Theater/Musicals Information 25-26

2025-2026 Performances
For every performance, we sell tickets at the door. For the musical we also offer online ticket sales.
Hempstead High School uses BookTix.com for its online ticketing solution. Check out Hempstead High School’s online portal at hempsteadhs.booktix.com.
MUSICAL SHOWCASE FUNDRAISER
Performance: September 20
This fundraiser will be an evening of student performances from musical numbers. Students will perform songs from Broadway productions, or movie musicals.
TICKETS ARE $10 for all (students and public)
TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR on Bound
kriepe@dbqschools.org and hgrimm@dbqschools.org
FALL PLAY:
Witches?! In Salem?!
Auditions: September 17,18 with callbacks September 19 (cast size 18+)
Set Construction: Saturdays beginning September 27
Performances: November 13, 14, 15
Plot: In the spirit of edu-tainment, Jenny Anne Bishop, an eighth grader who got “way too into her class lesson plan on The Crucible” guides us through all the fun facts from the years leading up to, during, and after the Trials. Meet culprits, victims, and bystanders alike as a village in turmoil comes to life. Witches?! In Salem !?delivers a delicious take on pre-American history in the style of Mel Brooks meets Monty Python. A darkly comedic, yet (mostly) historically accurate take on the Salem Witch Trials and all the (mostly) historically accurate horrors which may occur when injustice is a day-to-day occurrence. A companion, or an alternative, to a certain other Salem play you probably read in high school. Run Time: 1 hr 45 min.
TICKETS ARE $10   ALL THEATRE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD VIA BOUND
MUSICAL: Tarzan
Audition Workshop: November 24, 25
Auditions: Week of December 2  (cast size 35-40)
Set Construction: Saturdays beginning January 11
Performances: March 5, 6, 7, 8
On the shores of West Africa, a baby boy is orphaned when his shipwrecked parents become the victims of a fierce leopard. He is taken in and raised by a family of gorillas who have recently lost their own baby to the same predator. They name him Tarzan, and he grows up amongst the pack. However, his foster father, Kerchak remains wary of having a human in the jungle. When an expedition of explorers and naturalists enter the jungle, Tarzan encounters creatures like himself for the first time. As he learns about human life and grows increasingly enamored of Jane, a young naturalist, However, humans threaten the safety of the gorillas and the couple must decide where they truly belong. With music by Phil Collins, Disney’s celebrated animated adventure Tarzan receives the Broadway treatment.
TICKETS ARE $15   ALL THEATRE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD VIA BOUND
SPRING PLAY:
The Adventures of BullShot Crummond
Auditions: April (cast size 10-20)
Set Construction: April
Performances: April 30, May 1
 A parody of low-budget 30s spy movies typifies British heroism at its dumbest. A super villains Otto and Lenya Von Brunno (with an evil assistant) concoct a dastardly plot that can destroy the world. Our hero, Bullshot and “his girl Friday,” are called to the rescue. The duo are fighting off henchmen disguise, whilst pursuing the nefarious pair in increasingly perilous (and romantic?) scenarios … will justice prevail, or is all lost??  Slap-stick humor and ridiculousness abound. 
TICKETS ARE $10   ALL THEATRE TICKETS WILL BE SOLD VIA BOUND
INFORMATION FOR ACTORS: Audition Packets for plays will be outside of B-113. Musical Audition packets are given at the workshops.   Information about all shows, calendars, and auditions will posted on HHS Plays and Drama Canvas page. Cast and crew members will get updates on the Remind App.