This unique triple-threat performance program is offered at the Grade 11 and Grade 12 levels. (Some grade 10 students can receive advanced placement in the program.) Students receive intensive training in singing, dancing, and acting. 

The culminating activity is the production of a Broadway musical in Saunders' Auditorium. In addition to performing in the show, musical theatre students contribute to production teams to learn about the backstage duties in theatre. 

ADB 3M1/ADB 4M1

This course requires students to experiment individuality and collaboratively with forms and conventions of both drama and musical theatre from various  cultures and time periods. Students will interpret dramatic literature and other texts and media sources while learning about various theories of directing and acting. Students will examine the significance of dramatic arts in various cultures and will analyze how the knowledge and skills developed in drama are related to their personal skills, social awareness, and goals beyond secondary school. The focus will be on performance and historical conventions related to Musical Theatre.

Prerequisite: Drama or Dance, Grade 9 or 10; ADB 3M1 or ADA3M1

Co-requisite: ATU 3M1/4M1 and ADD 33M1/4M1

*Part of the 3-credit musical theatre program* (Offered as a single-credit in alternate years)

ADD 3M1/ADD 4M1

This course requires students to experiment individually and collaboratively with dramatic forms and conventions of musical theatre production. Students will interpret and stage performances based on dramatic literature and other text and media sources while learning about various theories of directing, acting and stage production. Students will examine the significance of dramatic arts in various cultures and will analyze how knowledge and skills developed in drama are related to their personal skills, social awareness, and goals beyond secondary school. Students will assume responsibility for various production roles, engage in the dynamics of an ensemble theatre company, and perform in the main stage Musical Theatre production in the Auditorium.

Prerequisite: Drama or Dance, Grade 9 or 10; ADB 3M1 or ADA 3M1 or ATU 3M1

Co-requisite: ADB 3M1/4M1 and ATU 3M1/4M1 

*Only available as part of the 3-credit musical theatre program*

ATU 3M1/ATU 4M1

This course will give students opportunities to express increasingly complex ideas through movement and choreography. Students will develop technical skills; study the historical aspects of various dance forms and function of dance in specific cultures; evaluate dance works; and investigate ways in which the study can prepare them for various careers. Students will focus on musical theatre dance forms and will be responsible for learning, interpreting and performing choreography in the main stage Musical Theatre production in the Auditorium.

Prerequisite: Drama or Dance, Grade 9 or 10; ADB 3M1 or ADA 3M1 or ATU 3M1

Co-requisite: ADB 3M1/4M1 and ADD 3M1/4M1

*Only available as part of the 3-credit musical theatre program*