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She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition
She Kills Monsters tells the story of high schooler Agnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister, Tilly. When Agnes stumbles upon Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and ’90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.
Tickets on Sale Mid-October
She Kills Monsters: Young Adventurers Edition
She Kills Monsters tells the story of high schooler Agnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister, Tilly. When Agnes stumbles upon Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and ’90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.
Tickets on Sale Mid-October
studio133 Musical TO BE ANNOUNCED
Info coming soon!
Limited Tickets on Sale Mid-November
studio133 Musical TO BE ANNOUNCED
Info coming soon!
Limited Tickets on Sale Mid-November
The Spongebob Musical
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Tickets on Sale Late February
The Spongebob Musical
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Tickets on Sale Late February
The Spongebob Musical
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Tickets on Sale Late February
The Spongebob Musical
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
An exciting new musical featuring irresistible characters and magical music, this deep-sea pearl of a show is set to make a splash with audiences young and old. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Tickets on Sale Late February
WAPA Annual Awards Banquet
Join us for our 7th Annual WAPA Awards Banquet! Tuesday May 27th, 2025 @ 6:30 PM!
For ALL WAPA Students & Families. Located in Staff Parking Lot. Parking in South Lot by Stadium. Bring A Lawn Chair or Blanket!
Bring some extra cash or a card to purchase food from our featured Food Truck ChillJoy!
Rain Plan will be to move indoors to the Cafeteria or Library!
Dearly Departed
THE STORY: In the Baptist backwoods of the Bible Belt, the beleaguered Turpin family proves that living and dying in the South are seldom tidy and always hilarious. Despite their earnest efforts to pull themselves together for their father’s funeral, the Turpins’ other problems keep overshadowing the solemn occasion: Firstborn Ray-Bud drinks himself silly as the funeral bills mount; Junior, the younger son, is juggling financial ruin, a pack of no-neck monster kids, and a wife who suspects him of infidelity in the family car; their spinster sister, Delightful, copes with death as she does life, by devouring junk food; and all the neighbors add more than two cents. As the situation becomes fraught with mishap, Ray-Bud says to his long-suffering wife, “When I die, don’t tell nobody. Just bury me in the backyard and tell everybody I left you.” Amidst the chaos, the Turpins turn for comfort to their friends and neighbors, an eccentric community of misfits who just manage to pull together and help each other through their hours of need, and finally, the funeral.
One Night Only
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Congratulations to this year's cast of ONE NIGHT ONLY! This year's event will take place on the stage Friday May 16th @ 7PM. We have an evening full of talented acts featuring instrumentalists, singers, dance, theatrics and more!
Bands & Bells Concert
Come out for an evening of beautiful music by our Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Handbells of the Instrumental Program!
HADESTOWN: Teen Edition
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
FRIDAY MARCH 28TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH @ 7PM
FRIDAY APRIL 4TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH @ 7PM
We simply cannot WAIT to tell this story onstage! Tickets on sale NOW!
HADESTOWN: Teen Edition
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
FRIDAY MARCH 28TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH @ 7PM
FRIDAY APRIL 4TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH @ 7PM
We simply cannot WAIT to tell this story onstage! Tickets on sale NOW!
HADESTOWN: Teen Edition
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
FRIDAY MARCH 28TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH @ 7PM
FRIDAY APRIL 4TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH @ 7PM
We simply cannot WAIT to tell this story onstage! Tickets on sale NOW!
HADESTOWN: Teen Edition
This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.
FRIDAY MARCH 28TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY MARCH 29TH @ 7PM
FRIDAY APRIL 4TH @ 7PM
SATURDAY APRIL 5TH @ 7PM
We simply cannot WAIT to tell this story onstage! Tickets on sale NOW!
Music Showcase Concert
This concert includes musicians from all vocal and instrumental music ensembles, but consists of more small groups and soloists. Concessions available for Donations. Mark your calendars!
FREE ADMISSION
All In The Timing by David Ives
Come join studio133 for their 2nd production this year titled All In The Timing by David Ives!
Winner of the John Gassner Playwriting Award. This critically acclaimed, award-winning evening of comedies combines wit, intellect, satire and just plain fun. A hilarious sextet whether played together or separately.
“Like sketches for some hilarious, celestially conceived revue. The writing is not only very funny, it has density of thought and precision of poetry…ALL IN THE TIMING is by a master of fun. David Ives spins hilarity out of words.” —The New York Times.
“Theatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickles the heart. Ives is a mordant comic who has put the 'play’ back in playwright…A wondrous wordmaster.” —Time Magazine.
“An original turn of mind is to be saluted in our tired theatre…A playwright with ideas, his own ideas, in his head is relatively rare. Such a one is David Ives.” —New York Magazine.
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Winter Concert
Plan to come to this wonderful concert including all musical arts programs here at WHS!
Free admission!
Clue Onstage (High School Edition)
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Phttps://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/high-school-edition/clue-high-school-edition/rofessor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
Tickets are on sale NOW!
(Synopsis from Broadway Licensing Global)
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Clue Onstage (High School Edition)
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Phttps://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/high-school-edition/clue-high-school-edition/rofessor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
Tickets are on sale NOW!
(Synopsis from Broadway Licensing Global)
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Clue Onstage (High School Edition)
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Phttps://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/high-school-edition/clue-high-school-edition/rofessor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
Tickets are on sale NOW!
(Synopsis from Broadway Licensing Global)
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Clue Onstage (High School Edition) Understudy Performance
Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Phttps://broadwaylicensing.com/shows/high-school-edition/clue-high-school-edition/rofessor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!
Tickets are on sale NOW!
(Synopsis from Broadway Licensing Global)
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"Hannah" Radio Play via WCBE
Most scary Halloween stories work because evil creatures or people threaten the protagonist is threatened by. “Torture the women!” Hitchcock famously said.
But this year’s halloween story considers the question of “Who’s the monster?” something worth considering at any time of year, but especially in the fall.
Cast
Students from Christopher Ray’s Whetstone Academy of Performing Arts (Whetstone High School)
Dominic Holmes – Malik Collins
Diesel Berkowitz – Gage Freshour
Hannah Kemper – Opal Shipley
Almarie Shawcross – Lilian Debelius
Dianne Shawcross – Evelyn Boreman
Police officer – Cruz Reyes
Audio editing by June Crowe from Ryan Van Bibber’s Audio Production class at Fort Hayes
Recording of Radio Play “Hannah” available on Craft The Show website:
https://www.crafttheshow.com/
Trap by Stephen Gregg
a studio133 production
Synopsis:
MENACHAP, CALIFORNIA. An incomprehensible event: every person in the audience of a high school play falls unconscious—every person but one. Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first responders, and the investigators pursuing the case, a theatre ensemble brings the story of the strange event to life, documentary-style. But as the strands weave together into an increasingly dangerous web, it becomes clear that this phenomenon might not be entirely in the past. Unnerving, exhilarating, and wildly inventive, you've never walked into anything quite like Trap.
Tickets are SOLD OUT. Thank you for your support!
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Marching Band Finale Concert
Come out and enjoy the heart-pounding sounds of the Marching Band as they celebrate the end of their season with their annual Finale Concert!
Concert Starts @ 7 PM @ the Whetstone Football Field (Rainout location will be inside in the Performing Arts Center)
Concessions available (card or cash) and all proceeds benefit the WAPA program!
4405 Scenic Drive, Columbus, OH 43214
Fall Choir & Strings Concert
Come out and listen to the beautiful sounds of our Choral and Strings Program! Doors open @ 6:40, Concert begins @ 7:00! Free Admission! Concessions will be open before and during the Concert, all proceeds benefit WAPA!
@ Whetstone High School Performing Arts Center (4405 Scenic Drive, Columbus, OH 43214)
WAPA Annual Awards Banquet
Come out for our Annual WAPA Awards Banquet where all WAPA students involved in performing groups are honored for their contributions for this year’s season!
Food Trucks begin 6:30 PM, Awards begin 7:00 PM
Featuring TWO food trucks!
One Night Only
Come out for a special annual evening of the Performing Arts featuring over 30 student performers in over 20 acts including vocal, instrumental, and theatrical performances!
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$20 Ticket Price includes:
Buffet Dinner of Heavy Appetizers
Lemonade and Water
Evening of Entertainment
New Location this year! Clintonville Woman’s Club (3951 N High St.)
Doors Open @ 5:30 PM
Show Begins @ 6:00 PM
Show Ends @ 8:00 PM (ish)
Finding Nemo KIDS
Come see the show that went on tour to perform for FIVE of our Columbus City Schools!
Performance is 30 minutes long with a brief Q&A experience, and Photo Opportunity after the show!
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Disney’s Finding Nemo KIDS is a 30-minute musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo, with new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. Marlin, an anxious and over-protective clownfish, lives in the Great Barrier Reef with his kid Nemo, who longs to explore the world beyond their anemone home. But when Nemo is captured and taken to Sydney, Marlin faces his fears and sets off on an epic adventure across the ocean. With the help of lovable characters such as optimistic Dory, laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the supportive Tank Gang, Marlin and Nemo both overcome challenges on their journey to find each other and themselves.
Featuring memorable songs such as “Just Keep Swimming,” “Fish Are Friends Not Food,” and “Go With the Flow,” Finding Nemo KIDS brings a vibrant underwater world to life on stage in a story full of family, friendship, and adventure. (www.mitshows.com)
Little Shop of Horrors
Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant.
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Little Shop of Horrors
Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant.
Reserve your seats NOW
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Little Shop of Horrors
Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant.
Reserve your seats NOW
PURCHASE TICKETS
Little Shop of Horrors
Feed the need for musical hilarity with this delicious sci-fi smash about a man-eating plant.
Reserve your seats NOW
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Music Showcase Concert
This concert includes musicians from all vocal and instrumental music ensembles, but consists of more small groups and soloists. Concessions available for Donations. Mark your calendars!
FREE ADMISSION
heartstrings (an original studio133 production)
Written, directed, acted, & produced all by our studio133 ensemble. Prepare to have your heart strung along with over 20 original works themed with love.
Tickets are $5 General Admission
SOLD OUT
STUDIO 133: Winter Break by Joe Calarco
Prepare to be wowed. Dazzled. Wowazzled.
SOLD OUT