Enjoy a new take on the theater experience with a night of two hilarious one-act plays! You will be watching out at the nursing home and keeping an eye on those cucumber sandwiches. 

The Great Nursing Home Escape

[HEUER PUBLISHING SYNOPSIS] From a locked-down nursing home in the dead of night, they attempt the greatest escape ever. Join this misfit band of “inmates” as they hatch a master plan to escape their dreary nursing home and find something far more important than a baseball game – they find their youth. Watch as their best-laid plans go awry with hilarious results! This group of characters will charm you as the ringleader, the gossip, the grouch, the airhead, the Casanova, and the shy old gal with a surprising amount of moxie put their talents to the test. Funny and heartwarming, this single-set, easy-to-produce play is sure to entertain – and to remind audiences of the importance of a youthful sense of adventure.
 

The Importance of Being Earnest

[DRAMATIC PUBLISHING INC. SYNOPSIS] This superb adaptation is ideal for high school one-act play contests, classroom studies and mini-productions. The Importance of Being Earnest is a masterpiece of high comedy, sparkling with provocative observations. All of the highlights of the play are retained in this short adaptation—the plot's unexpected farcical twists, the characters and the dialog. Oscar Wilde called his play "A trivial comedy for serious people." He commented that the first act is "ingenious," the second act "beautiful" and the third "abominably clever." Audiences and critics alike applaud the play as a celebration of wit.

Santiam Christian Theater
Santiam Christian Theater (SCT) aims to challenge, inspire, and cultivate young artists through the gift of performance arts. Junior high and high school students can be involved in up to three plays each year, which includes the Jr. Players production lead by upperclassmen, and the first and second-semester high school plays (for HS students only). Performances take place at our black box theatre on campus and via live stream on our hybrid performance night. 

After being cast, students can develop their acting and teamwork skills at in-class rehearsals if cast into the high school play (known as HS Drama) and in after-school rehearsals if cast into Jr. Payers. Students can also explore areas outside of acting, such as stage crew, tech crew, costumes, hair, and makeup, and more. By participating in SC Theater, students can develop their performance skills while also evaluating dramatic texts, accesses other local theatre opportunities and events, and growing as team players, artists, and God-glorifying leaders, and glorify God in their efforts.

High School Drama
The high school drama class is a theatre production class that allows students to rehearse for the upcoming semester play and develop their acting, creative, and teamwork skills. Students must audition for an acting role to be enrolled in the class, or they may apply for a production assistant position. Rehearsals start primarily in class but extend into after-school rehearsals as performance dates get closer. Auditions for the first semester play take place in April the previous semester; eight graders are encouraged to audition along with current freshmen, sophomores, and juniors. Auditions for the second semester play take place near the end of the first semester, in which current freshmen through seniors that year may auditions.