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  • Home
  • How to Enroll
  • About Our Program
    • Course Descriptions
    • Performance Opportunities
    • Parkview Thespians Troupe #7955
  • Why Theatre?
  • Archives
  • Contact us
  • Parkview Website
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  • Buy TICKETS or MERCH
  • Auditorium Use Request Form
  • Course Selection Page
  • Film Festival
  • 2024 AR ADV Cast List
DreaM + BUILD + CREATE

Parkview Theatre & Film

LEARN + TRANSFORM + EMPOWER

Parkview's Spring MusicaL

April 11 & 12 @ 7PM 13 @ 3PM

From the Creator of 
WICKED

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Tickets

Available in the box office 1 hour before show time. 
-OR-
Online tickets can be purchased
 HERE ​
About the Show: 
Pippin, young son of King Charlemagne, has graduated college and just wants to find his “corner of the sky.” He battles; he romances; and he politics–only to find life is a CIRCUS, and true, deep, lasting happiness is…….complicated. 

As with all Parkview musicals, Pippin will have dancing, singing, and a live pit orchestra! But also………

See the talented students at Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School practicing circus arts--on stilts, flying in an aerial hoop, juggling and more in this ring-top tent production of……PIPPIN!


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Pippin CAST ONLY Page HERE

Find your High School Home!

Waiting List Auditions available
​ for Parkview Theatre

Sign up for an audition!

Learn more about our Audition / Showcase experience HERE. 

Parkview Fall Show: Nov. 22nd & 23rd

TICKETS:
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time. 
-OR-
Online tickets can be purchased
 HERE 
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What happens when you discover the most captivating story ever written? If your name is Bastian Balthazar Bux, you lock yourself in the school closet, stay up all night, and end up saving Fantastica! Bastian is just a normal boy like any other. As if middle school weren’t enough, Bastian has bullies and a grieving dad to deal with. One day, Bastian stumbles upon a bookkeeper and her many books. What follows is Bastian’s (and the audience’s) entrance into a world of magic and adventure. Bastian discovers the book and follows an unlikely hero, Atreyu, who is charged with saving Fantastica. Meeting friends and foes along his journey, he reaches the Childlike Empress and struggles to know how to save her and the rest of their land from the inevitable Nothing, a darkness that destroys everything in its path. Adapted from the hit 1984 film, you will be amazed by nearly 100 Parkview students’ acting, costuming, design, and construction skills as they navigate an exciting new challenge–the use of PUPPETS on stage! 

Public shows are Friday, Nov 22nd at 7 pm and Saturday, November 23rd at 7 pm. All tickets are $10. Children 4 and up encouraged to attend! Tickets may be purchased ahead through School Cash Online or at the ticket booth.

Arkansas Adventures 2024

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cast list

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Thank you to all who attended.
Watch Our Production Highlights Video! 
(HERE)

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Friday, April 5th @ 7 pm
Saturday, April 6th @ 7 pm
Sunday, April 7th @ 3 pm

Join Parkview for our 2024 Spring Musical: The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. See the work of 100 students from Theatre, Vocal Music, Instrumental Music, Visual Arts, and Dance Magnets Programs! 

As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can't control, a destiny he doesn't want, and a mythology textbook's worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus's master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his innocence and prevent a war between the gods. But to succeed on his quest, Percy will have to do more than catch the thief. He must travel to the Underworld and back; solve the riddle of the Oracle, which warns him of betrayal by a friend; and come to terms with the father who abandoned him. Adapted from the best-selling book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan and featuring a thrilling original rock score, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed mythical adventure "worthy of the gods" (Time Out New York).

Welcome to Parkview Theatre & Film

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Transform

Theatre 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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Act

With 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.
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Devise

Parkview 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's Spring Musical!

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Visit the Lightning Thief Cast Information Station (​HERE) for all you need to know! 

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.
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TICKETS:
Available in the box office 1 hour before show time. 
-OR-
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.
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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.  

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Spring 2023

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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.


Tickets available here.
​They will also be sold at door for $10 (cash only).

Fall Show


A 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. 
-OR-
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. 
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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.  
-OR-
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! 

More information HERE 
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Fall Mainstage: 
Nov. 18-20 at 7PM


 ALL IN THE TIMING is an accessibly absurd comedy about life, love, the messes we make, and the ways that we deal with them… or don’t. These 6 short plays presented in one perfectly penned and performed package will have you simultaneously rolling with laughter and wondering whether it’s you that’s actually laughing or the play itself laughing at all of us!
Come out and support these amazing student actors and technicians. Tickets for this year’s show are only $5 for students and $7 for adults and can be purchased at the box office with cash or online at  LRSD1.SCHOOLCASHONLINE.COM. There you will be prompted to open a new account or sign in to your old one. Once you are in your account, click on the Little Rock School District button and then the search window. Type in “Parkview.” From there you’ll just need to click on the event and follow the onscreen prompts. Please have your emailed receipt ready to show at the box office. 
See you at ALL IN THE TIMING on November 18 - 20, at 7pm!
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2021 Freshman One Act

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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?

Congratulations to the Cast and Crew of Fame Jr.

The talented students of Parkview Arts & Science Magnet High School premiered a Covid-19 safe, movie musical production of Fame, Jr. April 23rd - April 25th. Check out KTHV's story our our innovative production HERE! 
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Fame Jr. Virtual Program HERE!

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WiFi High: School in a Box

This 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 Showcase


Please enjoy the work of Parkview Theatre students as they created moments from fairytales in puppet theatre.
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