Canal Winchester Performing Arts Collective
Building a Community of Life-Long Artists
Drama Department
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Canal Winchester High School offers Performing Arts and Theatre classes open to all CWHS students. The Department is committed to create excellence in Theatre Education using the Academic Content Standards laid down by the Ohio Department of Education.
Drama Department Calendar
Click here to see the rehearsal schedule for our current production.
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Previous Productions
1994-1995 Love’s Labour’s Lost - Ten Little Indians
1995-1996 Twelfth Night - God’s Favorite
1996-1997 Snow White - The Taming of the Shrew - 12 Angry Jurors
1997-1998 Cinderella - The Tempest - Homefront
1998-1999 The Piped Piper - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Grand Opening
1999-2000 Shorts Festival - Much Ado About Nothing - Harvey
2000-2001 Shorts Festival - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Swinging on a Star
2001-2002 The Comedy of Errors - The Importance of Being Ernest
2002-2003 As You Like It - The Government Inspector
2003-2004 The Merchant of Venice - Arsenic and Old Lace
2004-2005 Measure For Measure - You Can’t Take It With You
2005-2006 The Taming of the Shrew
2006-2007 The Merry Wives of Windsor - Clue
2007-2008 A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Treasure Island
2008-2009 Much Ado About Nothing - The Usual Suspects
2009-2010 Twelfth Night - Side By Side By Sondheim
2010-2011 Shorts Festival - The Tempest - Godspell
2011-2012 Shorts Festival - The Comedy of Errors -
Once Upon A Mattress
2012-2013 Love’s Labour’s Lost - Willy Wonka
2013-2014 As You Like It - Zombie Prom
2014-2015 Shorts Festival - Measure for Measure - Merrily We Roll Along
2015-2016 Shorts Festival - The Taming of the Shrew - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
2016-2017 Shorts Festival - The Merchant of Venice - My Favorite Year
2017-2018 Shorts Festival - A Midsummer Night’s Dream - Fame, The Musical
2018-2019 Shorts Festival - The Merry Wives of Windsor - Aida
2019-2020 Shorts Festival - Much Ado About Nothing
2020-2021 Tweltfh Night - Working: A Musical
2021-2022 Shorts Festival - Love’s Labour’s Lost - Something Rotten!
2022-2023 Shorts Festival - Two Gentlemen of Verona - Spring Musical

Are you thinking about a career in Theatre?
The 2021-2022 school year has come to a close. We can’t thank our Students, Parients and Friends of the CWPA Drama Department enough for their work in creating an amazing Theatre experience.
CWPA Box Office
(614) 920-2680
Email: CWHSDrama@gmail.com
The CWHS Drama Department is forever indebted to all of the students, parents and community members that have worked so hard to create the program over the years.
Here’s a partial list of the great directors that have guided our students.
Tammy Avery 2003-2005
Chris Brown 2007-2008
John Betts 2002-2003
Dean Feldmeyer 1994-2001
Crystal Groves 2006-2007
Theo Jackson 2013-2014
Lauren Lanker 2009-2012
Brittany Link 2014-2015
Rose McKinley -1990
Fred Norris 2001-2002
Kelsey Roberts 2012-2013
Abbey Phillips 2014-Present
Todd Phillips 1989-Present
Mike Webb 2008-2009
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