The HHCA Theater Department is dedicated to creating a collaborative learning environment with exceptional education in the dramatic arts. We aim to elicit creative self-expression, critical thinking, confidence, and artistry through our theater course offerings, main stage productions and other performance occasions. Students are given opportunities to showcase the talents our Lord has blessed them with as performers, directors, designers, musicians and stage technicians. We are also committed to producing superior shows that will continue to delight, entertain, and educate audiences.
2019-2020 Main Stage Productions
Beth Green (LS Director of Music & Drama) and Michelle McElroy, (Director of Middle & Upper School Theatre), are joining forces to produce HHCA’s second annual Lower School theatre camp production! Based on the classic animated film, Disney's 101 Dalmatians KIDS is a fur-raising adventure featuring Cruella De Vil, Disney's most outrageous villain, and 101 of the most adorable heroes to set their paws onstage. With a high-spirited score and lovable characters, this stage adaptation is certain to charm and delight all audiences. This after school camp is open to all Lower School students.
Based on the beloved, timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake.
Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas.. Auditions for this 20ish person cast will be open to students grades 8-12.
Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil's former army commander. The dazzling score features well known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas.. Auditions for this 20ish person cast will be open to students grades 8-12.
Inspired by Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night and featuring the music of Elvis Presley with a book by Joe DiPietro, this jukebox musical follows a small Midwestern town that is thrown into a frenzy with the arrival of Chad, a good-looking, motorcycle-riding roustabout, who rides from town to town with a guitar on his back, blue suede shoes on his feet, and a song in his heart. Repressed by their conservative mayor, the town begins to come alive once more under Chad’s influence. All Shook Up is a rocking, heartwarming tale about following dreams, opening up to love, and the power of music. Performed by students in High School Theatre class.
Frozen JR. is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage. The show features all of the memorable songs from the animated film, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, plus five new songs written for the Broadway production. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor, Frozen JR. is sure to thaw even the coldest heart! Open to rising 2nd-9th grade.