Drama Club and Play Productions

Why Drama?

The dramatic arts allow students to participate in God’s own dramatic activity of Creation, the Fall and Redemption.  Through the work and characters of playwrights from across the eras students explore the triumphs and tragedies of life and bring the stories to the stage for our audiences.

Paula May
Head of Drama

A History of LLS Upper School Drama

The LLS Upper School Drama program started in the fall of 2016 with a Thursday Drama Club that met during the second half of lunch. Under the direction of Mrs. May and Mr. Scott, about 15 students from grades 7 through 12 gathered to play drama games, not knowing that they were really learning the essentials of acting. In the spring of 2016, the focus shifted to working on short, funny “stunts” that would result in the first production called An Afternoon of Very Short Works. Students who have long graduated from LLS still remember Biff, Ma and Pa, and Doc Robbins! 

The next fall brought the first full stage production with The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.  Barbara Robinson’s charming play about the wayward Herdman children finding Christmas was the perfect introduction to all aspects of putting on plays. Since then, we have staged two plays nearly every year, including a revival.

List of Productions

  • Fall: It’s A Wonderful Life adapted for the stage by James Rodgers

    Spring: Anne of Green Gables adapted by Joseph Robinette. From the novel by L.M. Montgomery.

  • Spring: The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder

  • Fall: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

    Spring: Our Town by Thornton Wilder

  • Fall: A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schultz

    Spring: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

  • Fall: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

    Spring: You Can’t Take it With You by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman

  • Spring: The Curious Savage by John Patrick

  • Fall:  Shakespeare Festival - Adaptations of Hamlet and A Midnight Summer’s Dream

    Spring: Our Town (not staged)

  • Fall: Charlotte’s Web by Joseph Robinette

    Spring: Father of the Bride by Caroline Franke

  • Fall: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson

    Spring: Death of a Disco Dancer by Lee Mueller

  • Fall: Drama Club Starts

    Spring: An Afternoon of Very Short Works