The Hill School Theatre Program offers classroom instruction coupled with co-curricular opportunities in play production to provide a well rounded theatre experience. Classes develop skills in acting, oral communications, and public speaking. Students enter the class with diverse levels of experience; therefore, grading must be highly individualized with each student being assessed on his or her individual development in the class. Learn more about Hill's theatre program by clicking on the links on the left side of this page.
Productions are open to all Hill students and are rehearsed in lieu of athletics on a term by term basis. Third formers are limited to one term of theatre while fourth through sixth formers may participate in two terms of theatre in lieu of athletics.
In addition to the benefits normally associated with play production, Hill theatre productions help develop personal communication and leadership skills while providing participants with experiences in creative problem solving and group interaction.
Two major productions are mounted each year, a musical in the winter and a non-musical in the spring. In addition, Introduction to Theatre Practicum, a new afternoon arts class, is team taught by four faculty members in the fall term. A children’s theatre tour entitled Hill on Tour rehearses during the winter term in addition to the winter musical, and tours during the first week of spring break. All students may audition for all productions and anyone may take the Introduction to Theatre Practicum class.
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