Jesse Alling
Music Director
allingj@kingphilip.org
Joseph J. Ferreira, Jr.
GAPS Director, District Theatre Operations Director
ferreiraj@kingphilip.org | (508) 384-1000 ext. 3255
Kristen Arsenault
Choreographer
Missy Taddeo-DeCoste
Drama Director & Technical Director
taddeom@kingphilip.org | (508) 384-1000 ext. 3461
KP Drama produces and performs two to three plays each year. These include an annual holiday production or musical each December, a Spring production in May, and a periodic February senior-directed show. Our home is King Philip Regional High School’s Richard K. Grady Theatre, where as many as fifty students both on stage and behind the scenes work for months to bring audiences such favourite holiday shows as A Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life, musicals including Peter Pan & Little Shop of Horrors, entertaining comedies including You Can’t Take It With You, immortal Shakespearean productions including Much Ado About Nothing & The Tempest, powerful dramas such as Inherit the Wind & The Diary of Anne Frank, and dark mysteries such as The Mousetrap & And Then There Were None. Additionally, our actors and technicians volunteer their time and expertise to assisting the annual Spring Musical at King Philip Middle School in Norfolk, MA.
Our dedicated technical theatre students are members of the Grady Auditorium Production Staff (GAPS). These students, as well as numerous alumni volunteers, design sets and build scenery for each show, create and implement lighting and audio designs, and provide operations support for all organizations and performing arts groups renting the theatre spaces of both the KPMS Auditorium and the Richard K. Grady Theatre at KPRHS.
Persons interested in supporting these performing arts programs financially through donation and/or advertising or through volunteering should contact Ms. Melissa Taddeo at taddeom@kingphilip.org for further information. You may also call Mr. Joseph Ferreira at 508-384-1000, Ext. 3255 or FAX us at (508) 384-1006. Thank you for visiting and we hope to see YOU at our next show!
To purchase reserved seating tickets, click “Buy Tickets”.
Tickets are also sold at the door beginning one hour prior to each performance.
Rhode Island College Theatre Department –
Our partner college theatre program
Middletown (RI) High School Drama – Our friends at Mr. Ferreira’s former high school drama program.
Wall Entertainment Lighting – Theatrical lighting specialists: repair. purchase & system installations.
Dramatic Publishing – Play script publisher
Dramatists Play Service – Play script publisher
Major Theatre Equipment Corporation – Stage rigging, extensions and curtain specialists
Pro Sound Service – Audio component, repair and installation specialists
Rosebrand – Rose Brand is North America’s largest provider of theatrical fabrics, fabrications and production supplies for the entertainment, event and display industries.
Samuel French – Play script publisher
Stage Directions Magazine – The professional technical theatre magazine.
BBC Sound Effects Library – These 16,000 BBC Sound Effects are made available by the BBC in WAV format to download for use under the terms of the RemArc Licence. The Sound Effects are BBC copyright, but they may be used for personal, educational or research purposes, as detailed in the license.
Access dataset metadata by visiting our dedicated LOD site. If you have any queries regarding usage, please contact jake.berger at bbc.co.uk
NPR: The Most Popular High School Plays and Musicals – 2018 – Courtesy of Dramatics Magazine/Educational Theatre Association
Fall, 2018: Little Shop of Horrors
Fall, 2017: Peter Pan – Sarah Seaberg
Fall, 2016: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Fall, 2015: TV: A Holiday Cabaret – Rachel Raposa
Fall, 2014: Christmas Memories –
Fall, 2013: It’s A Wonderful Life – Kyle Bechet
Fall, 2012: Miracle on 34th Street – Audra Robbins
Fall, 2011: A Christmas Carol – Ryan Bakinowski & Kaitlin Bannon
Fall, 2010: The Homecoming – Michael Macomber
Fall, 2009: A Christmas Story –
Fall, 2008: It’s A Wonderful Life –
Fall, 2007: A Christmas Carol –
Fall, 2006: Miracle on 34th Street –
Fall, 2005: Families at Holidaytime – Drama Families
Fall 2004: A Christmas Story – Craig Ewer
Fall, 2003: It’s A Wonderful Life – Dan Loveley
Fall, 2002: A Christmas Carol – Marc Speroni
Fall, 2001: Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus – Missy Taddeo & Tom Gemelli
Fall, 2000: A Christmas Story – Bethany LaValley
Fall, 1999: Miracle on 34th Street – Jesse McKenzie
Fall, 1998: It’s A Wonderful Life – Tim Mele
Spring, 2019: The Crucible –
Spring, 2018: Arsenic & Old Lace –
Spring, 2017: Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In – Olivia Merritt
Spring, 2016: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead – Rachel Raposa
Spring, 2015: Appointment with Death – Gillian Ferreira
Spring, 2014: State of the Union –
Spring, 2013: The Birds –
Spring, 2012: The Tempest –
Spring, 2011: And Then There Were None –
Spring, 2010: The Diary of Anne Frank – Emily Sexton
Spring, 2009: The Disappearance of Daniel Hand – Madeline Phillips
Spring, 2008: Mr. Hobbs Vacation – Cody Sullivan
Spring, 2007: It Was A Dark & Stormy Night – Ned Fitzgerald
Spring, 2006: You Can’t Take It With You –
Spring, 2005: The Curious Savage – Cate McLaughlin
Spring, 2004: The Philadelphia Story – Kristen Quarterone & Jen Lechak
Spring, 2003: Twelve Angry Men/Women – Amy Coombs
Spring, 2002: Much Ado About Nothing –
Spring, 2001: Anything Goes – Brian O’Connell
Spring, 2000: Inherit The Wind – Adam Ewer
Spring, 1999: The Sting – Marit Davies
| Date | Production | Director |
|---|---|---|
| May, 2019: | Alice in Wonderland | Missy Taddeo,Lennie Machado |
| December, 2018: | Little Shop of Horrors | Ryan DeWolfe, Missy Taddeo, Lennie Machado, Joseph Ferreira |
| May, 2018: | Arsenic & Old Lace | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2017: | Peter Pan | Ryan DeWolfe, Missy Taddeo, Lennie Machado, Joseph Ferreira |
| May, 2017: | Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In | Missy Taddeo, Joseph Ferreira |
| December, 2016: | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2016: | Rosencrantz & Gildenstern are Dead |
Missy Taddeo, Joseph Ferreira |
| February, 2016: | Twelve Angry Jurors | Alexandra Philips (student director) |
| December, 2015: | TV – A Holiday Musical | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo, Ryan DeWolf, Lennie Machado |
| May, 2015: | Appointment With Death | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2014: | Christmas Memories | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2014: | State of the Union | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2013: | It’s A Wonderful Life | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2013: | The Birds | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2012: | Miracle on 34th Street | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2012: | The Tempest | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2011: | A Christmas Carol | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2011: | And Then There Were None | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| December, 2010: | The Homecoming | Joseph Ferreira, Missy Taddeo |
| May, 2010: | The Diary of Anne Frank | Rivka Rocchio, Joseph Ferreira |
| December, 2009: | A Christmas Story | Joseph Ferreira, Rivka Rocchio |
| May, 2009: | The Disappearance of Daniel Hand | Rivka Rocchio, Joseph Ferreira |
| December, 2008: | It’s A Wonderful Life | Joseph Ferreira, Rivka Rocchio |
| May, 2008: | Mr. Hobbs’ Vacation | Joseph Ferreira |
| February, 2008: | Don’t Dress for Dinner | Katie Mikalayunas (student director) |
| December, 2007: | A Christmas Carol | Joseph Ferreira |
| May, 2007: | It Was A Dark & Stormy Night | Joseph Ferreira, Michael LaValley (MS Auditorium) |
| December, 2006: | Miracle on 34th Street | Joseph Ferreira (MS Auditorium) |
| May, 2006: | You Can’t Take it With You | Joseph Ferreira, Jennifer Logan (MS Auditorium) |
| December, 2005: | Families at Holidaytime | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan (MS Auditorium) |
| May, 2005: | The Curious Savage | Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan, Joseph Ferreira |
| February, 2005: | The Mousetrap | Caitlin McLaughlin (student director) |
| December, 2004: | A Christmas Story | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan |
| May, 2004: | The Philadelphia Story | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan |
| February, 2004: | The Dinner Party | Ayann Agane & Brittany Burke (student dir.) |
| December, 2003: | It’s A Wonderful Life | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan |
| May, 2003: | Twelve Angry Men/Women | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan |
| February, 2003: | Play It Again, Sam | Harley Holmes (student directed) |
| December, 2002: | A Christmas Carol | Joseph Ferreira, Vienna Folliard, Jennifer Logan |
| May, 2002: | Much Ado About Nothing | Nicole Slagle, Joseph Ferreira |
| February, 2002: | Turn of the Screw | Missy Taddeo, Thomas Gemelli (student directed) |
| December, 2001: | Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus | Joseph Ferreira, Nicole Slagle |
| May, 2001: | Anything Goes | William Jones, Peter Tileston, Joseph Ferreira, Nicole Slagle |
| December, 2000: | A Christmas Story | Joseph Ferreira, Nicole Slagle |
| May, 2000: | Inherit the Wind | Joseph Ferreira, Nicole Slagle |
| December, 1999: | Miracle on 34th Street | Joseph Ferreira, Nicole Slagle |
| May, 1999: | The Sting | Joseph Ferreira |
| December, 1998: | It’s A Wonderful Life | Joseph Ferreira |
| May, 1998: | One Act Festival | James D’Attilio, Joseph Ferreira |
| December, 1997: | Skin of Our Teeth | James D’Attilio, Joseph Ferreira |
| May, 1997: | One Act Festival | James D’Attilio, Jacqueline Huckle, Nicholas Huckle |
| December, 1996: | The Man Who Came to Dinner | James D’Attilio, Jacqueline Huckle, Nicholas Huckle |
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Emma Dauphinee’ Emily Walsh |
| 2016 | Crosby MacLean |
| 2015 | TBA |
| 2014 | TBA |
| 2013 | Hannah Eldridge Rose Garron Audra Robbins Christopher Woycik |
| 2012 | Ryan Bakinowski Katie Bannon Mitchell Roberts Emily Sexton |
| 2011 | Alecia Colella Nora Garron |
| 2010 | Ned Fitzgerald Allison Martel Madeline Phillips |
| 2009 | TBA |
| 2008 | Sara Clarke Mary Katherine Mikalyunas Jennifer Verville |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Davies Elizabeth Lovely Anne Powers Stephanie Urko |
| 2006 | Jeffrey Crompton Renee’ Lessard |
| 2005 | Daniel Lovely Caitlin McLaughlin |
| 2004 | Ayann Agane Brittany Burke Kristen Quarterone Christine White |
| 2003 | Lauren Flocco Diedre Galluzzo Matthew Murphy Susan Watson |
| 2002 | Adam Ewer Adam Gawthrope Thomas Gemelli Melissa Taddeo |
| 2001 | Bethany LaValley Christopher Lawn Meghan McKenna |
| 2000 | Safia Agane Hilary Hayes Jesse McKenzie Timothy Mele Jillian Roache Anne Robbins |
