Season!

Our mainstage season includes our fall play Make 'Em Laugh by Jason Odell Williams & our spring musical is Come From Away.

We are looking forward to highlighting our class shows as well and student directors will have a chance to choose those productions once our school year is underway.

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Julie Estrada, MEd
Theatre Educator
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My husband and I are in the process of writing our Fall play, as we have done the past two years. It will be fairy tale based, sort of a film noir spoof. No title yet. In the Spring, we do a variety show in our cafeteria with our music department, featuring one or two student written one acts, improv games, musical performances, and comedic interjections from our host. Budget and stage time are huge issues in our district. Our stage is in the gym, and it's nearly impossible to get adequate stage time to rehearse. 

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Mia Nokes
Theatre & Speech
East Newton High School
East Newton R-VI Schools
Granby, MO
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I only do one show a year because I pull students from seven area high schools and try not to overlap their fall and spring shows. It's not a musical year, and my seniors have requested something historical and maybe dark/scary (not my wheelhouse!). My current shortlist is:

Queens

Frankenstein's Mary Shelley

Theatrefolk's Dracula 

The Book Women

Antigone in Munich

If you've seen, produced, or worked on any of these titles, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

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Cassy Maxton-Whitacre
Theatre, Film, and Communications Instructor
Shenandoah Valley Governor's School
Fishersville, VA
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She Kills Monsters

Rock of Ages

Mamma Mia

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Phil Forman
Director of Theatre Arts
Timnath Middle High School
CO
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Night of the Living Dead - Fall Play

Hadestown: Teen Edition - Spring Musical 

Play On! - Spring Play

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Guy Mitchell M.Ed.
Chapter Director
Oklahoma Thespians
Troupe 2017 Director
Del City, Oklahoma
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Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2026 11:15:00 AM
From: Guy Mitchell
Subject: RE: Tell Us Your Season!

Night of the Living Dead - Fall Play

Hadestown: Teen Edition - Spring Musical 

Play On! - Spring Play

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Guy Mitchell M.Ed.
Chapter Director
Oklahoma Thespians
Troupe 2017 Director
Del City, Oklahoma
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