Drama
Throughout the years, NDP has delighted audiences with brilliant musical theater performances by our award-winning drama program. Many of the actors in the galleries below have gone on to experience enormous success in college and professionally in theater, music and film.
Become a Member of the NDP Players!
There are two ways to get involved in Drama at NDP. We offer drama classes for students interested in learning acting techniques and stage management. Drama is also a club for students who wish to be involved in theater, but do not have room in their schedule for drama courses.
Drama Club is one of the largest clubs on campus and offers freshmen a way to get involved and make new friends. Drama classes help students build confidence in public speaking and presentations, as well as their acting skills.
NDP presents two drama productions per year: one non-musical and one musical. We won local acclaim for our production of Cinderella in 2022, Anastasia in 2023, The Addams Family in 2024 and Hadestown: Teen Edition in 2025.
Hadestown garnered many HSMTA nominations, and the production finished 5th in the State!
Spring Musical 2026
The NDP Players present...
Show dates and times:
March 5 - 7 p.m.
March 6 - 7 p.m.
March 7 - 1 p.m. (only Matineé)
March 12 - 7 p.m.
March 13 - 7 p.m.
March 14 - 7 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale in February. They can be purchased at our online box office through GoFan.co.
Fall 2025 - The Play That Goes Wrong Images
MEET MS. SEQUEIRA
Esther Sequeira graduated from the University of Dallas in 2016 with a BA in Drama. She developed and taught a 4-week summer theater camp for elementary and middle schooler students at St. Jeanne De Lestonnac Catholic School in Temecula, CA and taught theater for 3 years at Xavier College Preparatory High School in Palm Desert, CA.
Esther has both performed on the stage and directed theater for the past 12 years. Theater credits include: Mona Lucrezia in Someone from Assisi by Thorton Wilder (University of Dallas); The Old Woman in Candide! by Leonard Bernstein (University of Dallas); Fantine in Les Miserables by Schonberg and Boublil (University of Dallas); Light design for Am I Blue? by Beth Henley (University of Dallas) and The Frog Prince by David Mamet (University of Dallas); Set Design for God by Woody Allen (University of Dallas) and The Doctor in Spite of Himself by Moliere translated by Lady Gregory (University of Dallas); Assistant Director, Hamlet and Macbeth by William Shakespeare( Shakespeare in the Vines) and Electra by Sophocles adapted by Rob Crisell (Full Circle Players); Director, The Furies by Aeschylus, Kiss Me Kate by Cole Porter, Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, High School Musical by David Simpatico, and Dracula by Steven Dietz (XCPHS Palm Desert, CA).
When she is not teaching or directing, Esther enjoys embroidery, water coloring, and delving into the world of historical fashion and dress.
Drama Photo Gallery
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