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 2026 Performances

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Integrated Artistry Workshop | April 9, 16, 23

Workshops with Emilia Sargent, VAPA Visiting Guest Artist

Thursdays, April 9, 16, and 23, 2026,
2p - 5p
YPAB, Studio Theatre

Workshops on: acting, lyric analysis, vocal technique and performance coaching with practical tools for resilience and authenticity.

Emilia Sargent is a professional actor, singer, producer, and theatre director with over 10,000 hours in the studio teaching both voice technique and acting. Emilia studied Vocal Performance at Auburn University and holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts with specialties in Directing and Arts Administration from the University of Idaho.

Emilia Sargent will work with singers to craft vocal and physical goals to help improve their performance and singing skills with the goal of elevating their overall artistry. Students will explore how to sing freely through a strong understanding of the relationship between the body and the voice, regardless of style. Emilia combines contemporary voice science with training in classical voice, body movement drills and assessments, various
acting methods, neuroscience, Alba Technique, vocal production, yoga, and functional anatomy to help nurture the most emotionally connected, best singing.

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Directing Workshop | April 14

Workshop with Clareann Despain, VAPA Visiting Guest Artist

Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
2p - 5p
YPAB Studio Theater

Clareann Despain is the Artistic Director at Powerstories Theatre, with experience directing a wide range of theater productions, including The Underpants, Ride the Cyclone, Twelfth Night, In the Heights, Murder on the Orient Express, and others, often with a focus on marginalized voices and innovative formats. Clareann earned BA and M.A. in Theatre & Dance from University of New Mexico, and a PhD in Dramatic Arts from University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Theatre Club Variety Show | April 30

Thursday, Apr 30th
7:30pm
YPAB, Studio Theatre

Theatre Club Fundraiser Variety Show.

Tickets $15 recommended Donation.

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Summer Camp: A Three Musical Showcase | May 7th - 9th

May 7 - 9, 2026
7:00pm 
YPAB Studio Theatre

HC Ybor Theatre Club presents "Summer Camp: A Three Musical Showcase" featuring selections from Little Shop of Horrors, Teen Beach Movie, and Be More Chill. The showcase highlights the creativity and talent of HC theater students through a fun, campy mix of musical numbers and scenes. From sci-fi horror to beachy pop to quirky high school comedy, the performance celebrates the over-the-top energy of musical theater while giving student performers the chance to explore a wide range of characters and styles.

Directed by Cristopher Sosa
Musical director: Phay Borkowski

Tickets $15 recommended Donation.
Fundraiser for the Theatre Club

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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