Theatre

Middle School

Theatre classes begin for FWCD students in fifth grade. Students explore movement and vocal technique, as well as play creative dramatic games. This work continues through the sixth and seventh grades. In eighth grade, students choose to continue Drama class or begin Technical Theatre class. This also is the first year that students give a public performance.

Upper School

In Upper School, freshmen continue their studies in Theatre Arts. This class provides further technique for acting styles, and the students begin writing plays. Sophomore students take Acting One, and juniors and seniors take Advanced Acting. In addition to their continued studies of acting technique, all Upper School theatre students write plays to enter in a local playwriting contest, as well as the Young Playwrights Playwriting Institute in New York City. All theatre students are eligible to audition for the fall play, spring musical and the Improv Troupe. Technical theatre students enroll in the Upper School Tech class all four years.

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Theatre Faculty

List of 5 members.

  • Ms. Natalie Bracken 05

    Ballet and Theatre
    (817) 302-3322
    Texas Christian University - BA, BFA
    University of North Texas - MEd

  • Mrs. Tricia Franks 

    MS Theatre and Art
    (817) 732-7758 x 3590

  • Mrs. Cathy Gullo 

    Middle School Theatre Director
    Texas Wesleyan University - BA
    Texas Wesleyan University - MAT

  • Ms. Melodee Halbach 

    Director of Theatre
    (817) 302-3245
    Eastern New Mexico University - BFA
    University of Oklahoma - MFA
    TCU - Master of Educational Administration

  • Mr. Michael Steinbrenner 12

4200 Country Day Lane, Fort Worth, TX 76109
Phone: 817.732.7718
Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) is a JK-12 private, independent, coeducational, nondenominational college-preparatory school located on approximately 100 acres in Fort Worth, Texas. The mission of Fort Worth Country Day School is to foster the intellectual, physical, emotional, and ethical development of capable students through an academically rigorous college preparatory program that integrates the arts and athletics.