Newark Community High School’s 2018 spring musical Once Upon A Mattress is a classic comedy-musical re-telling of The Princess and the Pea, originally starring Carol Burnett on Broadway. View the complete article here.

In Newark Community High School’s fall play Box Office Poison, Sheriff Lockwood investigates murders in a theater in a small tourist town. Almost everyone is a suspect, and April McKay, who inherited the theater, must find the murderer before someone else drops dead. View the complete article here.

Beauty and the Beast is a tale of a prince and his servants cursed by an Enchantress for their selfish behavior. Belle's search for her father results in her confinement to the Beast's enchanted castle. Only the Beast's capacity to love can break the curse, and transform them back to humanity. View the complete article here.

Newark Community High School’s fall play A Midsummer Night's Dream, one of Shakespeare's most popular works, is a comedy with multiple stories happening including a love quadrangle, a fairy kingdom using magic to manipulate love, and a play within a play. A Midsummer Night's Dream was performed in the fall of the 2016-2017 school year. View the complete article here.

Newark Community High School’s 2016 spring musical Footloose is centered on a small town that has prohibited dancing to deal with tragedy. Ren, a Chicago transplant, has a hard time fitting in and begins to stir up trouble when he unexpectedly falls for the misunderstood preacher's daughter. View the complete article here.

Newark Community High School’s 2015 fall play, Almost, Maine, was a production comprised of nine short vignettes about love and loss in a remote, mythical "almost-town" called Almost, Maine. View the complete article here.

The Drama Club of NCHS performed Fiddler on the Roof for Newark Community High School's 2015 spring musical. This fascinating play revolved around the lives of a Jewish family living in a town as they strayed from tradition and dealt with the consequences of it. View the complete article here.

In Newark Community High School’s 2014 fall play, Robin Hood, we see the economic fallout from Prince John's horrendous and ridiculous taxes during the absence of this brother, King Richard. Robbing from the rich to give to the poor has never seemed more justified, but is King Richard's return really the answer to their prayers? View the complete article here.

Newark Community High School’s spring musical, Shrek the Musical, was big, green, and loads of fun. Shrek, the big unattractive ogre, goes on a quest to rid his home of fairy tale creatures and rescue the princess, all while providing a great message - to focus on who you are as opposed to what society tells you to be. Shrek the Musical was performed in the spring of the 2013-2014 school year. View the complete article here.

Newark Community High School’s fall production, Comedy Tonight, was an evening full of improv games, singing, zany acts and funny skits. Comedy Tonight was performed in the fall of the 2013-2014 school year. View the complete article here.