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2024 - 2025 SEASON
A MISCAST CABARET
MARCH 21, 2025
Have you ever wondered what a female Gaston would sound like? How about a male Annie? Some of your favorite musical theatre students will perform songs from roles in which they would NEVER be cast. Join us for this annual event: a night of fun as previous and current students turn gender, age , and character type upside down.
It will be a special night for both audience and participants. You won’t want to miss this evening of madcap musical magic.
2024 - 2025 SEASON
ONCE UPON A MATTRESS
MAY 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 2025
Once Upon a Mattress offers a twist on the classic Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea". Set in a medieval kingdom, the story follows the search for a princess to marry Prince Dauntless, a young man whose domineering mother, Queen Aggravain, has made it nearly impossible for anyone to pass her rigorous tests. Enter Princess Winnifred Boebegone, a spirited and unrefined young woman from the swamps, who arrives at the castle seeking the prince’s hand in marriage. Her unconventional behavior and genuine nature quickly win the hearts of the kingdom’s subjects, even as Queen Aggravain schemes to thwart their union.
2024 - 2025 SEASON
GEZELLIG
SUMMER 2025
"Gezellig" encompasses the heart of Dutch culture, as the Dutch tend to love all things gezellig. Having coffee together is gezellig. Politics is not.
This student run, annual show is a celebration of LW's drama program. Invited alums and seniors have the opportunity to perform individual or group acts to showcase their abilities to parents, peers and guests. All proceeds go to support our theatre program.
2024 - 2025 SEASON
CURTAIN CALL
JUNE, 2025
Every year we have an evening of fun and games to close our theatre season. The event is an opportunity to say good-bye to each other for the summer or "Bon Voyage" to our graduating thespians.
Some of our students move on to college theater programs, others say farewell to the stage life, at least for now...
We wish everyone a heart-felt "break-a-leg". Please remember us, stay in touch, and come say "Hi" once in a while!
2025 TEEN SUMMER ENSEMBLE
RENT, School Edition
AUGUST 1st, 2nd (matinee and evening), 3rd 2025
Click here for Audition information
RENT, landmark Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical created by composer Jonathan Larson and recognized for raising national awareness of issues related to poverty, addiction, gentrification, and the AIDS epidemic. Inspired by Giacomo Puccini’s La Bohème (1896), a classic opera depicting the tragic romance of bohemian youths in Paris, Rent celebrates the lives of a group of young, racially diverse, LGBTQ artists and activists in the Alphabet City neighborhood of New York City’s East Village.
2025 - 2026 SEASON
PATIENCE
WHEN WE'RE READY, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW
Our 2025-2026 Season will again be a varied and exciting season. If you're itching for theatre before then, consider visiting Broadway in New York City or The West End in London (ticket are cheaper in London) and enjoy a few shows!
See you next year!
WHAT IS NEXT?
See our 2023-2024 theatre season! CLICK HERE for the latest information on our shows.
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WHERE WE'VE BEEN
Ready to take a walk down memory lane? CLICK HERE to look back through our past shows, and even see a few familiar faces!
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Every successful production starts with you! CLICK HERE to find out how you can support LWHS Theatre.
We are thrilled you are here! Lake Washington High School Theatre has played an important role in the school and in the community since 1922. Our commitment is to TEACH all that theatre education has to offer. Performing is fun, but all-around education is our goal. Our shows are a culmination of everything students have learned. Ralph Waldo Emerson said “It's not the Destination, It's the Journey”. That is Theatre in high school in a nutshell.
On this website you will find information about upcoming shows, links to purchasing tickets, our history, our mission, support opportunities, and any other theatre related events and information. If you have comments, questions, or need more information. CONTACT US..
We pride ourselves in providing an all-encompassing educational experience in drama. Students learn much about acting and the world skills that derive from that. They also get hands-on with the technical side of theater, all while having fun, making or renewing friendships, and do so in a safe and inclusive environment. View the LWHS Theatre Boosters Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement HERE.
Despite Covid-19, we have found ways for our students to audition, rehearse, and perform shows. Theatre has been around since the Sixth Century BC, and has gone through many, many changes and we are weathering these changes.
We consider the skills that students learn as part of participation in an educational theatre program a critical life skill. Please support us; the students and our theatre program. Stay tuned and visit here once in a while to get the latest information on what we are doing.
If you want to get actively involved and make a difference, we have an outstanding Theatre Booster organization which we hope you will join. They are very active in support of LW Theatre and they have a blast doing it. Whether you want to support your student, be a community volunteer and help out, or want to financial support us, come and join us.