Arts

Performing Arts

Welcome to the Performing Arts Department of the Priory School. We offer a wide range of training in all aspects of the Performing Arts including Acting, Improvisation, Directing, Playwriting, Shakespeare, Stage Tech and Design, Stage Combat, Musical Theater, Choir, Wind Symphony, Jazz Ensemble, String Ensemble, Handbell Choir, as well as Guitar, Percussion, Music Theory, Composition, Music History, and more.

The Performing Arts are an integral part of life at Priory. At any given moment of the year, in both middle and high school, at least one-quarter of our student body is enrolled in a performing arts class, preparing to perform or run a production, or participating in an arts related club.

In Priory Performing Arts, all students are welcome to find and explore whatever art form may be their passion and hopefully try and discover new ones. We offer a professional, supportive and trusting environment where students are given skills to unlock their talents and encouraged to stretch themselves.

In the Fall of 2007 we opened our new Performing Arts Center consisting of:
  • The Rothrock Performance Hall, a 400 seat proscenium theater with a large stage and state of the art lighting, sound and audience seating.
  • The Verhalen Family "Black Box" theater classroom for classes and rehearsal space with full theatrical light and sound system.
  • The Marquart Family Set Shop, which allows us to construct sets on a grand scale.
  • The Barbara Crouse Choir Classroom and new Orchestra Classroom which are rehearsal rooms for our large Choirs and Orchestras, The Tamara and Dan Turner Family Midi Lab and Workroom which consists of eight computer stations with keyboards and composing software for music composition and analysis.
  • A complete stock of school owned instruments, instrument storage, two practice rooms with pianos, and recording equipment for instant playback and critique of rehearsals.
These facilities have allowed us to take already strong and growing programs and expand them even more. Our students are receiving training and producing productions and concerts at a collegiate or professional level and now they are putting that work up in world class facilities.

Current Productions

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  • Macbeth

     “Annie Jr” is the official adaptation of the fun and uplifting musical comedy based on the popular comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” that ran in newspapers for decades starting in 1924. The musical won 7 Tony Awards including Best Musical and has been performed the world over ever since. 
    The beloved book and score features some of the greatest musical theatre hits ever written, including "Tomorrow," “It’s the Hard-Knock Life,” and “You’re Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile.”
    Set in 1933 New York City during America’s “Great Depression” the musical tells the rags-to-riches tale of Annie, a 10 year-old orphan, and the many colorful characters in her life. 

    “Annie Jr” performs May 1st and 2nd at 7:00 and May 3rd at 2:00.
    With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, she embarks on a series of adventures with her friend Sandy the dog, trying to escape Hannigan, meeting the millionaire Oliver Warbucks and even President Roosevelt!

    • Priory Theater

  • PAC Reservation Form
    The PAC is managed by the Performing Arts Department. Use this form to reserve the PAC Lobby, PAC or Black Box.

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