Saint Ignatius High School

Drama

The Harlequins have a rich 75-year history at Saint Ignatius. Each season, students along with girls from area high schools, produce a play in the fall and a musical in the spring.

"My experience with the Harlequins has been a formative part of my time at Saint Ignatius because it was my first experience of the brotherhood that Ignatius is so known for. I have developed in all aspects of theater whether it be on stage, behind a camera, or building a set. If you're looking for a bonding experience and a creative way to express your love for the arts, the Harlequins is for you."

Jayden Sloan '24
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The Harlequins have a rich history at Saint Ignatius for more than 75 years. Each season, students along with girls from area high schools produce a play in the fall and a musical in the spring.

There are various ways for students to get involved in our shows, whether it is onstage, backstage, or in the orchestra pit. Learn more about our productions and how to get invovled below!



2024 Fall Play—The Outsiders




Performance dates for The Outsiders: November 15-17, 2024 
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The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, who wrote this modern classic when she was 16 years old, comments: "The Outsiders, like most things I write, is written from a boy's point of view. That's why I'm listed as S.E. Hinton rather than Susan. (I figured most boys would look at the book and think 'What can a chick know about stuff like that!') None of the events are taken from life, but the rest—how kids think and live and feel—is for real. The characters—Dallas, who wasn't tough enough; Sodapop, the happy-go-lucky dropout; Bob, the rich kid whose arrogance cost him his life; Ponyboy, the sensitive, green-eyed Greaser who didn't want to be a hood—they're all real to me. Many of my friends are Greasers, but I'm not. I have friends who are rich, too, but nobody will ever call me a Soc—I've seen what money and too much idle time and parental approval can do to people. Cool people mean nothing to me—they're living behind masks and I'm always wondering "Is there a real person underneath?" This entirely practical stage adaptation deals with real people, seen through the eyes of young Ponyboy, a Greaser on the wrong side of life, caught up in territorial battles between the have-it-made rich kids—the Socs—and his tough, underprivileged "greaser" family and friends. In the midst of urban warfare, somehow Ponyboy can't forget a short poem that speaks of their fragile young lives:
Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief,
so dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay.
 
For more information, follow us on Instagram @SIHS_harlequins. 
 


Spring Musical—Shrek The Musical


 
Please visit this page for detailed information regarding the interest meeting, pre-audition workshops, auditions, callbacks, and tips for how to prepare your resume and headshot. 

Information meeting for Shrek The Musical: November 21, 2024 at 3:45pm
Auditions and callbacks Shrek The Musical: December 3-5, 2024
Performance dates for Shrek The Musical: April 4-6 and 11-12, 2025 
 
Shrek The Musical 
Based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation film, Shrek The Musical is a Tony Award-winning fairy tale adventure, featuring all new songs from Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie; Caroline, or Change) and a sidesplitting book by David Lindsay-Abaire. Shrek brings all the beloved characters you know from the film to life on stage and proves there's more to the story than meets the ears.
"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand... and his name is Shrek.
 
More information on interest meetings and audition times will be posted at a later date. Please follow us on Instagram @SIHS_harlequins.
 
 

Stage and Technical Crew


Students have the opportunity to learn and work in a state-of-the-art theater while mentoring with professionals who excel in their fields. All those wishing to join stage crew will be trained in how to work the shop: building, power tools, and theatre etiquette. Those wishing to join build crew are not obligated to work run crew. Build crew meets 3:30-6:30 Monday through Thursday. Run crew members will be selected further into the show process. 

The Harlequins' mentor program is unparalleled. We believe that students should be empowered to discover themselves as artists rather than just watching others design. Our professional mentors in stage management, light design, sound design, set design, costume design, props, and electrical maintenance supervise our student designers so that, in collaboration with the director, they can create a production. Interested students first work to learn the ropes of their area, then may be selected to work as assistant to our junior and senior designers and managers. Our students leave their time with the Harlequins able to work and design at the professional level. 

Interested in getting involved with crew and design? Contact John Ebert, the Breen Center Technical Director, at jebert@ignatius.edu
  • Become a Drama Patron

    Become a Drama Patron and support Saint Ignatius High School student productions. Your patron contribution will be listed in the fall play program and in our spring musical program.

  • Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic

    Performed by the Harlequins in Fall 2023, this parody follows some sweet Puffs (well, not always sweet) who are just trying to learn what it means to live in this magical world, figure out who they are, and develop friendships - all while attending a school (of magic and magic) at the same time as a certain boy wizard.

  • Something Rotten!

    This classic theater comedy was performed by the Harlequins in Spring 2023. Check out the photos from another phenomenal show!

  • The Laramie Project

    With production by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, The Laramie Project is a breathtaking collage that explores the depth to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

  • Godspell

    Godspell is a musical about community: a community of people with different backgrounds, thoughts, and opinions, all being united by one person: Jesus. View photos from the spring 2021 musical!

Production Team