FOR THE LOVE OF DRAMA

In drama classes, the Viola Spolin method is used as a basis for theater training for comedy and straight drama. Students learn improvisation and present various scenes to classmates for discussion and critiques. The Upper School productions generally include Shakespeare in the fall and a musical in the spring that brings Broadway a little closer to home.

Images from Past Performances
Fall 2022: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Spring 2023: URINETOWN
Fall 2023: Peter and the Starcatcher

Upcoming Events

UPPER SCHOOL 2023-2024 PRODUCTIONS

Fall Show: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
November 3 - 13, 2023
Metairie Park Country Day School presents our fall production of PETER AND THE STARCATCHER, a play by Rick Elice based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson and featuring music by Wayne Barker. PETER AND THE STARCATCHER serves as the origin story of two of the most iconic characters in children's literature: Peter Pan and Captain Hook. Two ships are tasked with taking two trunks—one containing secret cargo belonging to Queen Victoria and the other a decoy—to the mysterious island of Rundoon. But getting there won't be easy. Along the way are pirates, hurricanes, shipwrecks, more islands, flying cats, giant crocodiles, mermaids, and a magical substance called Starstuff that changes everyone who comes into contact with it. Our production weaves the whole world of this awfully big adventure with only 12 actors and a bare stage, providing a unique theatrical experience to excite the imagination. 

Winter Show: SIX: THE MUSICAL (TEEN EDITION)
January 19-29, 2024

This show is currently playing on Broadway and professional stages all over the world! The show features the six wives of Henry VIII, wives familiar to most people by the chant "Divorced, Beheaded, Died, Divorced, Beheaded, Survived," alluding to the way each marriage---and each wife's story as we know it---ended. In SIX: THE MUSICAL, though, they're refashioned as a pop sextet, competing to see whose story will earn them both the audience's approval and the spot of lead vocalist. 

Spring Show:  ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
March 15 - 25, 2024

An adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's "The Princess and the Pea." This classic musical premiered on Broadway 65 years ago, but it is still as fresh and funny as though it were written today. Lovesick royals Lady Larken and Sir Harry need to get married right away, but Queen Aggravain has forbidden any weddings until her son Prince Dauntless the Drab takes a bonafide princess as his wife. Aggravain creates impossible challenges to test each prospective princess, dismissing one after another until she meets her match in Princess Winifred the Woebegone. As Winifred charms her way into Dauntless's heart, Aggravain and her Wizard henchman devise a test that they're sure will expose Winifred as a fraud: twenty mattresses and a tiny pea. Filled with quirky characters, fun songs, and a very busy ensemble, this is a show with something for everyone.



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    Sean Patterson 

    Middle and Upper School Drama Specialist, Middle School DEI Co-Facilitator
    (504) 840-3989