Theatre Arts

Saint Mary’s High School boasts an award-winning Theatre Arts Department, having been honored in competitions and festivals throughout northern California. Nearly 100 students participate in annual productions of a fall play and a spring musical, both onstage (acting, singing, dancing) and backstage (leadership, running lights or sound, building sets, props, costume or makeup design). Led by adult professionals, students are trained to excel in all areas of Theatre Arts, not only preparing them for success in college or as a career but also helping them acquire and sharpen critical life skills in public speaking, communication, problem-solving, adaptability, and more!

In the classroom, we offer courses for all skill sets and grade levels, including Beginning Drama, Intermediate Drama, and Advanced Drama Workshop (Honors), as well as Technical Theatre 1 and 2. Participation in the fall and spring productions also receive either graded or pass-fail course credit through Drama Special Studies-Cast or Drama Special Studies-Crew.

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UPCOMING AND CURRENT PRODUCTIONS

Wagon Wheels West (or How the West Was Fun) will be performed November 5th-8th, 2026 at the Long Theatre, University of the Pacific. Audiences will love cheering the hero and booing the villain in this hilarious Old West musical comedy melodrama! Bring the whole family!

Hadestown: Teen Edition will be performed April 9th-17th, 2027, at the Long Theatre, University of the Pacific. Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, this crowd-pleasing hit show is still on Broadway! Using a unique mix of folk music, jazz and blues, Hadestown powerfully reimagines two love stories from Greek mythology: the young, idealistic Orpheus and Eurydice, and the powerful gods at-odds Hades and Persephone.