Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids- or even still, the front page news.

Adapted in collaboration with iTheatrics, Kander & Ebb's legendary and award-winning musical about fame, fortune and acquittal is now widely available to be performed by high schools around the world. Specifically designed to be content-appropriate and flexible, Chicago: Teen Edition has been adapted to remove overtly sexual references and adult language. 

The Coronado Theatre Department is proud to be a student designed and student run program. Whether designing the set, creating the blueprints, building, lighting, designing and implementing audio, costuming, running publicity, or stage managing, the Technical Theatre class is busy engineering a complete production. In keeping with a student run program, all shows are open auditions available to the entire student body. 

In addition to our main stage productions, Coronado Advanced Acting Honors class produces a One Act and AA Showcase, Thespian Troupe #3397 produces 4 Cougar Coffee Houses- including the Francisco Awards, and classes write and perform original scripts, perform one acts, compete in Tech Olympics and much more!

Past CTD credits include: Done to Death, A Christmas Carol, Don’t Drink the Water, The Wizard of Oz, The Cover of Life, Identity Play/Who Am I This Time?, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Curious Savage, The Seussification of Romeo & Juliet, Twelve Angry Jurors, Urinetown: The Musical, Tartuffe, Peter/Wendy, Once Upon a Mattress, Almost, Maine, It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, and Will & Whimsy.