The Production Club at Horizon High School is involved in many events and productions throughout year including a Haunted House of Horrors, a mainstage play and the spring musical. We are the home of the 56th Street Comedy Club--this year's National Comedy Theatre High School League High School Champs.

The drama program at Horizon is comprised of five levels of coursework, including Drama 1-2, 3-4 ,5-6, 7-8 and Theatre Production.  This outstanding program has been recognized by Examiner.com. Each class produces a specialized performance; for example, the 5-6 class produces the Renaissance Festival in the spring. Other classes perform in scene or monologue nights. Last year the drama 7-8 class presented Lorca's one act play Blood Wedding.

The students enrolled in Drama 7-8 or Theatre Production are eligible for dual enrollment in classes at Paradise Valley Community College. 100% of the seniors who have been enrolled in the acting classes at Horizon have earned placement in acting programs at Universities across the country, including the University of Arizona, New York University-Tisch School of Acting and CalARts in California! The technical theatre program at Horizon is completely student -run and student -led. Sets, costumes, lighting and more are desinged and built by students. Safety is the utmost concern so the students go through the Horizon Tech Guild to be certified in all areas of technical theatre.

Past productions at Horizon include Seussical, The Good Doctor, Footloose, Romeo and Juliet, Once Upon A Mattress, The Liar, Murder's in the Heir and more!

There are many ways for students to get involved in drama at Horizon and the program is still growing! We hope you will join us in class or at one of our performances. Please see the calendar on this site for dates and shows!

 

About Mrs. Colson

Mrs. Joanie Colson is in her 20th year as the drama teacher at Horizon High. She has enjoyed watching the program grow from two drama class to seven classes at five levels. Her bachelor’s degree in theatre performance with a vocal performance minor is from Grand Canyon University and her M.Ed. is from NAU. She has experience on and off stage in every aspect of theatre from the walk-on spear thrower to a lead in a musical and from a crew member to a stage manager. Mrs. Colson enjoys working with the students as they learn the skills to becoming well-rounded performers and as they build confidence in themselves. She is proud of the student run program that developed a level of excellence known through out the Valley. As we go forward in these tough times the program is developing an academy and partnership with Paradise Valley Community College to help ensure theatre and the arts are offered to not only this but future generations.