ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL'S
OPENING ACT THEATRE COMPANY
SEASON 2024-2025
“TRANSFORMATIONS"
Stories on stage take us through a journey through changes of heart, mind, and soul.
These stories show how characters, their world, and perceptions transform them and us both internally and externally.
CONTENT ADVISORIES regarding mature subject matter and language, and/or sensory effects, are indicated on posters. Typically, Acting Showcase and Senior Shorts are our "edgier" nights of student work. Announcements are made prior to the performances beginning when applicable.
Roosevelt's ROUGHRIDER RUCKUS*
Comedy and Improvisation Night
"Where the points are fake, but the laughs are real!"
During Back to School Night
Black Box Theatre
General admission: FREE.
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
(High School Edition)
Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
A play by Jack Thorne
Adapted for High Schools by Broadway Licensing Global
Fri. Nov. 8 at 7:00 P.M.
Sat. Nov. 9 at *1:00 P.M. and *7:00 P.M.
*Performances are ASL interpreted.
Thurs. Nov. 14 at 7:00 P.M.
Fri. Nov. 15 at 7:00 P.M.
Sat. Nov. 16 at 1:00 P.M. (MATINEE CLOSING)
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: $8-$12
We are the first high school in Oregon selected to produce this show. HPCC Statement
"Nineteen years after Harry, Ron, and Hermione saved the wizarding world, they’re back on a most extraordinary new adventure – this time, joined by a brave new generation that has only just arrived at the legendary Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Harry Potter’s head-strong son Albus befriends the son of his fiercest rival, Draco Malfoy, it sparks an unbelievable new journey for them all—with the power to change the past and future forever. Prepare for spectacular spells, a mind-blowing race through time, and an epic battle to stop mysterious forces, all while the future hangs in the balance."
Description Credit: https://licensecursedchild.com/
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Acting Showcase*
Movement, monologues, scenes, and songs for upcoming competitions
Thurs. Jan. 30 at 7:00 P.M.
Black Box Theatre
General admission: FREE.
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Student Devised Work
in partnership with
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
Thurs. Feb. 20, Fri. Feb. 21, Sat. Feb. 22 @ 7:00 P.M.
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: $8-$12
Working with PETE, students will craft work that will change your minds and challenge your heart and soul.
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Interrupting Vanessa
by Colleen Neuman
Thurs. Feb. 27, Fri. Feb. 28, and Sat. Mar. 1 @ 7:00 P.M.
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: $8-$12
Vanessa lives with her mother, who seems too busy to listen to her and calls Vanessa's beloved collection of stuff a "pile of junk." Vanessa uses her stuff—keys, string, wire, cardboard, broken flashlights, old radios—to create inventions and to make up stories. There is one more treasure she keeps in her room: her father. Vanessa's father died last year, but Vanessa, unable to let him go, has imagined him back to life. Dad is there reading his newspaper and telling jokes, just like he used to. Vanessa gets carried away by her imagination, telling her father elaborate stories about things like receiving a gold medal from the president and having a ranch with bucking broncos. Then Mom does the unthinkable. She invites Timmy Fibbins over to play. Vanessa is mortified because no one talks to Timmy at school. Her dad reminds her that no one talks to her, either. He also decides that it's time for him to leave. Once Timmy arrives and starts talking, things aren't so bad. Timmy likes Vanessa's junk, laughs at her jokes and doesn't laugh at her inventions. In the end, Vanessa makes a new friend and a statement of truth: her dad died last year. Realizing she is never really alone, she lets her dad go to "live on the ranch and ride the broncos."
(Stage Left PDX production -- that's our alumni group)
Produced by special arrangement with
THE DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY of Woodstock, Illinois.
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Senior Shorts*
senior-written and directed one-act play festival
Thurs. May 1 at 7:00 P.M.
Black Box Theatre and Main Stage Studio
General admission: $10
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*RUCKUS Improv also often is seen at Acting Showcase, Senior Shorts, during March for Theatre In Our Schools Month, and available for hire to perform. Booking fees go toward student scholarships.
