Original Work
Original Work
In addition to producing contemporary and classic plays and musicals, Jesuit Drama is committed to creating new works in collaboration with our students, frequently focusing on ideas and issues that revolve around social justice.
Final Letters (2022)
A Company-Created Performance Piece based on letters from the Yad Vashem Archives.
WHAT?!?! A Game Show (2021)
A fun, fast-paced, interactive comedy about the crazy things people believe.
Jesuit Drama 2021 Fall Play (Original Premiere)
A Company-Created Workshop Production
Photography by Nic Crumley
Show. (And Tell.)
Jesuit Drama's Original 2020 Fall Play
Show. (And Tell.): Items from the Museum of Lost Things.
Dramaturgy & Film Supervision by Ms. Joanna Glum
Production Stage Management by Demitri Kritsepis
Managing Direction by Ms. Rachel Malin
Concept, Text Supervision & Direction by Mr. Ed Trafton
A creative, online production
In the Matter of Scott Warren (2019)
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A courtroom-documentary about the trial of humanitarian/activist Scott Warren
Isaiah Says (2017)
A first-person, documentary piece about homelessness in Sacramento featuring Sr. Libby Fernandez’s Mercy Pedalers
Terror Stories: A 9/11 Project (2015)
A play about the CIA Torture Report and the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ response.
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth (2014)
An original adaptation of the graphic novel by award-wining author/illustrator Isabel Greenberg
Imago Dei (2011)
Documentary piece about global migration commission by JRS (Jesuit Refugee Services)
Scooby Doo & The Mystery of the Haunted Library (2011)
A Beyond the Black Box production of an original mystery for Scoob and the Gang
Achilles in America (2008)
An exploration of the suicide epidemic among US veterans of the Iraq War as seen through the lens of Greek myth
The Impossible Dream: A History of Jesuit’s Musicals (1998)
An anthology-style review of songs from Jesuit’s past musicals
American Gothic (1997)
An exploration of the darker side of American literature in five theatrical “chapters”
