Production History
2021-22
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the comic strip '' Peanuts''
by Charles M. Schulz
The Secret in the Wings, by Mary Zimmerman
by Charles M. Schulz
The Secret in the Wings, by Mary Zimmerman
2020-21
Beyond the Zoom Glass: Reflections on Who We Are Now, a theater piece created by JCHS Students
A Scandal in Bohemia, a podcast adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story
A Scandal in Bohemia, a podcast adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's short story
2019-2020
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Music and lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Antigone: The Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney
Antigone: The Burial at Thebes by Seamus Heaney
2018-2019
Mamma Mia! by Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus
Nu Wurks IV: The Alumni Remix with works by Alum playwrights Jacob Derin '18, Zoe Kamil '14, Jake Rosenberg '14, Ayelet Schrek '13
A Flea in Her Ear, a new version of Georges Feydeau's farce by David Ives.
Nu Wurks IV: The Alumni Remix with works by Alum playwrights Jacob Derin '18, Zoe Kamil '14, Jake Rosenberg '14, Ayelet Schrek '13
A Flea in Her Ear, a new version of Georges Feydeau's farce by David Ives.
2017-2018
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying - Frank Loesser & Abe Burrows
The Quick Change Room by Nagle Jackson
Almost Maine by John Cariani
The Quick Change Room by Nagle Jackson
Almost Maine by John Cariani
2016-2017
Cinderella - Rodgers + Hammerstein
Nu Wurks III - JCHS Playwriting Students & Alumni (Jacob Derin, Sophie Edelhart, Jake Rosenberg, Talia Young)
Alice & the Black Hole Blues, an original production written, and performed by JCHS students, created using the Word-for-Word process. This production will be performed by JCHS Drama at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, 2017. For more about JCHS at the Fringe, click here.
Nu Wurks III - JCHS Playwriting Students & Alumni (Jacob Derin, Sophie Edelhart, Jake Rosenberg, Talia Young)
Alice & the Black Hole Blues, an original production written, and performed by JCHS students, created using the Word-for-Word process. This production will be performed by JCHS Drama at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August, 2017. For more about JCHS at the Fringe, click here.
2015-2016
Urinetown - Mark Hollman & Greg Kotis
Belfast Kind - Margot Connolly
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 - John Bishop
Belfast Kind - Margot Connolly
Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 - John Bishop
2014-2015
The Drowsy Chaperone - Bob Martin, Don McKellar, Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison
Moon Over Buffalo - Ken Ludwig
A Second Skin - Multimedia Performance Featuring Works from Various Artists, Including JCHS Students
Moon Over Buffalo - Ken Ludwig
A Second Skin - Multimedia Performance Featuring Works from Various Artists, Including JCHS Students
2013-2014
Pippin - Stephen Schwartz, Roger O. Hirson
Hearts Like Fists - Adam Szymkowicz
Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Christopher Shinn
Hearts Like Fists - Adam Szymkowicz
Hedda Gabler - Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Christopher Shinn
2012-2013
Into the Woods - Stephen Sondheim, James Lapine
The Liar - David Ives, Pierre Corneille
The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare
Dancing at Lughnasa - Brian Friel
The Liar - David Ives, Pierre Corneille
The Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare
Dancing at Lughnasa - Brian Friel
2011-2012
Anything Goes - Cole Porter, P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse, John Weidman
Fortinbras - Lee Blessing
Hamlet for Smart Dummies - Jake Rosenberg, JCHS Class of 2014
NU WURKS II - JCHS Playwriting Students
Fortinbras - Lee Blessing
Hamlet for Smart Dummies - Jake Rosenberg, JCHS Class of 2014
NU WURKS II - JCHS Playwriting Students
2010-2011
The Sound of Music - Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka with an adaptation by the JCHS Company
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka with an adaptation by the JCHS Company
2009-2010
Little Shop of Horrors – Alan Menken, Howard Ashman
The Government Inspector – Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Children’s Hour – Lillian Hellman
The Government Inspector – Nikolai Gogol, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Children’s Hour – Lillian Hellman
2008-2009
Cabaret – Joe Masterson, John Kander, Fred Ebb
12 Angry Jurors – Reginald Rose
NU WURKS – JCHS Playwriting Students
12 Angry Jurors – Reginald Rose
NU WURKS – JCHS Playwriting Students
2007-2008
Once Upon a Mattress – Marshall Barer, Mary Rodgers, Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller
The Rubenstein Kiss – James Phillips
Twentieth Century – MacArthur/Hecht, adapted by Ken Ludwig
The Rubenstein Kiss – James Phillips
Twentieth Century – MacArthur/Hecht, adapted by Ken Ludwig
2006-2007
Smash – Jeffrey Hatcher from G.B. Shaw
Working – Studs Terkel, Stephen Schwartz, Nina Faso, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, James Taylor, Susan Birkenhead
Working – Studs Terkel, Stephen Schwartz, Nina Faso, Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, James Taylor, Susan Birkenhead
2005-2006
Tartuffe – Moliere, translated by Christopher Hampton
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine – Dick Vosburgh, Frank Lazarus
A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine – Dick Vosburgh, Frank Lazarus
2004-2005
What’s Wrong with This Picture? – David Margulies
Zombie Prom – Dana P. Rowe, John Dempsey
Zombie Prom – Dana P. Rowe, John Dempsey
2003-2004
Crimes of the Heart – Beth Henley
Words, Words, Words – An Evening of One-Acts & Song on the Theme of Literature (including works by David Ives, Christopher Durang and many more)
Words, Words, Words – An Evening of One-Acts & Song on the Theme of Literature (including works by David Ives, Christopher Durang and many more)
2001-2003
Alice in Wonderland
Israel Horowitz One Acts
Israel Horowitz One Acts
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