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Madison Metropolitan School District

Theater Department

2024-2025 Plays

Fall Play: The Importance of Being Earnest
Spring Musical: Disney’s The Little Mermaid

Contact

Holly Walker
Director of Theater
West High School hwalker@madison.k12.wi.us

The Little Mermaid

Based on the Hans Christian Andersen story and the Disney film produced by Howard Ashman & John Musker. Written and directed by John Musker & Ron Clements. Originally produced by Disney Theatrical Productions.

 Show Dates:

  • Friday, Feb 28th at 7:00 p.m. (Opening Night)
  • Saturday, March 1st at 7:00 p.m.
  • Friday, March 7th at 7:00 p.m. 
  • Saturday, March 8th at 7:00 p.m. (Closing Night)

Tickets

Tickets are purchased via website/ QR code or $10 at the door.

Buy Tickets

Little Mermaid Flyer

West Theater News

Denny Love West Alum came to visit last Friday.  Love spent the day talking with West Theater students about his Theater training and how it started with West Theater Dept.  After high school Love continued his theatrical studies at the  University of Illinois DePaul with as a BFA Theater Major.  After graduating from college Love quickly began his professional acting career. You can find Denny in: Hulu's -Looking For Alaska,  Paramount's - Mayor of Kingston, and Warner Brother Studios -The Duel.  When not on set filming Love travels as a professional stand up comic.  You can follow Love's work on social media. 

West Theater Students

Theater Club

First Theater Meeting

Learn about the backstage workings of theater productions!

Thursday, September 19th!

  • When: At lunch!
  • Where: In the Aud!
  • What: Introduce crews!
  • Who: Freshman and anyone else interested in joining theater club!

Join A Crew:

  • stage
  • sound
  • lights
  • props
  • costumes
  • hair & makeup
  • admin

Multico Auditions

What is Multico?

  • Multico is a daily two-hour class of West High Seniors who were cast to represent the culture and diversity of the Madison Metropolitan School District. Multico students write and perform short sketches highlighting: culture, bullying, race, gender, sexuality and conflict. Multico tours over thirty elementary and middle schools each year, providing another tool for MMSD classroom teachers to use as we all work towards a more empathetic world
  • Multico meets 2&3 hours of the school day for 1st semester only (student's senior year). 
    • All work is completed during class time
    • Performances take place during class time (Dec. - Jan.)

Check out the Multico Youtube Channel here!

Multico theatre students at West High School

How to Apply?

  • Must be a junior to apply for 1st semester senior year
  • Contact Ms.Holly at hwalker@madison.k12.wi.us to set up a 5 min interview