Patrons Program
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Theatre Fees
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Year at a Glance
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Photo Gallery
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YouTube Channel
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Where Talent Meets Opportunity
For over six decades, LuHi Theatre has been committed to performing high-quality, professional theatre for the whole family to enjoy. Our dedicated production staff gives our students the best educational and performance experience possible and, most importantly, keeps Jesus Christ at the center of all we do.
In LuHi's deep, rich history, we have performed a wide variety of shows. Everything from comedic to dramatic, classical to contemporary, and even audience-interactive performances gives our students a well-rounded theatre experience.
The LuHi musical is the largest production for the performing arts department each year involving over 60 students and performing to over 3000 people a year. Our acting students work with seasoned directors and choreographers to create dynamic characters, dances, and vocals on the stage. Our technical students work alongside the PACE Center staff and parent volunteers, enhancing their knowledge of set construction, costume & makeup design, and all aspects of how a show comes together. Band students work alongside professional instrumentalists and parent volunteers in our live orchestra.
Plays performed by LuHi Theatre give our students plenty of opportunities to excel at their craft. Shows throughout the year include:
- Fall Show
- Student directed one acts
- Spring show
These productions allow our students to hone their skills and stretch their abilities with dramas, complex comedies, ancient Greek tragedies, or classical Shakespeare. These shows are performed at the Schoolhouse Theatre, part of the PACE Center theatre complex.
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The Jubilate Choir is the top vocal ensemble on campus, performing 30-35 times a year. The group is an auditioned ensemble and is open to sophomore through senior students. Bel Canto is LuHi's Women's Choir. We perform at on-campus events like A LuHi Christmas and the LuHi Arts Showcase throughout the year. Men's Choir is an opportunity for the young men of LuHi to refine their musical skills. This ensemble is open to any male in the school, and there is no audition necessary.
LuHi students can join a band class or group. The Wind Ensemble plays various music throughout the year, travels to the CHSAA band festival, and performs in concerts. It's open to any individual that can play an instrument. Strings are welcome too! BluHi Jazz meets after school and performs at various events on campus and around town. Praise Band helps lead the student body in worship regularly during chapel services.
Crossplay: Crossplay is a ministry theatre troupe that performs Christ-centered skits, songs, and videos for chapels at LuHi and Association grade schools.
Thespian Society: LuHi is a proud member of the International Thespian Society (ITS) - the world's largest honor society for theatre students. We attend the regional ITS conference/Thescon every year in downtown Denver.
Bobby G Awards: These awards recognize outstanding high school musical theatre achievements in Colorado. LuHi applies to have our musical adjudicated by area professionals to be considered for awards each year.
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Chris Loesel
Director of Performing Arts
Chris Loesel
Director of Performing Arts
Chris Loesel oversees LuHi’s music and theatre programs. On the music side, he conducts the Jubilate Choir and the Men's Choir. With theatre, Chris has served as the music director for several of Lutheran High’s musical productions, including Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast. He has also served as the pit orchestra conductor in recent productions, including Music Man and Annie. He is thrilled to be able to work with the students to help them glorify Jesus Christ through their gifts and abilities. Contact Chris at chris.loesel@lhsparker.org.
Jillian Lietzau
Theatre Department Head
Jillian Lietzau
Theatre Department Head
Jillian has worked with the LHS theatre department for the last eighteen years. She has directed, built sets, and produced fight choreography for such shows as The King & I, Treasure Island, Romeo & Juliet, Godspell, The 39 Steps, The Wizard of Oz, Fahrenheit 451, and Fiddler on the Roof, to name a few. Jillian has taken theatrical stage combat classes from the Denver Center Theatre Academy. She is proficient in rapier & dagger, broadsword, unarmed, sword & shield, knife, quarterstaff, single sword, knife, and the sport of foil fencing. Jillian is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors.
Rachel Andersen
Music Academy Director
Rachel Andersen
Music Academy Director
A 2014 graduate of Colorado Christian University, Rachel Andersen joined the staff of Lutheran High School in the summer of 2016 as the director of instrumental music. Andersen serves as the director of the Music Academy and conducts the Wind Ensemble and the BluHi Jazz Ensemble. She also teaches Music Theory and Spanish. Andersen points to John 1:14 as motivation for what she does, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Contact Rachel at rachel.andersen@lhsparker.org.