donegal performing arts
Donegal Performings Arts is the premier high school theater program in the Donegal School District. Each year, the program produces spectacular fall plays and spring musicals for our Central Pennsylvania community. A multidimensional theater education is the goal of the program; we hope to train students in all elements of theater: lights, sound, wardrobe, makeup, acting, singing, dancing, paint technique, set building, backstage management, and prop design. Through the training of all these skills, the theater program fosters skills of collaboration, critical thinking, communication, creativity, and empathy, making Donegal students both theater ready and life ready.
2025/2026 DPA Officers
The heartbeat of Donegal Performing Arts, our student officers are responsible for recruitment, organization of club activities, community bonding, communication with the adult team about student needs, and fielding questions from new members. Usually juniors and seniors, the officers are students who younger performers can look to for a model of attitude, growth mindset, organization, and behavior.
Lily Grosh - President
Derek Palmeri - Vice President
Samantha Alampi - Treasurer
Abigail Welsh - Secretary
Kaelyn Graham-Miller - Historian
Meet the production Team
The Production Team are the adult mentors and creators of the Donegal Performing Arts club. They work with the performers and crews to train them in their theater technique. As a team, they push each other to create truthful and beautiful art, and they expect the same from their students.
Brianna Brady Wilhelm - Director
Chuck Barlett - Set Construction
John Coleman - Technical Director & Lighting Design
Jeff Fuhrman - Business Manager
Kristin Heydt - Sound Design
Kyle Hocutt - Choreographer
Katie Marrello - Costume Design/Wardrobe & Hair/Makeup
Hollie Mendenhall - Music Director
Lori Miller - Seamstress
Rachel Musser - Set Design
Shawn Newlin - Production Manager & Public Relations
Erin Slattery - Scenic Dresser
Jacob Steck - Stage Manager
DTC
(Donegal Theatre ComMunity)
Donegal Theater Community (DTC) is a collection of parents and community volunteers who support the Donegal Perform Arts Club and Donegal Performing Arts Production Team. The main function of the organization is to provide, at the request of the director, funding and volunteer support for events that the production team cannot manage alone. DTC is also asked to raise funds to be used for production needs outside of the budgeted and/or purchasing capabilities of Donegal Performing Arts. Monies are to be managed by the booster club but are directed at benefitting the students.
Want to learn more about DTC or become a parent volunteer? Click HERE!