Arts

Theater

Our theater program encompasses performance and production courses, complemented by a full performance season. Burke's "no cut" policy applies to our theater program, so that both brand-new and experienced performers have myriad opportunities.

Theater Classes

List of 2 items.

  • High School Theater Coursework


    9th-12th grade*Drama - 1, Drama - 2trimester elective courses
     Improv - 1, Improv - 2trimester elective courses

    * High School students also receive course credit for cast and crew participation in after-school Burke productions.

  • Middle School Theater Coursework


    6th gradeDiving Inyear-long survey course in the performing arts
    7th gradeDramaone trimester course
    8th gradeActing, Directing & Designfall trimester elective

Performance Seasons

  • 2024-25 Season

    John Proctor is the Villain
    Abigail / 1702
    The Sound of Music
    Student One-Act Plays
    The Little Mermaid Jr.

  • 2023-24 Season

    Everybody
    Mean Girls - The Musical
    Annie Jr.

  • 2022-23 Season

    Circle Mirror Transformation
    The Audience
    The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
    Legally Blonde Jr. - The Musical

  • 2021-22 Season

    The Laramie Project (2000)
    The Laramie Project: "10 Years Later"
    Urinetown
    High School Musical

  • 2020-21 Season

    Fall Play Showcase*
    Brief Interviews*
    The Wedding Singer**

    *     remote  | ** hybrid

  • 2019-20 Season

    we, the invisibles
    The Wolves
    9 to 5, the Musical
    Frozen, Jr.*
    5th Annual Student One-Act Plays**

    *     cancelled due to pandemic | ** remote

2024-25 Production Photos


The Little Mermaid Jr. by Edmund Burke School on Exposure

Abigail / 1702 by Edmund Burke School on Exposure

The Sound of Music by Edmund Burke School on Exposure

John Proctor is the Villain by Edmund Burke School on Exposure
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