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The Wolfpack Players' Drama Club

Re-established when Alice Y. Lyons took over the helm of advisor/director during the 2003-2004 school year, this club has blossomed into one of the best high school drama clubs in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Through extreme dedication and talent, The Wolfpack Players put on three productions a year; two main stage musicals and a main stage play.

Starting with the 2019-2020 school year all schools, Coughlin, GAR and Meyers have combined to form The Wolfpack Players!

2023-2024 Drama Club Members

2023-2024 - Drama Club Officers

President: Mickey Durkin

Vice President: Livy Robatin

Secretary: Annie Bogdon

Treasurer: Olivia Connell

Assistant Treasurer: Abby Olander

Senior Reps: Ian Padden

Junior Rep: Emma Christianson

Sophomore Rep: Santiago Castro

Freshman Rep: Nash Underhill

Excellence in Theatre Arts Award

In 2005, Advisor, Alice Y. Lyons, incorporated a yearly award given to a Senior Drama Club Member. The criteria are as follows:

Excellence in Theatre Arts Award
This award is given annually to the drama student who has excelled the most throughout their years in acting and dedication to the drama club.

The student earning this award must: Maintain a minimum 80% GPA, dedicate a minimum two years to the drama club, participate fully in all fundraisers, dedicate themselves beyond the normal requirements of an individual drama participant through volunteerism, and willingness to go the extra mile to help, and most importantly, improve their acting skills each year.

Past Recipients:

2024: Corinne Mickey Durkin & Olivia Robatin

2023: Sarah Pugliese

2022: Kaiden Harris & Nate Scullion

2021: Eowynn Bogdon

2020: Hailey Rivera & Bryna Soriano

2019: Nathan Searfoss

2018: Madison Fick

2017: Megan Domiano & Adam Myers

2016: Zachary Banaszek & Michael Koury

2015: Adam Ercolani & Thomas Kozerski

2014: Kayleigh Wardle
2013: Cassy Vukovich
2012: Adam Zawatsky
2011: Juan Huertero
2010: Melissa Kozerski
2009: Andrew St. Clair
2008: Frank Artmont
2007: Jennifer Kozerski
2006: Ashlee Danko

2005: Brandon Frashefski & Stephen Jenkins

Past Productions

2024-2025: Chicago (Nov '24), Urinetown: The Musical (Mar '25), Back to the 80s (Apr '25)

2023-2024: 13 - The Musical, Grease!, Puffs!

2022-2023: Snoopy-The Musical, The Lightning Thief - Musical, Clue: On Stage

2021-2022: Little Shop of Horrors, Oklahoma, Little Women

2020-2021: Home for the Holidays, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown & All Shook Up

2019-2020: The Addams Family & Rogers and Hammerstein's Cinderella

2018-2019: Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon a Mattress & Annie Warbucks

2017-2018: Play On & Ghost - The Musical

2016-2017: In the Heights & Nightfall w/ Edgar Allan Poe

2015-2016: The Little Mermaid & The Great Gatsby

2014-2015: The Pajama Game & Break a Leg!

2013-2014: Young Frankenstein & Prelude to a Kiss

2012-2013: Urinetown & The Outsiders

2011-2012: Legally Blonde & Drop Dead Juliet/Romeo and Juliet

2010-2011: All Shook Up & The Curious Savage

2009-2010: Into the Woods & Fairy Take One Acts

2008-2009: Bye Bye Birdie & Thriller One Acts

2007-2008: Fiddler on the Roof & Holiday One Acts

2006-2007: Once Upon a Mattress

2005-2006:Grease!

2004-2005: Is There Life After High School?

2003-2004: Les Miserables (Play Version)

Past Productions - Photo Gallery

Archived News

The Wolfpack Players Present: Puffs!!! Get Your Reservations Online Now!!!

The Wolfpack Players proudly present:

PUFFS!

OR SEVEN INCREASINGLY EVENTFUL YEARS AT A CERTAIN SCHOOL OF MAGIC AND MAGIC (TWO ACT EDITION FOR YOUNG WIZARDS)!

In the WBA HS Auditorium

Get your tickets now for Puffs!

Check out our professional show website for online ticket sales, a general show description, cast/crew bios, merchandise, a donation button and more!

All tickets reserved for all shows from this point on!

https://our.show/wolfpackplayerspuffs

SHOW DATES:

Friday, April 26 at 7pm, Saturday, April 27 at 7pm, Sunday, April 28 at 2pm

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The Wolfpack Players Present - GREASE!

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The Wolfpack Players Proudly Present: GREASE!

The Wolfpack Players Proudly Present:

GREASE!

Here is Rydell High's senior class of 1959: duck-tailed, hot-rodding "Burger Palace Boys" and their gum-snapping, hip-shaking "Pink Ladies" in bobby sox and pedal pushers, evoking the look and sound of the 1950s in this rollicking musical. Head "greaser" Danny Zuko and new (good) girl Sandy Dumbrowski try to relive the high romance of their "Summer Nights" as the rest of the gang sings and dances its way through such songs as "Greased Lightnin'," "It's Raining on Prom Night," "Alone at the Drive-In Movie" recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard, and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation. An eight-year run on Broadway and two subsequent revivals, along with innumerable school and community productions place Grease among the world's most popular musicals.

Production Staff:

Directed by Alice Y. Lyons, Musical Direction by Joelle DeLuca, Choreography by Jamie Burns

Costumes by Lisa Y. Fink, Assistant Direction by Lou Lyons

Show dates:

Thursday, February 29th at 7pm - Friday, March 1st at 7pm

Saturday, March 2nd at 7pm - Sunday, March 3rd at 2pm

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The Wolfpack Players Present - 13 - The Musical!

The Award Winning Wolfpack Players Present:

Jason Robert Brown's 13 - The Musical!

Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown, (Parade, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County, Songs for a New World) 13 is a musical about fitting in – and standing out! Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents divorce. Surrounded by an array of simpleminded middle school students, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain... or will he dangle at the end with the outcasts?!?

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Wolfpack Players Win Two Silver Awards for The Times Leader Best of the Best 2024

The Wolfpack Players were recently honored at the Woodlands during The Times Leader's Best of the Best 2024 Readers Choice Awards.

Readers were invited to nominate their favorites in more than 100 categories during the nomination phase.

The top nominees advanced to the voting phase and The Wolfpack Players achieved Silver (2nd place) in two categories!

Best of the Best 2024 - Silver Winner - Best Theatrical Performance - The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical

Best of the Best 2024 - Silver Winner - Best Theatre Group - The Wolfpack Players

Congrats to our very own Wolfpack Players Drama Club for taking home a Best of the Best awards three years in a row!

Thank you to to the NEPA Community, all of the faculty and students who voted!

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Wolfpack Players present - Clue: On Stage!

The Wolfpack Players present:

Clue: On Stage!

Friday, April 28th at 7pm

Saturday, April 29th at 7pm

Sunday, April 30th at 2pm

In the High School Auditorium

2021 Wolfpack Way, Plains, PA 18705

Tickets: $10.00 Adults, $8.00 Students

Available Day of show - Cash Only

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The Wolfpack Players Present: The Lightning Thief - The Percy Jackson Musical

The Wolfpack Players proudly present the NEPA Premiere production of The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical. March 2, 3, 4, 5, 2023! Click on "more" for more information!!!

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The Wolfpack Players Present: Little Shop of Horrors

The Wolfpack Players are proud to present: Little Shop of Horrors! November 18-21, 2021!

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All Shook Up! Presented by The Wolfpack Players

The Wolfpack Players are proud to present:

All Shook Up!

Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley®

It’s 1955, and into a square little town in a square little state rides a guitar-playing young man who changes everything and everyone he meets. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”

Show Dates:
Thursday, May 6th at 7pm
Friday, May 7th at 7pm
Saturday, May 8th at 7pm
Sunday, May 9th at 2pm

All tickets $10.

Venue - GAR High School Auditorium - 250 South Grant Street, WB.

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Our Current Show's Cast List!

2024-2025 Production Schedule

Chicago: The Musical

November 21, 2024 at 7pm

November 22, 2024 at 7pm

November 23, 2024 at 7pm

November 24, 2024 at 2pm

Urinetown: The Musical

March 6, 2025 at 7pm

March 7, 2025 at 7pm

March 8, 2025 at 7pm

March 9, 2025 at 2pm

Back to the 80s

April 25, 2025 at 7pm

April 26, 2025 at 7pm

April 27, 2025 at 2pm

For more information:

Please Contact advisor, Alice Y. Lyons, for more information: 570-826-7111 Ext. 5201

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Production Photo Credit

Photo Credit goes to Lauren Popple of Popple Photography for the following show photography: Clue: On Stage, Lightning Thief, Snoopy, Little Shop of Horrors, Oklahoma, Little Women, All Shook Up, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, The Addams Family, Annie Warbucks, Alice in Wonderland, Once Upon a Mattress (2019),The Great Gatsby, In the Heights, Ghost-The Musical, The Pajama Game, Nightfall with Edgar Allan Poe, The Little Mermaid, Young Frankenstein.