Belton High School Theatre History
1985 - Present

2021/22   Cinderella - Broadway Version (Nov.)
                 The Death and Life of Larry Benson (Feb.)
                  Puffs (Apr.)
                  The Incomplete Life and Random Death of Molly Denholtz (Fall)
                  Original Playwriting Showcase (Fall)
                  Children's Show (Winter)
                  Fall & Winter Improvisation Shows
                  Student Directed One-Acts - Just A Joke & The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon 
                  Belton's Got Talent
                  Mr. BHS

2020/21  The Laramie Project (Nov.)
              Something From Nothing Improv Show (Dec.)
              Something From Nothing Children's Show (Jan)
              She Kills Monsters (Feb)
              Big the Musical (April)
              (*Had to cancel many Company productions bcz of Covid)

2019/20 Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Nov.)
              The Diviners (Feb.)
              Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour (Oct.)
              Improvisation Show (Oct.)
              Alky (Dec.)
             Juvie (Dec.)              
              Playwriting Showcase (Feb.)
              Betlon's Got Talent (Feb.)
              (Had to cancel the rest of the season due to the Coronovirus)
              
2018/19   Little Shop of Horrors (Nov)
                Peter and the Starcatcher (Feb.)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour (Oct)
                Improvisation Show (Oct.)
                Playwriting Showcase (Feb.)
                Juliet's Ghost (Dec.)
                 Detective Sketches (Dec.)
                 Belton's Got Talent Show (Feb)
                 The Miracle Worker (Apr.)
                 Student Directed One-Acts (Apr.)
                               [Drugs Are Bad, I'm Not Stupid, Lonestar, Bake Off, Miss Electricity, The   
                                Most Massive Woman Wins]
​                 Improvisation Show (May)

2017/18   Sweeney Todd (Nov. 2-5)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour (Oct. 5-6)
                Improvisation Show (Oct. 25)
                It's a Wonderful Life (Dec. 19)
                Harvey (Feb. 1-4)
                Variety Show (Feb. 15)
                Playwriting Showcase (Feb. 22)
                Don't Drink the Wate (Apr.5-7)
                Mr. BHS (Apr. 11)
                Student Directed One-Acts (Apr. 19)
                                   [Haiku, Ugly on the Inside, The Other Room, Who's a Good Boy]
                Improv Show (May 9)

2016/17   Thoroughly Modern Millie (Nov. 3-6)
                Frankenstein 1930 (Feb. 2-5)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour (Oct. 6-7)
                Improvisation Show (Oct. 26 & May 10)
                A Brave New World (Dec. 20)
                Variety Show (Feb. 9)
                Playwriting Showcase (Feb. 16)
                Student Directed One-Acts (April 20)
                        [Hush, The Insanity of Mary Girard, Jimmy the Antichrist] 
                Is He Dead? (April 6-8)

2015/16   The Drowsy Chaperone (Nov. 5-8)
                 A Midsummer's Night Dream ( Feb.4-7)
                 Children's Show (Oct.1-2)
                 Improvisation Show (Oct. 27)
                 The Dining Room (Dec. 21)
                 Improvisation Show (Jan. 28)
                 Mousetrap (Apr. 22)
                 Snow Angel (Apr. 14-16)
                 Mr. BHS Competition (Apr. 28)
                 25th Annual Putnum County Spelling Bee (May 13-14)

2014/15    Guys and Dolls (Nov. 6-9)
                You Can't Take It With You (Feb. 5-8)
                Almost, Maine (Dec. 17)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour (Evening Show 10/2)
                Improvisation Show (Oct. 28 and May 11)
                Student Directed One-Acts (Apr. 23) [Haiku, The Other Room, And Jack Fell Down, 
                and The Zoo Story]
                Original Playwriting Showcase (Feb. 19)
                Talent Show (Nov. 20)
                Twelve Angry Jurors (Apr. 16-18)
                Mr. BHS Competition (Apr. 30)

2013/14    Beauty and the Beast
                 Fugue
                The Curious Savage (Freshmen Show)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour
                The Bully Plays
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Improvisation Show

2012/13    Once Upon A Mattress
                 Leading Ladies
                Imaginary Harry
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour
                Improvisation Show
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Clue (Freshmen Show)

2011/12    Bye Bye Birdie
                The Crucible
                The Readiness is All
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Improvisation Show
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour
                The Importance of Being Earnest (Freshmen Show)

2010/11    Fiddler on the Roof
                The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940
                Sally and Sam
                Student Directed One-Acts (Check Please, Wake Up Call, Whose A Good Boy?,          
                Drugs Are Bad)
                Improvisation Show
                Night of the Living Dead (Freshmen Show)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show Tour

2009/10    HONK
                John Lennon & Me
                Bobby Wilson Can Eat His Own Face
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Barefoot in the Park (Freshmen Show)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show
                Improvisation Show

2008/09    Stage Door
                Radium Girls
                We're All In This Together
                Marvels (Freshmen Show)
                Improvisation Show
                Something From Nothing Children's Show
                Student Directed One-Acts

2007/08    Annie Get Your Gun
                Dirty Work at the Crossroads
                The Pigman (Freshmen Show)
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Improvisation Show
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

2006/07    Steel Magnolias/Boys Next Door
                 The House on Pooh Corner
                 Killer Halloween (Freshmen Show)
                Student Directed One-Acts
                Improvisation Show
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

2005/06    Romeo and Juliet
                Zombie Prom
                A Tuna Christmas
                Life in the Fat Lane (Freshmen Show)
                Student Directed One-Acts (Lone Star, Laundry and Bourbon, Time Flies, Hidden in
                the Picture, Blind Date, When God Come to Breakfast, You Don't urn the Toast)
                Improvisation Show
                Something From Nothing Children's Show 

2004/05    The Wizard of Oz
                 Snow Angel
                 The Curious Savage (Freshmen Show)
                Hard Candy
                Something From Nothing Children's Show
                Improvisation Show

2003/04    The Jellybean Conspiracy
                The Imaginary Invalid
                Ten Minute Tidbits (also presented at Missouri Conference )
                Dear Phoebe (Freshmen Show) 
                Something From Nothing Children's Show
                Improvisation Show

2002/03    Voices From the High School
                 You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

2001/02    You Can't Take It With You
                Cinderella
                For You by Us (Original Poetry & Art by BHS Students, also presented at Thespian                     Conference)  
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

2000/01    Crimes of the Heart
                The Odd Couple (Male & Female Version)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1999/00    Godspell
                 To Kill a Mockingbird
                 Something From Nothing Children's Show

1998/99    Noises Off!
                Only an Orphan Girl
                The House of Blue Leaves
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1997/98    Oliver!
                The Would Be Gentlemen
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1997/87    
                 Brighton Beach Memoirs
                Alky
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1995/96   Pippin
                Wait Until Dark
                Dolls
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1994/95   Into The Woods 
                Our Town
                Up the Down Staircase
                Life with Elvis
                Sex Lives of Super Heroes
                Impromtu
                Hidden in the Picture
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1993/94    The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
                Little Shop of Horrors
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1992/93    Jabberwock
                Picnic
                Summertree
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1991/92    The Music Man
                A Midsummer Night's Dream
                Chamber Music
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1990/91    Deadwood Dick
                Steel Magnolias/The Foreigner
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1989/90    Annie
                Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1988/89    The Diary of Anne Frank
                The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1987/88    You Can't Take It With You
                The Sound of Music
                Les Precious Ridicules
                Something From Nothing Children's Show

1986/87    Look Homeward Angel
                See How The Run
                Greater Tuna (Readers Theatre)
                Something From Nothing Children's Show


1985/86    The Miracle Worker
                Guys & Dolls
                The Ugly Duckling
                Something From Nothing Children's Show