CPA Arts is pleased to present the 2024-25 season events. All events are subject to change,
and online ticketing will open two weeks prior to the event. All ticketing is available online.
Dear CPA Family,
We are so excited about our 2024-25 Season of JOY!
As I looked and pondered over all the titles and events we have planned this year, a common theme of JOY seemed to emerge. Whether it’s a story of a young girl standing up for what’s right, a musical about giving of one’s time and talent to honor an old retired army general, a non-stop laugh-fest of a ridiculous comedy, a dance showcase inspired by the hope of the Gospel, artwork that tells a story of redemption, music that evokes sheer delight or a documentary film that tugs at our heartstrings, all of these events curate JOY across our campus throughout the year. And couldn’t we all use a little more of that?
I was reminded recently as I watched CPA students provide onstage support to performers with disabilities in Backlight Production’s “School of Rock: The Musical” on our campus, just what a JOY vehicle the arts can be. The amount of pure JOY emanating from that stage was contagious. Those performers with intellectual and developmental disabilities infected us all with their unbridled JOY.
My prayer is that God will infect all of us with His JOY this season and that He will use the arts to do it. So come on out to the SDC! We can’t wait to infect you!
“May the God of hope fill you with all JOY and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” - Romans 15:13
Joyfully Yours,
Jake Speck
Artistic Director
MS Musical: Matilda JR.
Thursday, September 26, 7 p.m.
Saturday, September 28, 2 & 7 p.m.
This classic story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires, is packed with high-energy dance numbers and infectious songs! Matilda Jr. is a joyous romp and celebration of standing up for what’s right and the power of love, friendship and imagination!
US Coffeehouse
Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.
Saturday, October 26, 7 p.m.
CPA’s got talent! Join us for our annual CPA Upper School, student-directed variety show where you never know what to expect! Comedians, singers, songwriters, dancers, bands, acrobats (it could happen), and of course… COFFEE!
MS Fall Concert
6th grade- Tuesday, October 29, 5:30 p.m.
7th/8th grade- Saturday, November 2, 7 p.m.
Join our MS bands and vocal ensembles as they usher in the season of Thanksgiving with some glorious music! Who knows, they may even throw in a few Christmas tunes. Who doesn't start listening to Christmas music in October anyway?
US Musical: Irving Berlin's White Christmas
Thursday, December 12, 7.p.m.
Friday, December 13, 7 p.m.
Saturday, December 14, 2 & 7 p.m.
Based on one of the most beloved holiday films of all time, this heartwarming stage adaptation features all your favorite characters and songs from the movie as well as other Irving Berlin classics! Big production numbers and Christmas cheer will be on full display! And ya never know… it might even snow!
MS Play: The Secret Garden
Thursday, February 6, 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 8, 2 & 6 p.m.
Join our talented Middle Schoolers in the intimate setting of the Soli Deo Center Black Box Theater as they tell the classic tale of a young, orphaned girl who finds herself in the charge of a mysterious uncle, in a mysterious house, where she discovers a hidden garden and unearths a secret that has been kept for years.
US Play: Arsenic and Old Lace
Thursday, March 27, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 29, 2 & 7 p.m.
A New York theatre critic, his fiancée, two elderly aunts, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, another brother on the run from the police with his German plastic surgeon, a handful of Brooklyn cops, a pastor and a few dead bodies in the basement converge in this raucous and absurd comedy full of one ridiculous moment after another!
US Art Show
Wednesday, April 2, 7 p.m.
Ponder, peruse, contemplate, and let the stunning work from our advanced visual art students in the CPA Upper School speak to you as we transform the Soli Deo Center into a visual art gallery and feast for the eyes!
Dance Showcase: A Time to Dance
Friday, April 11, 7 p.m.
Saturday, April 12, 2 & 7 p.m.
Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven”, including… “a time to dance”. Join us as our lower, middle and upper school dance companies celebrate the goodness of God in EVERY season through an inspiring evening of extraordinary and original dance pieces!
US Media Arts Film Night
Wednesday, April 23
Roll out the red carpet and cue the searchlights! Join our amazing CPA Upper School filmmakers as they premiere never before seen music videos, scripted shorts, documentaries and more on the big screen! (rumor has it there will be free popcorn! Shhh)
US One Acts: Small Wooden Horse & Appropriate Audience Behavior
Friday, April 25, 7 p.m.
Saturday April 26, 7 p.m.
Once again, the Soli Deo Center Black Box Theater is transformed into an intimate world of creativity as our Theatre II & III students share a double feature of one act plays that are sure to challenge and entertain.
Small Wooden Horse by Ev Miller is a futuristic story that asks, what is high school like in the year 2330? At Elite School No. 53, students are divided into predetermined social groups; their futures set at birth. All individuality is forbidden. Can one brave young girl, who puts her uniqueness on public display by wearing a small wooden horse around her neck, turn the system upside down? Can one person’s change of heart redirect the course of the future? Appropriate Audience Behavior by Ian McWethy takes the viewer into an outrageously meta comedy that reminds us that the drama belongs on the stage. Join us for this comedy/drama double header.
PG-13: Recommended for 8th grade and above.
Appropriate Audience Behavior by Ian McWethy takes the viewer into an outrageously meta comedy that reminds us that the drama belongs on the stage, while Small Wooden Horse by Ev Miller is a futuristic story that asks, what is high school like in the year 2330, where students are divided into predetermined social groups; their futures set at birth. With all individuality is forbidden, can one brave young girl, who puts her uniqueness on public display by wearing a small wooden horse around her neck, turn the system upside down? Can one person’s change of heart redirect the course of the future? Join us for this comedy/drama double header.
PG-13: Recommended for 8th grade and above.
US Music Showcase
Friday, May 2
Are you ready to rock?! Join the CPA Band and Upper School Choirs as they fuse jazz, pop, rock, contemporary and classical styles to blow the roof off the Soli Deo Center (figuratively speaking, of course) in an unforgettable night of live music!