Peter and the Starcatcher is the beginning of the entire story of Peter Pan. Following 3 young orphans, the story twists and turns in many hilarious ways as the royal mission of Lord Aster goes terribly awry. By the end of the show, you'll know everything you would have ever wanted to know about how Peter, Hook, Tinkerbell, Wendy, and many others came to be the way they are, laughing hysterically along the way.

As one of the first high schools to produce this show, Salesianum School Theater is proud to have such a great show lead off it's 2016-2017 season. See you at the show! 

Department Statement

Salesianum School Theater produces three MainStage shows per year. One in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the spring. On a rotating basis our seasons will include contemporary American works, Classics from the world canon, classics from the American canon, self scripting or devised theatre, and contemporary works from the world stage. We will produce at least one musical per year, typically in the winter. We also present at least two MainStage productions over the summer. These productions are mounted collaboratively with professional theatre companies in residence in our space. One production is aimed at the needs and skills of rising Freshmen through rising Juniors and the other production is intended specifically to serve our in college alumni, as well as rising Seniors. These projects, and the collaborating professionals, are chosen with the needs of those groups in mind and will produce work, in the style and artistic language of, those students and young alumni. All of our productions are presented by companies or performers, producers, directors, musicians, technicians and staff drawn from Salesianum School as well as our sister schools, Padua Academy and Ursuline Academy. For more information or with any questions about Salesianum School Theater please contact Salesianum’s Director of Arts, Mr. Aaron Bogad at [email protected] or (302) 356-2649

Professional Staffing

Salesianum School Theater has two full time staff members (Artistic Director Mr. Aaron Bogad and Technical Director Mr. David Lock). Additional professional staff members are brought on per the needs of the productions. For our MainStage musicals Music Direction is provided by Mr. Joe Louden (Faculty at Ursuline Academy) and preparation of our Pit Band as well as conducting is Provided by Salesianum faculty member Mr. Brian Cox.

Season Outline

During 2016-2016 Salesianum School Theater will be presenting:

Peter and the Starcatcher

Big Fish

Our Town

These three shows all deal with how life is lived in moments, but remembered far outside of those moments. The measures of a life well lived can be made by those living the life, or those who observe it. In either respect, an awareness of the beauty and value of any given moment, and how much of a difference can be made by the story told about that moment, is at the center of our work this year. In support of the institutional theme of “Bend Don’t Break” we will also be examining how these many moments are what contribute to our strength, to our ability to withstand the challenges they themselves present.