APAB
Acalanes Performing Arts Boosters
DRAMA
Drama offers the continuing theatre student the opportunity to gain additional experience in dramatic arts through acting, technical theatre, and an exploration of theatre within a historical and cultural context. The courses offered are Drama 1, Drama 2, Advanced Drama and Stagecraft.
Ed Meehan received his Bachelors Degree in Dramatic Arts from U.C. Santa Barbara and earned a Masters Degree in Theatre Education from Southern Oregon University in Ashland. Meehan has 10 years of experience teaching Drama and directing plays in the East Bay. Before coming to Acalanes in 2007, he taught at his alma mater, Northgate High School in Walnut Creek and also Pine Valley Middle School in San Ramon. Meehan performed with The Willows Theatre, Center Rep, Solano Community College, and City Lights Theatre of San Jose. Since 1991, Meehan has enjoyed performing and teaching improvisation. He has worked with many improv troupes including ComedySportz, Mumblypeg, The Original Action Pack, and Weeping Willows Improv.
Ed Meehan is married to Natalie Moore, a fellow Acalanes teacher, and they live in Martinez with their son, William July, who is uniformly spectacular.
DRAMA DIRECTOR - ED MEEHAN
Past Productions
School Year | Season | Production |
|---|---|---|
25-26 | Fall | On the Razzle |
25-26 | Spring | Power Plays: The 2026 DramaDonsemble Short Plays |
24-25 | Fall | A Midsummer Night's Dream |
24-25 | Spring | Accept It...Or Don't: The DramaDon Short Plays Festival |
23-24 | Fall | Inherit the Wind |
23-24 | Spring | Rejected: The DramaDons Ten-Minute Play Festival |
22-23 | Fall | Rumors |
22-23 | Spring | The First DramaDons Short Play Festival |
21-22 | Fall | Almost Maine |
21-22 | Spring | Romeo and Juliet |
20-21 | Spring | One Act Shakespeare Live (online) |
19-20 | Fall | The Laramie Project |
19-20 | Spring | The Tempest (canceled due to covid) |
18-19 | Fall | Twelve Angry Jurors |
18-19 | Spring | Baskerville |
17-18 | Fall | She Kills Monsters |
17-18 | Spring | Much Ado About Nothing |
16-17 | Fall | Radium Girls |
16-17 | Spring | Metamorphoses |
15-16 | Fall | The Curious Savage |
15-16 | Spring | Macbeth |
14-15 | Fall | Almost Maine |
14-15 | Spring | The Rimers of Eldrich |
13-14 | Fall | The Man Who Came to Dinner |
13-14 | Spring | Twelfth Night |
12-13 | Fall | Rumors |
12-13 | Spring | Arabian Nights |
11-12 | Fall | Euridice |
11-12 | Spring | Hamlet |
10-11 | Fall | The Crucible |
10-11 | Spring | A Company of Wayward Spirits |
09-10 | Fall | Dracula |
09-10 | Spring | The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abr.) |
08-09 | Fall | The Importance of Being Earnest |
08-09 | Spring | A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
07-08 | Fall | You Can’t Take It With You |
07-08 | Spring | Our Town |