Drama Productions
LPS offers a variety of opportunities for students to participate in musical co-curricular activities. These activities include vocal and instrumental. Students have a variety of opportunities to develop their theatrical skills. Those opportunities include a fall play, a winter musical, and a Children's Theater production in the spring.
The major production of the year is the musical. Elaborate sets, large choruses, and great choreography are the marks of Luther Prep musicals. Every year over seventy-five students are involved in the cast, set construction, and technical aspects of the production.
Luther Prep's 2025-2026 Theatrical Productions:
Fall Play:
Romeo and Juliet—Together (and Alive!) at LastBy Sandra Fenichel Asher. From the book by Avi.
Produced in association with Dramatic Publishing
Performances: 10/16-10/17 Matinee performances, Sat 10/18 7pm, Sun 10/19 2:30pm
Synopsis:
The road to farce is paved with good intentions. Eighth-graders Pete Saltz and Anabell Stackpoole are in love, but terribly shy, so shy they can't even look at each other, let alone speak. (Anabell buries her head in books; Pete stuffs his mouth with peanut butter cookies.) To bring the two together, classmates Ed Sitrow, Lucy Neblet, Priscilla Black, and others decide to stage a performance of Romeo and Juliet, with the reluctant Pete and Anabell voted into the title roles. Ed and Priscilla pen the abridged script, including passages their English teacher has encouraged them to underline, leaving out everything they don't understand and imagining dream players speaking the lines to perfection. Lucy gamefully tackles the direction of the real-life cast. But lack of expertise, only two weeks of rehearsal, a set left over from the seventh-grade production of Washington Crossing the Delaware, and a classmate's villainy threaten the well-meaning endeavor every step of the way. When the big day finally arrives, lines are dropped, costumes rip, scenery tumbles, potions spill, and Juliet's bier nearly blows up. Yet, in spite of everything—or maybe because of it—true love triumphs in the end.
Musical:
WIZARD OF OZ
Performances: 3/12 Matinee performances during the day, 3/13 1pm and 7pm, Sat 3/14 7pm, Sun 3/15 7pm
Children's Theater:
THE LIGHT IN THE LIBRARY
by Kevin Stone
Produced in association with Pioneer Drama
Performances: 4/30-5/1 Matinee performances during the day, Sat 5/2 7pm, Sun 5/3 4pm
Performances: 4/30-5/1 Matinee performances during the day, Sat 5/2 7pm, Sun 5/3 4pm
Synopsis:
Talk about literature coming to life! Gabby suspects something is going on in the library at night, so she enlists the help of her best friend, Paige, to do some sleuthing. Together they hide in the library after it closes and discover that it’s haunted by a silent ghost who leads them to a book containing a cryptic poem. As Paige and Gabby decipher the poem, they find clues that enable them to bring fictional characters to life, starting with Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Jim helps them summon even more characters from other books and soon, the library is overrun with the denizens of literature — Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Romeo, and others. Things are definitely out of hand, but they take a turn for the worse when — shiver me timbers! — Long John Silver is inadvertently brought to life. The pirate sets out on a thieving spree, and he’s not afraid to use his cutlass to get what he wants! It’s up to Paige, Gabby and Jim to defeat the pirate and return the characters to their stories before the library reopens. All that’s necessary for a happy ending is courage, ingenuity... and one more character brought to life.
Talk about literature coming to life! Gabby suspects something is going on in the library at night, so she enlists the help of her best friend, Paige, to do some sleuthing. Together they hide in the library after it closes and discover that it’s haunted by a silent ghost who leads them to a book containing a cryptic poem. As Paige and Gabby decipher the poem, they find clues that enable them to bring fictional characters to life, starting with Jim Hawkins from Treasure Island. Jim helps them summon even more characters from other books and soon, the library is overrun with the denizens of literature — Humpty Dumpty, the Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, Romeo, and others. Things are definitely out of hand, but they take a turn for the worse when — shiver me timbers! — Long John Silver is inadvertently brought to life. The pirate sets out on a thieving spree, and he’s not afraid to use his cutlass to get what he wants! It’s up to Paige, Gabby and Jim to defeat the pirate and return the characters to their stories before the library reopens. All that’s necessary for a happy ending is courage, ingenuity... and one more character brought to life.