Lightridge Theatre
2024 – 2025 Theatre Season
It's all Greek to us!
OUR 5TH YEAR PROMISES TO BE EPIC!
OUR 5TH YEAR PROMISES TO BE EPIC!
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Information We usually perform 4 shows a year: a fall, winter, and spring production, plus a competition show or two! In the fall we do a play, for the winter we perform some student directed / written productions, and in the spring we will do a musical. Also, our chapter of the International Thespian Society (ITS) is growing each year!
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What are people saying?
Madelyn Taxis - Cappies Critic: John Champe High School
"This show would not have been the same without the extravagant set pieces throughout the show. The silks were constructed to make waves that moved up and down on each beat to create the movement of the ocean, which was just one of the creative ways Lightridge painted Neverland onto their stage."
Molly Burnett - Cappies Critic: Woodgrove High School
"Peter Pan, played by Chloe Steverson, was truly the star of the show. Steverson portrayed the character with a childlike demeanor, really highlighting his innocence and playfulness."
About Our Director
Brandon Kalbaugh has been the theatre director at Lightridge HS since the auditorium doors first “opened” in 2020 and has been teaching for LCPS since 2010. He has worked as a teaching artist and director for many organizations in the DMV area including; Reston’s Young Actors’ Theatre, Pied Piper Theatre, InterAct, Encore Performers, and The Washington National Opera. In NYC, he acted in dozens of Off-off Broadway productions for The Looking Glass Theatre, DM Theatrics, Shotgun Productions and many others, as well as performing with the Improv Knights,in many NYC Comedy Clubs. He has directed and performed in various NY theatres and theatre festivals as well as independent films. He cofounded the Two Spoons Theatre Company where he served as the artistic director, producing original plays like Have You Seen This Man? and the critically acclaimed Teaspoon Festival. As a playwright he has written close to one hundred works, some of which have been produced in New York and Virginia, and he has worked in the offices of The New Group Theatre Company’s literary department and The Dramatists Guild of America. As a stagehand, he has worked backstage in Portland, OR. He served as a stage manager for the Washington Performing Arts Society in DC, and as a sound technician, videographer, and road manager for the New York City Dance Alliance. He toured nationally as as the Boy in The Emperor's Nightingale and appeared in The Texas Musical Drama. His theatre training is from the University of Lynchburg in Virginia and HB Studios in NYC (Acting technique, improv). He continues to write, direct and create for theatre in Northern Virginia (and maybe YouTube) while helping young people find their path in the performing arts. His public school and private students have gone on to study at NYU Tisch, Emerson, Pace, UVA, William & Mary, JMU, VCU, VA Tech and more to pursue degrees in acting, musical theatre, technical theatre and directing. Some past students have gone on to work on National Tours, cruise lines, major motion pictures and even Broadway.
