Our Next Show:
Spongebob – The musical
April 19-20, 2024
Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics are by Jonathan Coulton, with additional music by Tom Kitt. The musical production was conceived by Tina Landau.
2023-2024 Season
The Mousetrap
November 30 – December 2, 2023
Spongebob The Musical
Hilliard Bradley High School Theater is home to Troupe #7415 of the International Thespian Society. All Bradley students are welcome to attend troupe meetings, and by participating in theater, they earn Thespian points. After participating in enough shows and activities to earn 10 points, students are eligible to become an officially inducted member of the International Thespian Society. After becoming a Thespian, the students may audition for Thespian State Conference productions and apply for State student officer positions, among other benefits.
The Thespian Motto is “Act well your part, there all honor lies.”
Alexa Rybinski
Mackenzie Leland
Assistant Director of Theaters
- (614)-921-7400
- Mackenzie_Leland@hboe.org
She has toured as an actor and worked as a teaching artist at Columbus Children’s Theater and taught musical theater in a program with the Reynoldsburg city school district.
Recently, she played Jane Doe in “Ride the Cyclone” with the Contemporary Theatre of Ohio. Her favorite stage credits include Belle in “Beauty and the Beast,” Bonnie in “Bonnie and Clyde,”
Mary in “Mary Poppins,” Emily Webb in “Our Town,” Ariel in “The Little Mermaid,” and Sarah Brown in “Guys and Dolls.”
Currently, she is directing a musical production of “Little Women” with Curtain Players. In addition to her stage work, she serves as a substitute teacher in Westerville, Olentangy, and Hilliard city schools.
She also has worked as a local princess character performer.
Outside of theater, she enjoys thrifting, gardening, painting, eating Vietnamese food, playing with her dog, reading, and riding her bike.
She looks forward to working with the students at Hilliard Bradley High School and helping them to develop a deep love of theater.
Her hope is that she can facilitate for her students a sense of belonging and opportunity for artistic expression.
General Information
Hilliard Bradley High School opened in the autumn of 2009. On November 20 of that year, Hilliard Bradley Theater mounted its first production, Sylvia, a play about a dog named Sylvia and the couple that adopts her. February 2010 brought the school’s first musical Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
For more than a decade, Bradley Theater has performed multiple productions each year, in both the 1000 seat Performing Arts Center and the more intimate Black Box Theater. Director Rachel Moore and Assistant Director Emily Kacsandi are ready to lead us into another year of stellar performances.
The biggest production of the year is the annual spring musical!
If you have any questions about our program, please email the Hilliard Bradley Theater Boosters at BradleyTheater@gmail.com. 614-921-7400.