Theater Productions
2025-2026 Productions
Say It To My Face: Five Short Plays
November 6-8 at 7:00 p.m.
Just when we think we’ve sorted people into neatly labeled buckets, theater comes around to dump everyone back out into the same sandbox. Theater is what happens when we come together in the same space to watch real people wrestle with real life things.
Through a dynamic mix of comedy and drama, Cannon Theater Company’s “Say It To My Face: Five Short Plays” explores what happens to our opinions, hopes, fears, and secrets when we talk to each other face to face.
“52nd to Bowery to Cobble Hill, In Brooklyn” by Chiara Atik and “The Blueberry Hill Accord” by Daryl Watson each deal with a pair of people making the dangerous choice to say how they really feel about each other, with plenty of comedy sprinkled in to ease the tension.
Cannon community, are you ready to laugh at yourself? “The Great American College Tour” by Ian McWethy and Carrie McCrossen satirizes our desperate search for the perfect institute of higher learning. Calvin, Olive, and their high-octane parents visit an array of schools that span all the hilarious extremes.
“The Final Rose” by Bekah Brunstetter takes place on the set of a reality show modeled after “The Bachelor,” where contestants and production crew alike seek to discover whether real love can happen in such an artificial environment. Will Jeremy follow his heart? Does he even know his heart? Who wins and who loses in this high stakes little world?
“Parker and the City in the Sea” by Ian Shephard will be presented by members of our advanced theater classes, both at Cannon and at the annual North Carolina Theater Conference. Through shifting scenes that alternate between deep-sea fantasy and high school reality, twin siblings Parker and Colleen search for a way forward after their family threatens to unravel.
Tickets to be sold at the door
Mean Girls: High School Version
February 11-14 at 7:00 p.m.
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady and her friends devise a "Revenge Party" to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung.
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Cannon Theater Company Slideshow
Cannon Theater Company (CTC) gives Upper School students the opportunity to experience all aspects of theater; auditioning, rehearsing, acting, audio/visual tech, set building, and directing.
Productions are open to the public.
For more information, visit CTC Backstage.
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