High School in the Spotlight: Bishop Blanchett High, WA

BroadwayWorld's High School Center is proud to showcase high school performance programs around the country in our weekly feature of 'High School in the Spotlight'.

Today, we get to know Seattle's Bishop Blanchet High School and its Drama Department!

Bishop Blanchet High School offers many exciting drama and theatre choices to students. Our program includes Beginning Acting, Intermediate Acting and Advanced study in the art of acting. Our Acting classes offer up to date professional acting techniques rarely taught in a high school setting. We also offer classes in Theatre Set Design, Sound and Lighting Design and Technical Theatre.

We have many professionals who teach theatre arts, from improvisation to set design, costumes , makeup and hair, and sound and lighting. Our acting and technical theatre students leave BBHS with a confident attitude that they are prepared to compete successfully with other theatre artists. Our students have the ability to audition with confidence and are prepared to continue their education in
theatre with a level of professionalism that is unmatched.

Our facilities include: A beautiful studio theater that seats up to 180. The theatre includes a sound and lighting booth which is fully equipped with state of the art sound and lighting instruments. A fully equipped set shop where we teach students how to build sets for all of our productions, a costume workshop where we teach student how to build all of our costumes (up to 350 per show), a costume storage facility that houses over 4,000 costume pieces, a green room/makeup and dressing room and a drama office.

The performance calendar at Bishop consists of a Fall Play, One Act Play Festival, a Spring Musical, and an Improvisation team.

We offer opportunities that will foster and deepen students' education in the theatre. It is our belief that educating the whole person should include an understanding and appreciation of the arts. With this in mind, Bishop Blanchet High School is proud to participate in the fostering of such an ideal.

Up next on the Bishop Blanchett stage is Stephen Schwartz and John Caird's CHILDREN OF EDEN. The show will play April 26, 27 & 28 at the Moore Theatre. Tickets will go on sale March 20.

The school's arts curriculum also offers a band, orchestra and choir program, as well as a visual arts program. To learn more about these departments, click here.