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Use the tabs on the side to find out more specific information about our shows, speech groups and other general info.

News

4/8/19

Come Dine and raise money for UHS Drama

Come help the Urbandale Drama Department fund their production of The Addams Family! It's easy!

All you have to do is come to Fong's Pizza in Ankeny 1450 SW Vintage Pkwy #120 Ankeny IA, 50023 between 5pm and 10pm on April 8th and order any of their delicious pizzas or food, and 5% of all income that night will be donated to UHS Drama to help pay production costs.

So invite all yours friends and family to eat at the Ankeny Fong's Pizza that night. You'll want to get there early as it is also the night of the NCAA Championship game.

Addams Family PROGRAM SHOUT OUTS!

Friends and family of cast, crew, and pit members may purchase ads in the program to share a shout out to their performer! All submissions will be reviewed for appropriateness and may we may ask for them to be edited otherwise those deemed inappropriate will be removed and money will be refunded.

Proceeds serve as a fundraiser for current and future musicals.

EXAMPLES:

Text Only Shout-Out:

“Break a leg, Johnny! We’re so proud of you! Love, Mom & Dad”

Text and Photo:

“A star was born 16 years ago. We’re excited to see your light shine

on stage tonight. Love, Your Biggest Fans” next to a current photo, a cute baby photo or senior photo

PRICING:

Text Only Shout-Out, 1-2 lines: $15.00

Text Only, Quarter Page: $30.00

Text & Photo, Quarter Page: $35.00

Text & Photo, Half Page: $50.00

Submit ad with payment as hard copy including high quality print of photo OR submit ad to knapps@urbandaleschools.com; photos should be .jpg files

Pay with cash or checks made out to Urbandale Performing Arts Booster Club with Drama in the memo line.You can send it to the school at 7111 Aurora Ave. Activities-Attn. Shaun Knapp otherwise you can send them in with your students in an envelope.

Ads & payment due no later than Friday, April 19th. No ads will be accepted after this date.

3/16/19

IE All Staters

Congratulations to

Madison Pulica for Solo Musical Theatre

&

Varun Vepa for Spontaneous Speaking

2/4/19

Large Group All-Staters

Congratulations to

Isaac Bleich-Sisco in Drunken Silence (Solo Mime)

and

Matt Moran & Jacob Sammon in Roll Over Beethoven (Ensemble Acting)

These are our first Large Group All State Performers in over Ten Years!

01/29/19

Speech Contest Showcase-Makeup Date

February 1st in the PAC

Come join us for our showcase/dress rehearsal of all of our wonderful groups that went to Districts on January 21st.

10/04/18

UHS Drama now presenting!

PROGRAM SHOUT OUTS!

Friends and family of cast, crew, and pit members may purchase ads in the program to share a shout out to their performer! All submissions will be reviewed for appropriateness and may we may ask for them to be edited otherwise those deemed inappropriate will be removed and money will be refunded.

Proceeds serve as a fundraiser for current and future musicals.

EXAMPLES:

Text Only Shout-Out:

“Break a leg, Johnny! We’re so proud of you! Love, Mom & Dad”

Text and Photo:

“A star was born 16 years ago. We’re excited to see your light shine

on stage tonight. Love, Your Biggest Fans” next to a current photo, a cute baby photo or senior photo

PRICING:

Text Only Shout-Out, 1-2 lines: $15.00

Text Only, Quarter Page: $30.00

Text & Photo, Quarter Page: $35.00

Text & Photo, Half Page: $50.00

Submit ad with payment as hard copy including high quality print of photo OR submit ad to knapps@urbandaleschools.com; photos should be .jpg files

Pay with cash or checks made out to Urbandale Performing Arts Booster Club with Drama in the memo line.You can send it to the school at 7111 Aurora Ave. Activities-Attn. Shaun Knapp otherwise you can send them in with your students in an envelope.

Ads & payment due no later than Friday, October 25th. No ads will be accepted after this date.

09/18/18

We have a cast for our Fall Show, The Elephant Man! More Information can be found in the Fall Play tab to the left. As we get closer to show dates we will begin sending out invites and start postering our community. If you wish to have a poster located in your business or place of work please email Mr. Knapp and he will get you put on the list!

08/26/18

Now that school has started we at UHS drama are also underway. The first big event of the year for us is the Drama Kickoff Meeting Monday August 27th at 5:30 in the PAC. We encourage all students who are interested in participating Drama or speech in any capacity at all this year attend this meeting to get all of the information that they need to have a successful year in UHS Drama/Speech. For all returning students we would like you to bring someone who has never participated in Drama/Speech before so we can continue to keep growing and making our department even better!

07/02/18

We hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far. As we move into July we are going to start working on projects to help make 2018-2019 an even more efficient and successful year for UHS Drama. One of these projects is organizning and inventorying our costumes. Students should have received an email with a link to a google form to fill out if they are interested in helping out. Our plan is to accomplish this and some other small projects during the weeks of July 16th-28th. If you would like to help out you can fill out this google form- (parents are more than welcome to come help out as well!)

https://docs.google.com/…/1ckHlxKl8sfNWEcmjx_CB1vwZGxa…/edit

Or if you have any other questions about how to help out, you can always email Mr. Knapp at knapps@urbandaleschools.com