Performing Arts
Each year, IHA produces a fall drama and spring musical. Our talented students participate in various roles on stage and behind the scenes. Due to their outstanding efforts, IHA students have been nominated and won numerous theatre awards, including Montclair State University’s Foxy Awards, Paper Mill Playhouse’s Rising Star Awards, and the Metropolitan High School Theatre Awards. For more information on Performing Arts @theheart, please contact Mrs. Juliet Montalbano ’01, theatre arts teacher and coordinator of the performing arts, at jmontalbano@ihanj.com
Upcoming Fall Drama November 20-22: Stay tuned for information on how to purchase tickets to our upcoming production of the hilarious romantic comedy, Midsummer/Jersey, written by award-winning playwright, Ken Ludwig.
Past Performances
Fall Dramas
The Fall Drama Production is an on-stage production of a dramatic play or comedy performed three times one weekend in the fall semester.
Past Dramas at IHA:
The Crucible (2025-26)
Sense and Sensibility (2024-25)
And Then There Were None (2023-24)
Lost Girl (2022-23)
Little Women (2021-22)
Almost, Maine (2020-2021)
The Curious Savage (2019-2020)
The Matchmaker (2018-2019)
You Can’t Take It with You (2017-18)
Steel Magnolias (2016-17)
Arsenic and Old Lace (2015-16)
Spring Musicals
Every spring, talented Immaculate Heart Academy students put on a fabulous musical. Male students from neighboring schools are also invited to participate in the cast and crew.
Past Musicals at IHA:
High School Musical (2025-26)
Matilda (2024-25)
Mamma Mia! (2023-24)
Xanadu (2022-23)
Legally Blonde (2021-22)
Godspell (2020-21)
Beauty and the Beast (2018-19)
Into the Woods (2017-18)
The Little Mermaid (2016-17)
42nd Street (2015-16)
The Boy Friend (2014-15)
Seussical the Musical (2013-14)
Legally Blonde (2012-13)
Children’s Theatre
Each year, students in our Theatre Arts class perform a children’s theatre show for visiting K-3 grade students from local grammar schools.
Past Children’s Theatre Productions:
The Wizard of Oz (2025-26)
Rainbow Fish (2025-26)
Cinderella! Cinderella! (2023-24)
The Snow White Variety Show (2022-23)
What Happened After Once Upon a Time (2018-19)
Once Upon a Crime: The Trial of Goldilocks (2017-18)
Princess Who? (2016-17)
Red vs. The Wolf (2015-16)