Compiled by SHARON EBERSON

OnStage Pittsburgh is changing things up for the annual listing of Western Pennsylvania spring high school musicals, 2025 edition. 

As February begins, more than a dozen schools are nearly on the eve of their performances, while others have months before curtain. As we continue to seek out upcoming shows and update the listing, we are kicking off earlier than usual, to accommodate the schools that are first out of the starting gate.

If you are looking for trends among 100+ schools in our region, you may notice that a Teen Edition of Hadestown, the Tony Award-winning musical that is still on Broadway, has sprung up five times amid the 2025 listing. There’s also a whole lot of dancing going on, with Footloose at five schools. The roller-skating show Xanadu makes two appearances on the list.

For awards show season, the 2025 Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the Benedum Center. The Kellys, representing participating schools in Allegheny County, were launched by Pittsburgh CLO in 1991 “to recognize and encourage student achievement and to focus the attention of the community and school districts on the importance of musical theater and arts education.”

The 31st annual Henri Mancini Awards (Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties), presented by the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center, are May 18, 2025. 

The winners of outstanding actor and actress at the Kellys and Mancinis are eligible to participate at the National High School Musical Theater Awards (the Jimmy Awards), June 23, 2025, at the Minskoff Theatre, home of Broadway’s The Lion King.

In addition in 2025, the Westmoreland Night of the Stars will stretch beyond Westmoreland County to add participants from Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette and Washington Counties, as well as a first-time elementary school program. Founder John Noble returns as emcee for the 27th edition of the school musical celebration, to be held at Greensburg’s Palace Theatre, on May 7, 2025. Participants this year include Metzgar Elementary School (Pinkalicious, The Musical), Charleroi, Greensburg Salem Middle School (The Wizard of Oz), WPA/Cyber Theatre Troupe (The Wizard of Oz), Greensburg Central Catholic, Yough Senior High, Derry Area, Hometown Arts Troupe, Apollo Ridge, Mount Pleasant, Burrell, Kiski Area and Ligonier Valley. The showcase culminates in a “grand finale salute” to the Senior Class of the Night of the Stars. (Senior high school shows and dates listed below.) 

NOTE: Some high schools have not yet posted public links to their musical’s information. Sources for this listing include ticket sites, school calendars, phone confirmations and the Gene Kelly and Mancini Awards listings. If we have missed your school or you see inaccuracies, please email Sharon Eberson at mustseepittsburgh@gmail.com.

2025 WESTERN PA SPRING
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS

GK = Gene Kelly Awards participating schools
HM = Henry Mancini Awards participating schools

FEBRUARY 2025
Listings in alphabetical order

• Ambridge, Footloose, February 28-March 2 HM
• Central Valley, Nice Work If You Can Get It, February 27-March 1 HM
• Derry Area, Grease, February 28-March 2
• Ellis School, Little Shop of Horrors, March 6-8
• Fort Cherry, The Wizard of Oz, February 28, March 1-2
• Franklin Regional, Anything Goes, February 27-28, March 1-2
• Freedom, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, February 28-March 2 HM
• Greensburg Central Catholic, Disney’s Tarzan, April 11-13
• Greensburg Salem, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, February 28, March 1-2
• Knoch, Catch Me If You Can, February 28, March 1-2 HM
• Lakeview, Matilda the Musical, February 27-28, March 1
• Laurel, Legally Blonde: the Musical, February 21-23
• New Brighton, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, February 20-22
• North Allegheny, Children of Eden, February 26-March 2
• Seneca Valley, The SpongeBob Musical, February 27-March 2
• Shady Side Academy, We Will Rock You (School Edition), February 21-23 GK
• Shaler, Guys and Dolls, February 21-March 1
• Friday February 21 thru Saturday March 1.
• Western Beaver, Into the Woods, February 28-March 2 HM

MARCH through MAY 2025
Listings in alphabetical order

• Apollo-Ridge, How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, March 13-15
• Armstrong, Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Broadway Version, March 28-29
• Avonworth, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, April 4-5, 11-12 GK
• Baldwin, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, March 26-29 GK
• Beaver Area, The Drowsy Chaperone, March 14-16 HM
• Beaver County Christian, Me and My Girl, March 13-15
• Beaver Falls, Tuck Everlasting, March 28-30 HM
• Belle Vernon, The Drowsy Chaperone, March 13-15
• Bethel Park, The Sound of Music, March 12-15
• Bethlehem Center, Back to the 80s, March 7-8
• Bishop Canevin, Xanadu, April 24-26 GK
• Blackhawk, Shrek: The Musical, April 24-27
• Brentwood, Meet Me in St. Louis!, March 27-29 GK
• Burgettstown, Alice in Wonderland Jr., April 3-5
• Burrell, Matilda The Musical, March 27-29
• Butler, Monty Python’s Spamalot (School Edition), March 14-15
• California Area, Annie, March 20-22
• Canon-McMillan, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, March 27-30
• Carlynton, Hadestown, Teen Edition, April 3-6 GK
• Center for Theater Arts, Mt. Lebanon, Seussical, May 27-30,
• Central Catholic / Oakland Catholic, Disney’s Newsies, April 11-13, GK
• Charleroi, Hadestown: Teen Edition, March 7-9
• Chartiers-Houston, Xanadu, March 7-9
• Chartiers Valley, Something Rotten!, March 5-8 GK
• Deer Lakes, The Drowsy Chaperone, April 3-5 GK
• East Allegheny, Monty Python’s Spamalot, April 3-5
• Eden Christian Academy, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Original), May 1-3 GK
• Elizabeth Forward, Hadestown: Teen Edition, April 3-6 GK
• Fox Chapel, The Addams Family, March 13-16
• Gateway, Once Upon a Mattress, April 2-5 GK
• Greater Latrobe, Footloose, March 14-16
• Grove City, Disney’s Newsies, March 27-29
• Hempfield, Anything Goes, March 12-15
• Hampton, Hadestown: Teen Edition, April 4-5, 11-12 GK
• Highlands, Footloose, March 21-23
• Hometown Arts Troupe, Bye Bye Birdie, March 28-29
• Hopewell, Anastasia, March 14-16
• Freeport, Les Miserables, April 2-5 HM
• Hampton, Hadestown: Teen Edition, April 4-5, 11-23 GK
• Hopewell, Anastasia, March 14-16 HM
• Karns City, Little Shop of Horrors, March 6-9
• Keystone Oaks, Mean Girls: Teen Edition, April 3-5 GK
• Kiski Area, Back to the 80s, March 20-22
• Ligonier Valley, The Wizard of Oz, March 27-29
• Mars Area, Peter Pan, March 14-15 HM
• Mercer, Grease, March 27-29
• McKeesport, Titanic the Musical, April 3-5, GK
• Mohawk, The Wizard of Oz, March 6-8, 13-15
• Monessen, Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr., March 21–24
• Moniteau, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, March 14-15 HM
• Montour, Disney’s The Little Mermaid, April 3-6, GK
• Moon Area, Legally Blonde: The Musical, March 13-16
• Mt. Lebanon, Anastasia, May 1-3
• Mt. Pleasant, The Wizard of Oz, April 11-13 
• New Castle, Something Rotten!, April 3-5 HM
• North Catholic, The Addams Family, March 7-9 HM
• North Hills, Alice By Heart, March 21-23, 27-29 GK
• Oakland Catholic / Central Catholic, Disney’s Newsies, April 11-13, GK
• Our Lady of Sacred Heart, Children of Eden, March 7-9, 14-15, GK
• Penn Hills, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, April 3-6 GK
• Penn Trafford, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, April 4-6, 11-13
• Peters Township, Mamma Mia!, March 20-23
• Pine-Richland, 42nd Street, March 7-8, 14-15 GK
• Pittsburgh Allderdice, 9 to 5, April 3-6, GK
• Pittsburgh CAPA, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, March 28-30, April 3-6 GK
• Plum Boro, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, April 3-5
• Quaker Valley, My Fair Lady, March 6-9, GK
• Redeemer Lutheran, Disney’s Newsies, April 4-5 GK
• Riverside, Mame, March 20-22 HM
• Riverview, Something Rotten!, March 20-23, GK
• Rochester, Footloose, April 10-12 HM
• Saint Joseph, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Original), April 24-27 GK
• Serra Catholic, Peter Pan: 1954 Broadway Version, April 25-27 GK
• Seton-LaSalle, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Broadway Version, March 27-29, GK
• Sewickley Academy, Crazy For You, March 6-8 GK
• Shenango, Guys and Dolls, March 14-16
• Slippery Rock, Shrek: The Musical, April 3-6 HM
• South Allegheny, Grease, March 14-16
• South Fayette, Mamma Mia!, March 14-16
• Springdale, Shrek: The Musical, April 3-5 GK
• Thomas Jefferson, Shrek: The Musical, March 13-16 GK
• Upper St. Clair, Cameron Mackintosh and Disney’s Mary Poppins, March 13-16 GK
• West Allegheny, Footloose, March 13-16 GK
• Westinghouse Arts Academy, The SpongeBob Musical, April 25-27 GK
• Woodland Hills, Hairspray, April 24-26, May 1-3 GK
• Yough, Grease, March 28-30

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