Fall 2022 - The Diary of Anne Frank

​In this transcendently powerful new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. An impassioned drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, The Diary of Anne Frank captures the claustrophobic realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne’s voice shines through: “When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” This is a new adaptation for a new generation.

Friday & Saturday, November 11th-12th, @7PM
Sunday, November 13th, @3PM
Griffith Junior Senior High School Auditorium

Spring 2022 - Grease

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.

Friday, April 22nd-23rd, @7PM 
Sunday, April 24th, @3PM
​GHS Auditorium

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Fall 2021 - The Mousetrap

After a local woman is murdered, the guests and staff at Monkswell Manor find themselves stranded during a snowstorm. It soon becomes clear that the killer is among them, and the seven strangers grow increasingly suspicious of one another. A police detective, arriving on skis, interrogates the suspects: the newlyweds running the house; a spinster with a curious background; an architect who seems better equipped to be a chef; a retired Army major; a stranger who claims her car has overturned in a drift; and a jurist who makes life miserable for everyone. When a second murder takes place, tensions and fears escalate. This record-breaking murder mystery features a brilliant surprise finish from Dame Agatha Christie, the foremost mystery writer of her time.

​Friday & Saturday, November 12th & 13th, @7PM
 Saturday, November 14th, @3PM
Griffith Jr./Sr. High School Auditorium
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Spring 2021 - Radium Girls

In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rage—until the girls who painted them began to fall ill with a mysterious disease. Inspired by a true story, Radium Girlstraces the efforts of Grace Fryer, a dial painter, as she fights for her day in court. Her chief adversary is her former employer, Arthur Roeder, an idealistic man who cannot bring himself to believe that the same element that shrinks tumors could have anything to do with the terrifying rash of illnesses among his employees. As the case goes on, however, Grace finds herself battling not just with the U.S. Radium Corporation, but with her own family and friends, who fear that her campaign for justice will backfire. 

Friday, April 23rd, @7PM *Streamed Only*
 Saturday, April 24th, @7PM
Sunday, April 25th, @3PM
​GHS Auditorium

Fall 2020 - High School Drama Night

Broadcast from New York's Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover is now available to bring to life onstage to thrill and chill audiences.

A group of strangers meet in a dirty subway station. They have arrived with limited personal belongings, their watches have stopped and they all claim to be in different cities. Soon they learn there is no way out of the station, and the unfortunate truth is told to them.

Streamed Live
Saturday, December 5th, @7PM
Sunday, December 6th, @3PM
GHS Auditorium

Spring 2020 - Shrek The Musical

"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand... and his name is Shrek.

Planned for:
Friday & Saturday, April 24th-25th, @7PM
Sunday, April 26th, @3PM
​GHS Auditorium
Cancelled due to Covid

Fall 2019 - I Remember Mama

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband, stern great Uncle Chris, and a highly-educated lodger who reads to the family every evening. Through financial crises, illnesses and the small triumphs of everyday life, Marta maintains her optimism and sense of humor, traits she passes on to her aspiring-author daughter, Katrin.

Friday & Saturday, November 8th-9th, @7PM
Sunday, November 10th, @3PM
GHS Auditorium

Spring 2019 - Honk!

The classic story of our favorite little ugly duckling. Ida is patiently waiting for her little babies to hatch when out pops Ugly. The barnyard doesn't quite know what to do with him, but the cat has some ideas. Along the way, Ugly meets a gaggle of geese, a friendly bullfrog, and a pretty swan named Penny. When Ugly and the cat get lost in a blizzard, will  Ida ever find her long, lost son?

Friday & Saturday, April 26th-27th, @7PM
Sunday, April 28th, @3PM
​GHS Auditorium

Fall 2018 - The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe

During the World War II bombings of London, four English siblings are sent to a country house where they will be safe. One day Lucy finds a wardrobe that transports her to a magical world called Narnia. After coming back, she soon returns with her brothers, Peter and Edmund, and her sister, Susan. There they join the magical lion, Aslan, in the fight against the evil Winter Witch.

Friday & Saturday, November 9th-10th, @7PM
Sunday, November 11th, @3PM
​GHS Auditorium