Theatre Performance Schedule

About Theatre Performances:

The Theatre Department proudly produces two student performances per year. These performances provide opportunities for student actors and crew. The HC Theatre Department has produced world premiere plays, while collaborating directly with the playwright. HC Theatre also explores the rich classical history of theater in production and includes a range to contemporary plays. All casting is nontraditional and diverse, welcoming all students into all roles. HC Theatre offers exposure to a world class and diverse guest artist series, which provides performances and workshops to the community and students. The HC Theatre Department welcomes the community to attend all its performances. 

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Spring 2025 Performances

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Under The Influence by reg e gaines | Jan 22

January 22nd, 7:30p
YPAB Mainstage Theater

Under The Influence written and performed by reg e gaines.

reg e gaines is the author/ lyricist of the Tony Award winning musical, Bring In Da Noise/ Bring In Da Funk. He is a poet, playwright, director, lecturer and the Artistic Director of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival in New York City since 2007. Under The Influence is an original creation the he will be debuting in Tampa.

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School Pictures by Milo Cramer | Feb 12

February 12th, 7:30p
YPAB Mainstage Theater

School Pictures Obie Award-winning solo musical written and performed by Milo Cramer. 

Faith hates reading, Jane lost her flashcards, and Javier sees no point in studying because of climate change. This playful collection of poem-songs, written and performed by Milo Cramer – a former tutor – paints intimate portraits of ten NYC students fighting to get into competitive schools. School Pictures is a charming musical journal of keen observations which builds to a sweeping meditation on inequality, learning, parenting, and the cruelty of puberty.

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Milo Cramer | Feb 9-13

Workshop with Milo Cramer
Visiting Guest Artist
February 9 - 13, 2026

Milo Cramer’s Obie Award-winning solo musical School Pictures has been featured on NPR’s This American Life and produced in Philadelphia, Minneapolis and at Playwrights Horizons in New York, where the show was named #1 in a list of “the best theater of 2024” by Sara Holdren in New York Magazine. Other plays include Business Ideas at The Alliance Theater in Atlanta (winner of the 2024 Kendeda Award), Cute Activist at The Bushwick Starr (“A brilliant match of material and theater… a fable for our times.” – Jessie Green, The New York Times), and Minor Character, created with New Saloon Theater Company, produced at The Public Theater as part of the 2019 Under The Radar Festival (“Delightful… a spring-green forum on youth’s discontents.” – Helen Shaw, The Village Voice). Milo is a MacDowell Fellow, a graduate of Naomi Iizuka’s MFA program at UCSD, and under commission from Clubbed Thumb.

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Our Town by Thornton Wilder | April 2-4

April 2nd - 4th, 2026
Thu—Sat 7:30pm, Sat 2pm
YPAB, Mainstage Theatre

Our Town explores the life of the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, reflecting the essence of every town around the globe.
Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written," it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. 
Journey alongside the Gibbs and Webb families, experiencing twelve years filled with life's moments and transformations. Wilder shares profound insights into the human experience, combining humor, wit, and powerful storytelling to invite audiences to connect deeply with the narrative. 
Our Town captures the beauty in everyday moments, exploring life, love, and the connections that bring us together. 

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Past Performances

HC's Theatre departments are proud to have showcased the following plays.

Title Year
35MM: A Musical Exhibition 2025-2026
Enter The Body 2025-2026
Haiku Hillsborough, A Celebration of Education 2024-2025
Heathers The Musical 2024-2025
A Night of Seuss, The Musical 2024-2025
Hedda, Primitively Speaking 2024-2025
Scenes from the Odyssey 2023-2024
Make 'Em Laugh 2023-2024
Zombie Beach, The Musical 2022-2023
Mr. Yunioshi 2022-2023
 Breakneck Shakespeare 2022-2023
The Further Adventures of Tent Girl and Nazi Barbie in the Land of Whatever, a new play by Judith Leora 2022-2023
The Ukraine Play Reading Project 2022-2023
Everyman 2021-2022
Short plays to celebrate the human spirit 2021-2022
Ain’t I a Woman! 2020-2021
American playwrights with a twist! 2020-2021
Skin_Hunger_Touch_Starved 2019-2020
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind 2018-2019
What of the Night? 2018-2019
HCC 50 Years in the Making 2017-2018
A Devised Theatrical Experience Honoring Our Veterans 2017-2018
Six Degrees of Separation 2016-2017
Miss Julie 2016-2017
Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead 2015-2016
Hamlet 2015-2016
I Hate Hamlet 2015-2016
Southern Exposure 2014-2015
The Importance of Being Earnest 2014-2015
Simpatico 2013-2014
Six Character in Search of an Author 2013-2014
The Dining Room 2012-2013
Lysistrata 2012-2013
365 Days/365 Plays 2011-2012
Betty's Summer Vacation 2011-2012