Theatre
Sacred Heart School for the Arts offers classes designed to teach the basic concepts of acting and theatre through age-appropriate exercises and games. Students of all ages develop the three basic tools of the actor: voice, body, and imagination.
As a performance-based school, all students can participate in full-length, staged productions that are performed at the SHSA Recital Hall or our historic 500-seat auditorium, the Ursuline Arts Center. Our youngest acting students produce a showcase at the end of each semester. We believe participation in these productions helps the students cultivate their creativity, develop value in practice and perseverance, and advance in teamwork and leadership skills.
Sacred Heart School for the Arts teaches every actor to take center stage!
Fall 2026 Class Registration opens July 15.
View our course offerings at the link below.
Semester-based Theatre Audition Information
Upcoming Auditions
- August 12, 2026
- SHA girls/Community guys
- August 11, 2026
- All SHS + community 8th graders + HS students
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
Please come prepared with a one minute monologue that shows us some of what you can do as a character.
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on Detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer - in case he or she decides to strike again.
Grades: 8-12 (co-ed)
Tuition: $300 for community participants; SHA girls ($70 costume fee); Tuition included for UPAC students - no additional fee
Rehearsals: Days Tuesday/Thursdays: 4:30-6:30
Performances: November 7,8 at 7pm
Director: Heather Hunt & Joseph Glaser
Sign Up Genius for auditions: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49A5A923A6FFC43-64543784-murder
Sacred Heart Academy’s (SHA) Production of Footloose
Come prepared with a monologue that shows us your ability to create a character (1 minute); and 1 minute of a Broadway song in a similar style to the style of Footloose. Please also come prepared to learn a small choreo combination.
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, he is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth. When the reverend’s rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren’s reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid. The heartfelt story that emerges pins a father longing for the son he lost against a young man aching for the father who walked out on him.
To the rockin’ rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated Top 40 score, augmented with dynamic new songs, Footloose celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people while guiding them with a warm heart and open mind.
Auditions (SHA girls only) with the exception that auditions are open to Boys in grades 9-12.
Performance fee: $175 (UPAC students - no fee, included in tuition)
Signup Genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E49A5A923A6FFC43-64543742-footloose
Rehearsals: Mondays, Tuesday, Thursdays from 6:30-8:30; Sunday afternoons from 2:00-6:00 pm.
Tech Week: October 18-21
Performances: October 22-24 @ 7pm; October 28-30@ 7pm
Director: Joseph Glaser
Music Director: Terri Foster
Choreographer: Beth Cassidy
Note - Because Musical Theatre is a triple threat sport, we want to facilitate students learning all the elements. We are offering a 20% discount on tuition if a musical theatre essentials dance class and/or private/musical theatre essentials voice lessons are added in the same semester. (*private voice lessons are contingent on instructor availability).