Entertaining Today's Audience...Educating Tomorrow's Talent
by John Bishop
When ten theatre types gather together to audition for a new Broadway musical, a blizzard traps them in a luxorious mansion. The one hitch, there is a killer on the loose in the house just waiting to put a little twist in the limelight! With sliding panels, secret passages and a German maid who apparently has more lives than one, accusing fingers point in all directions in this comedy of murder, mayhem and madness!
The Poplar Pike Playhouse at Germantown High School presents a full season of theatrical productions in its 300 seat on-campus theatre facility. Since its inception in 1976, the Playhouse has provided more than 100 theatrical shows viewed by over 200,000 people in its nearly 40 year history. The yearly roster of events includes two mainstage shows, several acting festivals, a touring children's theatre companyand additional small ensemble presentations. Students not only perform on the stage, but they also are responsible for every element of the theatre operation, including the technical as well as the business side of the program. The theatre has state-of-the-art lighting and sound equipment and a business office that is computer-assisted and staffed year round by student volunteers.
