Welcome to the Summit High School Theatre website! We are an award-winning theatre program and public high school located in Summit, New Jersey that offers significant opportunities for all students to develop their skills in acting, technical theatre, public speaking, and more. Participation in the performing and communication arts develop self-confidence, creativity, analytical thinking, empathy, discipline, and an appreciation for our culture and our history. Our mission is to help every student reach his highest potential as an artist and as an individual.
Summit High School has been a prominent name in high school performing arts across New Jersey, the country, and the globe. We have been celebrated with countless honors from institutions such as Papermill Playhouse, Montclair State University, and the FRINGE Festival. We take pride in storytelling, sharing important messages, and learning valuable life lessons with each and every production.
SHS's high-caliber productions are wholly due to the enormous amount of parent, student, and faculty dedication put into each show. Everyone, from those involved with the costume and set crews to the actors onstage, works long hours to ensure that, come showtime, the Summit Community will be fully entertained by the magic of live theatre.
Furthermore, SHS’s Performing Arts Program could not put on the productions it does without the support of the Summit Performing Arts Resource Committee (SPARC), the Summit Board of Education, the Summit Educational Foundation (SEF), Hilltopper Stage Productions, a numerous amount of parent helpers, and of course, the Summit community as a whole.
Paper Mill Rising Star Awards 2025
“I regard theatre as the greatest of all the art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” - Oscar Wilde