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Drama

@ Mission Oak

The Program

The Program

Drama

Classes

The MOTC

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Drama @ MOHS: The Program

Drama at Mission Oak High School. It’s building foundations in Drama 1 and pushing ourselves to new heights in Advanced Drama classes.

It’s a company of players working behind the scenes and on stage to produce performances on the MO campus and an annual musical at the majestic community Auditorium at Tulare Union.

It’s the Drama Club members, committee chairs, and officers raising funds, planning activities, and bringing student-driven ideas and dreams to reality while building career-ready skills.

Our Culture is Intentional...

Drama at MO welcomes anyone and everyone to be a supportive contributing member. Producing plays, ​musicals, lunch activities, fundraisers, and field trips require planning, active participation, time outside of class, ​and a positive team-first mentality by many people. Drama at MO is about learning the art of performing; there is ​no place here for the other kind of “drama” that causes problems. We support, encourage, and celebrate while ​we put in the hard work, give and receive constructive feedback, learn accountability to follow through on plans ​and projects, and have so much fun together along the way.

Drama Classes in Portable 5

Drama 1

Start here to qualify for graduating with the Drama CTE ​Pathway. Build a strong foundation on theatre - behind ​the scenes and on stage. Learn design and stagecraft ​basics. Literally BUILD - props, costumes, set pieces ​and more. End the year with a Drama 2/3 collab on the

MO Variety Show!

Drama 2&3: Advanced Drama

Elevate your acting, singing, directing, and playwriting ​talents in Advanced Drama. Rehearse numbers for the ​musical. Work with the district choral director, Kristen ​Pallas, on the musical’s vocals and harmony needs. ​Collab with Drama 1 on the MO Variety Show to end ​the year with a finale to remember.

Our Work

Drama 1 students designed, constructed, and painted props and set pieces for last year’s musical, Beauty ​and the Beast. They also sewed and built an MO original - an enchanted wall!

Light Weight Sleek Arrow

The Wall sewn & built

by Drama 1

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Village painted by a Village

of ASB, Art & Drama!

The Wall sewn & built

by Drama 1

Brushstroke Arrow Smooth Curve Down

ASB provided a projector and artists to work with several Art and Drama 1 students to paint village store ​fronts and Belle’s cottage for scenes in Beauty and the Beast.

The MO Theatre ​Company ...

Rehearsals & Preparations

The MO company of players includes the on & off stage ​members who develop our productions from the ground ​up. From Portable 5 and the asphalt outside, to the MO ​Cafeteria, Hawk’s Landing, and the TU Auditorium - our ​players prepare for the space, adapt to the situation, and ​perform like professionals who also practice in one place ​and perform in another.

Roles & Participation

As we produce our play, musical, and other events, every ​role is equally important. A play is only as strong as the ​ensemble and crew behind the scenes. Classes are ​required to actively participate on stage or backstage. ​While much work is done during class periods, many ​rehearsals and building take place after school and on ​weekends. See a class syllabus for more details.

If we build it, they will come...

The Future...

Past Productions

Beauty and the Beast

Cinderella

Willy Wonka

The Little Mermaid

The Addams Family

Macbeth

Noises Off

and more!



2024-2025 Productions

The Secret case of sherlock holmes

September 28-29, 2024 @ 7pm

Our fall production will be a murder mystery comedy as a young ​Sherlock Holmes and Watson travel through time to solve their ​first case bursting with mistaken identities and celebrity delusions ​of grandeur.

Chicago the musical: Teen edition

January 30-February 1 & February 6-8, 2025 @ 7pm

The MO company of players will perform Chicago: Teen Edition in ​spring 2025 over two weekends. The themes of fame, corruption, ​and media manipulation will resonate with performers and ​audiences alike as MO undertakes a departure from traditional f​air tale productions.

May 2025 - the MO Variety Show

May 2025

Drama classes will select the show(s) and scenes they will desi​gn, direct, and perform for our end-of-year fina​l.

Join us. Help us. ​Let’s do it.

If we build it, they ​will come...

The Future...

Think about it. A huge part of our society’s focus ​surrounds “performers” - concerts and musicians, bands ​of so many different genres, comedy shows, movies, ​Hollywood, Broadway, competitions, and more.


Mission Oak is building an Olympic-sized aquatic ​complex that will serve MO students and draw state and ​national events to come to Tulare...


If we build a stellar Drama program that outgrows ​Portable 5, the MO Cafeteria, and the Tulare Union ​Auditorium - MO could be the new home to a cutting ​edge performing arts event center to serve MO students ​and draw popular entertainers and more to Tulare...

Drama Club

Outreach &​ Meetings

We welcome freshmen and prospective new members at orientation an​d the Club Fair every August. The Club meets every other week. Officers ​and Committee Chairs meet in between. Committee & Club members meet afte​r school​ and on weekends to work productions, activities, and events.

Activities & Fundraisers

Drama at MO participates in and leads campus-wide activities and fundraisers ​as part of the larger student body. We support our fellow Art Club by selling ​concessions during the annual MO’z Art Festival in the spring. We host the ​Halloween Costume Contest and produce a corresponding haunted house or ​murder mystery in the fall. We put months of work into performing our spring ​musical as our largest fundraiser; the Drama Club sells concessions, seeks ​sponsors for our program, helps with ticket sales, and serves as ushers to ​break the fourth wall for the audience immediately. We fundraise to pay for ​field trips to LA or San Francisco to see the latest broadway musicals and ​make memories to last a lifetime.


Make sure to join the club’s Google Classroom to get meeting updates, vote ​on all things Drama, and access important info for events, activities, field trips ​and more!

Drama Club Officers 2024-2025

Here are our Officers for this year! Pictured left to right: ​(back) Collin Burke, Treasurer; Ryan Bean, Social Media ​Manager; Ella Dodson, President; Eli Young, Vice President; ​(front) Gianna Iraola, ASB Rep; Sydney , Secretary.

MO Drama. Join us to be part of ​something that supports, encourages, ​and celebrates each other and the art ​of performing. See you soon.

Send donations, support, or inquiries to MO Drama:


Mission Oak High School Drama

3442 E. Bardsley Avenue

Tulare, CA 93274




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559-687-7308

carmen.paregien@tulare.k12.ca.us

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