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The Spring Lake Park Schools Theater department presents a full season of performances each year. All performances take place in the Spring Lake Park High School Fine Arts Center at 1100 81st Ave NE, Spring Lake Park. Tickets will be available online or at the door, for a dollar more a ticket. Please note, ticket prices vary by show. 

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Grades 5-6 Musical: Lost Boys

The most valuable item in the Kingdom of Make Believe is a Magical Book from which all the stories of the world spring forth. When it is stolen, it’s up to 4 smart, savvy kids to get it back. They’re aided by characters that have been displaced from the book and magically brought to life – Cinderella, Captain Hook, some of Peter Pan’s Lost Boys, several Fairies and many more. Will they be able to recapture the book and return the magic of reading to the world? Come and find out, and bring the whole family along to this delightful comedy, full of catchy, memorable songs and characters that are laugh-out-loud funny.

Performance dates:

  • Friday, December 6, 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 7, 7 p.m.

Written and Directed by: Kevin Dutcher

SLPHS One-Act Play: Girls in the Boat

Girls in the Boat was inspired by the true stories of the U.S. women’s Olympic rowing team. A group of smart, fiery young women fight discrimination and prejudice to compete in the male-dominated sport of rowing.  Despite their diverse backgrounds and politics, they literally pull together to reach their goals in a fast-paced drama that reminds us of what we can all do if we have a common purpose. As our heroines break barriers of race and gender, their newly minted U.S. women’s rowing team goes on to become the most winning sports team in American history.

Performances:

  • January 17, 7 p.m.
  • January 18, 2 p.m.

Competition:

  • Prelims - January 23
  • Finals - February 30

Produced by special arrangement with THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC., of Woodstock, Illinois.

Westwood Musical: High School Musical, One-Act Edition

It’s the first day after winter break at East High. The Jocks, Brainiacs, Thespians and Skater Dudes all find their cliques. Basketball team captain and resident jock, Troy, discovers that the brainy Gabriella, a girl he met singing karaoke on his ski trip, has just enrolled at East High. The couple cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical. Although many students resent the threat posed to the "status quo," Troy and Gabriella’s alliance might just open the door for others to shine as well.

Performance dates:

  • Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7 p.m.
  • Friday, February 28, 2025, 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 1, 2025, 2 p.m.

Book by: DAVID SIMPATICO | Songs by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil; Ray Cham, Greg Cham and Andrew Seeley; Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn; Andy Dodd and Adam Watts; Bryan Louiselle; David N. Lawrence and Faye Greenberg; Jamie Houston | Music Adapted, Arranged and Produced by: Bryan Louiselle | Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie | Written by: Peter Barsocchini | Directed by: Kevin Dutcher

SLPHS Spring Musical: Hello, Dolly!

This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play, “The Matchmaker” bursts onto the stage with humor, romance, energetic dance numbers and some of the greatest songs in musical theatre history. It’s the story of Dolly Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker, as she attempts to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. Along the way she also succeeds in matching up the young and beautiful Widow Molloy with Vandergelder’s head clerk, Cornelius Hackl; Cornelius’ assistant, Barnaby Tucker, with Mrs. Molloy’s assistant, Minnie Fay; and the struggling artist, Ambrose Kemper, with Mr. Vandergelder’s forlorn niece, Ermengarde. Mrs. Levi tracks Vandergelder from his hay and feed store in Yonkers to Mrs. Molloy’s hat shop in New York, out onto the streets of the city and finally to the most elegant and expensive restaurant in town. Does everyone end up “happily ever after?” Come join us and find out!

Performance dates:

  • Friday, April 25,7 p.m.
  • Saturday, April 26, 7:30 p.m. (This show was originally scheduled at 2 p.m.)
  • Friday, May 2, 7 p.m.
  • Saturday, May 3, 7 p.m.
  • Sunday, May 4, 2 p.m., ASL performance

Book by: Michael Stewart Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman | Based on the play: The Matchmaker | by: Thornton Wilder Original Production | Directed and Choreographed by: Gower Champion | Directed by: Kevin Dutcher

Theater students sing and dance on stage in a western production