College Productions
St. Monica's College is heavily involved in performing arts. The college has produced many different productions and plays. Since 1971 the college has produced an annual musical. In 1984 the last musical of the time was produced and the college began to only perform straight theatre plays. In 2005 the college decided to begin producing musicals again. The St. Monica's College musical is a very big event in the community and is usually seen by around 2,000 people. They have a united cast and crew of around 200 students from across Year 7- 12. The musicals performed so far are as follows:
- 1975 – The King and I
- 1976 – The Sound of Music
- 1977 – Pajama Game
- 1978 – My World, My Aunt and Me (Original musical, written by Terrence Strokes)
- 1979 – The Hobbit – A Musical
- 1980 – Oklahoma
- 1981 – My Fair Lady
- 1982 – Kismet
- 1983 – Annie Get Your Gun
- 1984 – Snoopy
- 1985–2004 – Straight theatre plays performed annually (usually split into a separate junior and senior play.)
- 2005 – The Wiz
- 2006 – Bye Bye Birdie
- 2007 – Annie
- 2008 – Grease
- 2009 – Fame
- 2010 – Crazy for You
- 2011 – Singin' in the Rain
- 2012 – High School Musical
- 2013 - Anything Goes
As of 2013, straight theatre plays will be re-introduced following the annual college musical in semester 1, this is the first time the college will perform both a musical and straight theatre play in the same year.
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