A huge thank you to our 2024-25 Season Sponsors for making these productions and many AHS theatre activities possible!
November 7-17, 2024 | Preas Theatre
Music performed by members of the AHS Band
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady and her friends devise a "Revenge Party" to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.
May 1-10, 2025 | Preas Theatre
Music performed by members of the AHS Band
"9 to 5 The Musical, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is based on the seminal 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s. this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking and even a little romantic.
Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy – giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she?" (Source: Music Theatre International, 2010)
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Vision Wealth Group/The Solka Family
PRODUCERS
Personal Growth ATX
The Cavanagh Blanton Family
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Draught House Pub & Brewery (the Wilson family)
Silke Morin and Nelan Schwartz
The Szymczak Family
BENEFACTORS
Chase Unberhagen & Janet Slover
The Bruner-Trieff Family
The Bertelsen Family
The Lehrach Family
The Webster Family
PATRONS
Jana Catterall in memory of Keller Fornes
SUPPORTERS
Christina Baird
Ashley Beard
Kelly Bolerjack
Brian Byrwa
Julie Calhoun
Lori Cantrell
Michele Cole
Carla Cook
Marcus DePena
Todd Gardner
Tiffany Ghaharie
Neia Hoffman
Samantha Hooten
Emily Howell
Jill Kennedy
Amanda Kroll
Cory Lock Ku
Heather McLeod
Kate Meehan
Summer Orthmann
Lauren Romero
David Sanger
Nicole Stover
Keri Unberhagen
Erin Walter
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THINGS I KNOW TO BE TRUE, BY ANDREW BOVELL
DISTRICT COMPETITION
Advancing Play in the 6A Division
Outstanding Technician: Paige Solka
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Tanner Cole
All-Star Cast: Sharky Meehan
BI-DISTRICT COMPETITION
Advancing Play in the 6A Division
Outstanding Technician: Chris Carrera
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Jacob Baird
All-Star Cast: Tanner Cole and Sharky Meehan
AREA COMPETITION
Outstanding Technician: Jameson Webster
Honorable Mention All-Star Cast: Emily Lehrach
All-Star Cast: Tanner Cole and Sharky Meehan
December 5, 2024 | Preas Theatre
A magical night of song and dance! Amazing performances by AHS Theatre Department students! Hot chocolate!
December 13, 2024 | Preas Theatre
Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. And it’s not quite a town, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it almost doesn’t exist. One cold, clear, winter night, as the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, the residents of Almost, Maine, find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night’s dream. Be sure to bring a thick layer of clothing as the weather forecast will be predicting some snow!
A huge thank you to our 2023-24 Season Sponsors for making these productions and many AHS theatre activities possible!
April 4-13, 2024
Preas Theatre
This moving and unconventional song cycle bursts with originality as it examines the interconnectedness of us all through life's shared experiences - from the hilarious to the heartbreaking. From Drama Desk Award nominees Neil Bartram and Brian Hill (The Story of My Life), The Theory of Relativity is a joyous and moving look about our surprisingly interconnected lives. Whether you're allergic to cats, in love for the first or tenth time, a child of divorce, a germaphobe or simply a unique individual, audience members and actors alike are sure to find themselves in this fresh new musical.
February 16-17, 2024
Preas Theatre
When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys' expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that they are stronger united and create a movement to fight for what's right.
~ Music Theatre International
May 9 - 12, 2024
Preas Theatre
When a group of teenagers’ bullying of another student goes too far, they are left with an unplanned death [Adam] on their conscience. The mixed up group panic and decide to cover up their involvement in Adam's death. However, when they realize their deception has worked and actually brings peace to their confused lives, how do they move forwards? The teenagers split into two camps when they realize that their actions have framed an innocent man for their crime. But is this enough of an incentive to put right their wrong? And what happens when the presumed dead come back to life? Dennis Kelly’s twenty-first century play for young people calls society’s response to cruelty, bullying, peer pressure and pack mentality into question. Are these behaviors societal and learned, or are they inherent in us all?
PRODUCERS
The Faludi Family
The Helsey's
Bill and Shelley Kilday
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Silke Morin and Nelan Schwartz
The Szymczak Family
Captain Ouzos
Cosmo, Elliot, Rory & Phineas
BENEFACTORS
Heather, Lucia and Espen Hansen
Judy & Jim Brush
The Calhoun Family
The Ku Family
The Lehrach Family
The Nash Family
PATRONS
Michelle Bertelsen
Leslie Blanton
The McConnell Family
The Todor Family
SUPPORTERS
Kristy Anderson
Ashley Beard
Shaina Byron
Santiago Cotera
Allison Crutchfield
Leigh de la Reza
Noah De Lissovoy
Billy & Annie Dragoo
Cortney Easterwood
Kathryn Erwin
Denise Garcia
Stacey Gardner
Sheyla Gonzalez
Sean Henry
Emily Howell
Claire Jones
Amanda Kroll
Ryan Leugers
Drew and Stacy Mackintosh
Raul Mello
Summer Orthman
Sean Peterson
Daniella Sadeh
David Sanger
Natasha Siefritz
John Shepperd
Shelley Solka
Nicole Stover
Rachel Thomas
Kelly Unberhagen
Hilary Whitfield
Rebecca Williams
Catherine Wusterhausen
Patrick Yonnone