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Parkview Theatre & Film
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Welcome to Parkview Theatre & Film
TransformTheatre exists as a collaborative art form. Designers, builders, makeup artists, lighting board operators, costumers, and stage crew members work alongside the actors and directors to transform a play from the written word to an experience. Parkview students have opportunities to explore all of those avenues and to create transformative moments.
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ActWith MainStage shows each semester, 24-Hour Play festival, Freshman One Act, an extremely active mime troupe, a touring improv team, and so many more, Parkview students have many opportunities to grow as actors of all stripes.
Actors can sing and dance in the spring musical, and they can portray historical figures presenting scenes from their lives in the cemetery where they are laid to rest in Tales of the Crypt. Versatile opportunities allow actors to become well-rounded performers at Parkview. |
DeviseParkview encourages devising, or collaboratively creating, original scripts each year with our Arkansas Adventures show that tours to area schools.
Students also have student-director opportunities on multiple productions each year. Parkview offers entire classes on playwrighting and ensemble devised theatre. |
2023-2024 Parkview School year!
Parkview Fall Play: Nov. 17 & 18
This is your chance to see a LIVE Shakespearean performance. Let Parkview Theatre & Film take Shakespeare's work off the page and onto the stage for you with The Winter's Tale! More about the show below.
TICKETS:
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is one of Shakespeare's lesser known but oh so dramatic works. Streamlined to a fast-paced 1 hr and 30 minutes and set in 90's Chicago, your students will lose themselves with DJ Tyme at Club Sicilia! It all begins as Leo, Club Sicilia's owner, gets jealous when his pregnant wife, Hermione, does exactly what he asks—convinces his childhood friend, Xenes, to stay with them longer. Leo's jealousy causes a death spiral leading to the loss of Xenes, Hermione, their friend Antigonus to a BEAR (Yes, a BEAR—well maybe not quite in our version), and his two children.....but WAIT! One child lives! She is raised by a diner manager; and 16 years later (Yes, there's a 16 year time jump in this play!) FALLS IN LOVE with Xenes's son, Zell! Believe us when we say, this is a CRAZY play worth watching just to see one of Shakespeare's lesser known and produced works!
Freshman one act!
Each year, Freshmen Theatre & Film Magnet students stage a One Act play production performed 100% by the Parkview freshmen class. This year, students performed No Substitutes by Don Zolidis.
Parkview takes on Shakespeare!
Students interested in auditioning for our Fall Main Stage Play The Winter's Tale should visit the Audition Page to learn more about the play, find audition monologues, rehearsal schedule, and the online audition form HERE.
Spring 2023
Saturday, April 1st @ 7 pm
Sunday, April 2nd @ 3 pm
Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School presents the STATE PREMIER of Mean Girls: The Musical. Based on the beloved film by famed writer/actor/producer Tina Fey, Mean Girls explores the journey to authenticity and true friendship in the jungles of high school female social order. Inspired by the 2002 nonfiction book Queen Bees and Wannabees by Rosalind Wiseman, Fey weaves a tale about a girl named Cady who leaves her home in Africa for a new school in America. Though her parents thought this school would be safer, Cady discovers the predators are just as fierce. Cady navigates her way through friend groups until she tops the scale as the “Apex Predator.” She finds, however, that being the Apex Predator comes with its own set of challenges. This coming-of-age story serves as a cautionary tale for all the predators and prey who navigate the social jungles in any school anywhere.
Content Warning: This is a high school edition of the beloved classic. There are, however, still some mature themes and language that serve the overall positive message of the play. It is suggested that parents be made aware of this content warning. Suggested age for this play is 12 and above.
Content Warning: This is a high school edition of the beloved classic. There are, however, still some mature themes and language that serve the overall positive message of the play. It is suggested that parents be made aware of this content warning. Suggested age for this play is 12 and above.
Tickets available here.
They will also be sold at door for $10 (cash only).
They will also be sold at door for $10 (cash only).
Fall ShowA group of teens on a tiny island in the Everglades of south Florida are stuck. Their families, their access to the world beyond, and the systems that hold their lives together all keep them from moving toward lives that could have them succeed. Will they make it out, or will these teens be caught Ever in the Glades?
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TICKETS:
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Tales of the Crypt
We're so excited to bring Tales of the Crypt back! Join us this Sunday, Oct. 9th from 2-4 to tour historic Mount Holly Cemetery, see some of Parkview's most talented performers, and gain new perspective about Arkansas History through stories of those buried there. Admission is FREE, donations to the Cemetery Association are welcome.
Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School invites you to a special LIVE theatre event!
Join us:
Friday, April 8th 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 9th 7:00 pM
Sunday, April 10th 3:00 PM
TICKETS:
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time.
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Online tickets can be purchased HERE
Synopsis: Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl, Matilda tells the story of a girl with wit, intelligence . . . and maybe even a little magic. Her parents are rude and cruel but she finds a special bond with her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, though – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull (the hilarious bad-guy of the show), HATES children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be her classmate's only hope! Packed with high-energy dance numbers, catchy songs and unforgettable characters, Matilda is a joyous girl power romp. Children and adults alike will be thrilled and delighted by the story of the special girl with an extraordinary imagination.
Matilda cast Information Station! resources and information HERE!
Fall Mainstage:
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2021 Freshman One Act
This comedy follows the misadventures of
the residents of a town buried in a mountain of snow.
What will happen when regular life stops
and everyone takes off for a snow day?
the residents of a town buried in a mountain of snow.
What will happen when regular life stops
and everyone takes off for a snow day?
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WiFi High: School in a BoxThis one-act virtual play is written, directed, and performed by Parkview Theatre students.
Watch below or click this link, and as always, thank you for your support of Parkview Theatre. |
Technical Theatre ShowcasePlease enjoy the work of Parkview Theatre students as they created moments from fairytales in puppet theatre.
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