VISTA Productions

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Theatre department of Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy

Our theatre program offers students from Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy rich opportunities to collaborate while creating exciting and meaningful theatrical productions and story-telling. We encourage students to recognize, explore and develop their talents through the many disciplines of theatre arts including acting, singing, dancing, and technical production.

Housed in the Visitation Fine Arts Center, the DeSales auditorium presents the perfect environment for VISTA’s impressive, award-winning productions.

VISTA Productions Upper School

VISTA Productions, the upper school theatre program, produces three mainstage productions a year: a fall play or musical, Full Circle which is a student created production in the winter and a spring musical. Students may participate in acting, singing, dancing, scenic crew, and technical theatre. Full Circle is based on a new theme every year and offers numerous creative and leadership opportunities which may include script writing, directing, and choreographing. In addition, we also produce the VISTA Variety Show which is a two night celebration of the outstanding talents of Vis and STA students and faculty.

VISTA Productions 2022-2023 Season

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Script by Harvey Fierstein
Music by Alan Menken
April 21st, 22nd, 28th, 29th at 7:30
23rd, 30th at 2:00

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VISTA welcomes guest artist to co-direct
Peter and the Starcatcher

VISTA Productions fall show Peter and the Starcatcher has been cast and is in rehearsal. This 14
person company is being put through their creative paces by directing team Wendy Short-Hays
and guest artist Ben McGovern whose credits include The Guthrie Theatre, Theatre de la June
Lune and Artistry.

Peter and the Starcatcher

Synopsis

Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable
orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical
adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s best-selling novels, the play was conceived for
the stage by directors, Roger Rees and Alex Timbers, and written by Rick Elice, with music by
Wayne Barker. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely
heroes, Peter and the Starcatcher playfully explores the depths of greed and despair... and
the bonds of friendship, duty and love.
Featuring 14 actors portraying more than 100 unforgettable characters, Peter and the
Starcatcher uses ingenious stagecraft and the limitless possibilities of imagination to bring the
story to life. This production is appropriate for the whole family.