Since 1992, the Theatre Department at The Pineville High Magnet Center for the Creative & Performing Arts has continually provided audiences throughout the region with amazing theatrical productions. 

Refusing to compromise and settle for average, the nationally recognized program continues to grow, with hundreds of students participating in a variety of challenging, educational and entertaining productions annually.

Theatre Faculty Members

Kristopher Prestridge - Director

A graduate of LCU with a MA in teaching and a BA in theatre arts, Kristopher Prestridge was promoted from theatre assistant to be the Pineville High School Artistic Director in 2019 and strives to continue the strong tradition of fine arts that Pineville High School is known for.

Kristopher has been involved in the Cenla arts community for more than fifteen years, filling various capacities in productions with Family Playhouse, City Park Players, Lagniappe Theatre Company, and Theatre Louisiana College. He has also been a director and festival coordinator for Spectral Sisters Productions. Kristopher has taught at PHS for over a decade and continues to lend his expertise with local productions to this day.

Kristopher is currently enrolled in Southern Utah University, working towards a master’s degree in music.

See more of Kristopher’s qualifications here.

Timothy Saucier - Acting Teacher

Timothy is a veteran member of the central Louisiana theatre community who specializes in acting techniques, stage dialects, and scenic/properties design. You may have recently seen him as Lumiere in Lagniappe Theatre Company’s Beauty and the Beast, Max in The Sound of Music, Mr. Wormwood in Matilda, and Professor Callahan in our very own production of Legally Blonde.  Tim has a BA in theatre from LC, and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting. He is also a Certified Teacher of the Meisner Approach to Acting.  Tim’s first stage role was Charlie Brown in You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, the first Pineville High Theatre production in the current PHS Theatre building in 1992.

See more about Tim’s accomplishments here.

Adrienne Perkins - Music Director

Adrienne has been teaching for several years at various schools and currently serves as the PHS Choral Director.

An alum of Pineville High School’s performing arts programs and holding a music degree from Louisiana Christian University, Adrienne is instrumental to the success of the PHS Theatre students through developing their musical gifts and talents.

More About us

The Pineville High Theatre Department continues to achieve national prominence as one of the top theatre programs in the country.  Our programs  (concentrations in Theatre, Musical Theatre, Design/Technology and Dance) provide rigorous training designed to allow students to explore the demands of an artistic career.  Students are prepared for entry into college/university programs, professional schools, conservatory settings and in some instances, professional career entry. The Theatre Department fosters creativity and originality in all of our productions and offers a unique learning environment allowing students to receive intensive training beyond the normal High School experience. Throughout the school day into after school rehearsals the students learn that working together is always better, and fun! We strive to push the limits and assumptions of what some think of when thinking of high school theatre. We use state of the art sound, lighting as well as live music to support our shows and gives us the tools necessary to make professional level productions from large scale musicals to traditional theatre plays come to life on our stage.

Alumni can be found in every corner of the nation continuing their theatre training in universities, conservatories, regional and professional level theatres doing what they love. In addition, students in the department have the opportunity to work with theatre professionals in all areas of theatrical arts during their time at the school.

Theatrical performances at the school are regularly voted by Cenla Focus’ Best of Cenla Readers Choice Awards as the best theatrical production of the year in the Central Louisiana area.  Our productions continue to attract audiences from far reaching areas, as well as our local area. Be sure to come out to one of our productions this season!

The Pineville High Theatre Educational Outreach Program reaches to the area’s pre-school, elementary, middle school and high school students has been recognized by the Rapides Parish School Board and the Arts Council of Central Louisiana as serving a crucial role in the nurturing and development of arts awareness for area school children from K-12.  This program, designed to expose school children to theatrical arts through performances, workshops and in school teaching, has served over 50,000 children since its inception since 1992. 

The Theatre Department at Pineville High has a unique and significant place in the Central Louisiana area and contributes in a very visible way to the quality of life of both the region and the state.  

Also, notably, PHS Theatre has participated in the drama portion of Louisiana High School Rally Association’s District Literary Rally at Northwestern State University twice, receiving Superior Ratings and qualifying for State Rally at LSU in 2020 and 2022. The 2020 State Rally was canceled due to the pandemic, but in 2022 PHS Theatre went on to achieve a 100% Superior rating at State.

VISION AND MISSION STATEMENTS 

In 1996, the Rapides Parish School Board designated Pineville High School as the Magnet Arts Center for the Rapides Parish School District.  Since that time, artistically gifted students from all corners of the district audition and attend the school to receive superior training in their chosen discipline. Message us for more information about how you can become part of our family at Pineville High!

Vision Statement:

We aspire towards prominence in the training and preparation of students and in the teaching, artistry and professionalism of our faculty.

Mission Statement:  

The Pineville High School Magnet Center Department of Theatre strives to provide rigorous training in performance and production practices, arts advocacy, history and literature of the stage, and in the development of critical skills necessary for a career in professional and educational theatre.

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