Drama Club

• Elective, grades 9–12
• .5 credit for one semester
• Prerequisite: none

In Drama 1, students will explore, study, and perform beginning and intermediate concepts of acting. Units include: improvisation/theatre games, vocal technique, character development, scene work, and auditioning. Creativity, self-confidence, arts awareness, theatre terminology and etiquette are emphasized.

This course can be taken as an English elective credit; however, it does not meet NCAA English requirements for student athletes.

• Elective, grades 9–12
• .5 credit for one semester
• Prerequisite: Drama 1

In Drama 2, students will focus on improving their acting skills. Character development, text interpretation, and dramatic literature will be studied throughout the year. Units include two-person scenes, monologues, technical theatre, and beginning directing.

Outside hours at school required. Students in Drama 2 will have the opportunity to participate in a production as an actor or stage crew member.

This course can be taken as an English elective credit; however, it does not meet NCAA English requirements for student athletes.

• Visual/Performing Art, English College in the High School credit
• Visual/Performing Art, English or Elective
• 1.0 credit for year-long
• Prerequisite: Drama 2 or instructor permission

This course will include full-length productions that will be rehearsed both inside and outside of class and performed as part of the theatre's season. In addition, there will be study of major styles and movements in acting, and the literature that corresponds with them. Dramatic literature, original scripts, and improvisation will be performed both within school as part of an integrated curriculum as well as expected independent and outside projects.

This course can earn 5 College in the High School credits from Central Washington University by earning a C or better.

A play by Neil Simon, produced with permission of Concord Theatricals.

By D.W. Gregory, produced by special arrangement with Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, IL.

A radio play that relies on voice acting.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is a musical written for television, but later played on stage, with music by Richard Rodgers and a book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based upon the fairy tale Cinderella, particularly the French version Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre ("Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper"), by Charles Perrault. The story concerns a young woman forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother and self-centered stepsisters, who dreams of a better life. With the help of her Fairy Godmother, Cinderella is transformed into a Princess and finds her Prince.

The Addams Family is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice.

Almost, Maine is a play by John Cariani, comprising nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine.

The annual student showcase, featuring performances and an art gallery exhibit.

NTHS annual showcase featuring 2 student-written stage productions, student poetry, song, dance, and color guard performances. A full gallery of art exhibits across a variety of disciplines, featuring 200+ works of art created by North Thurston art students.

The Miracle Worker is a three-act play by William Gibson adapted from his 1957 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name.

A musical based on the book James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl. Words and music by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.

A celebration of student written plays, music, poetry, dance, and art. Witness the collaboration of drama, art, and creative writing students.

Music by Alan Menken. Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Time Rice. Based on Disney's Beauty and the Beast.