ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL'S
OPENING ACT THEATRE COMPANY
SEASON 2025-2026
“CONNECTIONS"
Connections among characters teach us empathy, understanding, and humanity. Audiences connect with the stories and experiences on stage. We connect with ourselves through laughter, tears, struggles, and realizations.
CONTENT ADVISORIES regarding mature subject matter and language, and/or sensory effects, often are indicated on posters, but patrons are expected to do due diligence for any and all titles listed below by using an internet search engine for reading up on any summaries, cautions, themes and/or language included in any theatrical script or presentation. 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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THE 24 HOUR PLAYS
Produced by special arrangement with THE 24 HOUR COMPANY in NYC
The 24 Hour Plays: Roosevelt's Opening Act Theatre Company
is a Stage Left PDX and Opening Theatre Company co-production
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Sat. Sept. 13 7:00 P.M.
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: $8-$12
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Love's Labour's Lost
by Shakespeare
adapted and edited by Nick Newlin
for
PPS ShakesFest
Shaksepeare or adjacent shows
one PPS HS per hour, one the hour, every hour
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Sat. Oct. 18 12:00-9:00 P.M.
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: Pay What You Can
$10 minimum per ticket
Donations accepted during the performances, too.
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Acting Showcase*
Movement, monologues, scenes, and songs for upcoming competitions
Thurs. Feb. 5 at 7:00 P.M.
Black Box Theatre
General admission: FREE.
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MEAN GIRLS
HIGH SCHOOL VERSION
Book by
TINA FEY
Music by
JEFF RICHMOND
Lyrics by
NELL BENJAMIN
Based on the Paramount Pictures film Mean Girls
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Fri. Feb. 27 @ 7:00 P.M.
Sat. Feb. 28 @ 7:00 P.M.
Thurs. Mar. 5 @ 7:00 P.M.
Fri. Mar. 6 @ 7:00 P.M.
Sat. Mar. 7 @ 1:00 P.M. CLOSING MATINEE
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Tickets: $10-$18
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Mean Girls High School Version
Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
Adapted by Intermediate Acting class
with Derek and Jo Lane
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Spring 2026
Roosevelt HS Main Stage Theatre
Feeder schools will be able to book seats closer to the production date.
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Senior Shorts*
senior-written and directed one-act play festival
Thurs. May 7 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.
