THEATER

O'Dowd Theatre is thrilled to announce our 2025 - 2026 Season. O'Dowd Theatre welcomes all levels of experience, both on stage and in the Technical Theatre Department. Resources and announcements are located in the Schoology group called Factory O. Access code: G992-R93K-QWHF2

We look forward to an amazing season.

Spring 2026 Musical

Sister Act

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner, with additional book material by Douglas Carter Beane. Based on the beloved Touchstone Pictures Motion Picture "Sister Act" written by Joseph Howard.

Friday, May 1 at 7pm

Saturday, May 2 at 7pm

Sunday, May 3 at 2pm

Thursday, May 7 at 7 pm (Student Night)

Friday, May 8 at 7pm

Saturday, May 9 at 7pm

Sunday, May 10 at 2pm (Mother's Day)

Online Sales for Sister Act are now closed. There are a limited number of seats left for all days of closing weekend. For more information and questions about tickets and seating and/or to try and secure tickets for a closing weekend performance, please email Jonathan Angeles at jangeles@bishopodowd.org.

If you would like to make a donation to the theater department, you can on this form.

For information about the show, please email dramadept@bishopodowd.org

Past Productions

2020–2029

2025-26

Little Shop Of Horrors - Fall

Lost in Yonkers - Winter

2024-25

The Play That Goes Wrong - Fall

All My Sons by Arthur Miller - Winter

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Spring

2023-24

Godspell

The Wolves

Mama Mia!

2022-23

Working

Urinetown

2021-22

As You Like It

Chicago!

2020-21

We Were There: A Crisis Reflected

O’Dowd’s original show from Fall 2020 is now available! “We Were There: A Crisis Reflected” features student-produced monologues, scenes, songs, dance, and film that responds to both living through a global pandemic, and the heightened social, political, and cultural crisis to address institutionalized racism in our country.

“In theatre, we are humanitarians. We make change by telling stories. That’s our charism for social justice. We help people see the world differently, and we motivate them to action.”

-Trina Oliver, aka “MizzO”

Theatre Arts, Bishop O’Dowd High School

Part 1 https://youtu.be/G9KqyYRmsUM

Part 2 https://youtu.be/VIjORdQe0NU

Musical Showcase: Waitress, Dear Evan Hansen, Gypsy, and Six the Musical

1999-2019

2019-20

Godspell

Cabaret

2018-19

Once Upon A Mattress

Working

2017-2018

Our Town

Hair

2016-2017

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

Legally Blonde

2015-2016

Godspell

A Chorus Line

2014 – 2015

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

Hairspray

2013 – 2014

Little Shop Of Horrors

The Laramie Project

2012 – 2013

Almost Maine

Sugar

2011 – 2012

The Miracle Worker

Six Degrees Of Separation

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

2010 – 2011

Working

Fiddler On The Roof

2009 – 2010

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Once Upon A Mattress

2008 – 2009

Our Town

Godspell

The Wiz

2007-2008

You Can’t Take It With You

Left To Tell

Electricidad

The Most Happy Fella

2006-2007

The Last Days Of Judas Iscariot

Talking With

Hair

2005-2006

Arsenic And Old Lace

Steel Magnolias

Ragtime

2004-2005

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

The Jungle Book

The Baby With The Bathwater

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying

2003-2004

Tartuffe

The Imaginary Invalid

Pippin

2002-2003

The Laramie Project

A Chorus Line

2001-2002

The Diary Of Anne Frank

Godspell

Gypsy

2000-2001

Picnic

A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

1999-2000

Ah! Wilderness

Fiddler On The Roof (New Theater Opens)

Amadeus (Summer Production)