Gunn Theatre

03/10/2026

Hey, Gunn Theatre Alums and Fans! A big thanks to Jim Shelby for passing the torch and setting me (Kristen Lo) up as an admin! I hope to start posting more on this page again! For our first post in a while, we open a show in 10 days! Come join us for Kate Hamill's adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the round on Spangenberg stage! We are selling out fast-- get your tickets at gunntheatre.org

08/07/2021

Dearest former students, well this is really happening! If you find yourself in town on 8/14, it would be swell to see your lovely mug. Love and thanks to the amazing Theatre Boosters for organizing this clambake!
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Mark your calendars for Sat Aug 14 from 6-10PM at Lucie Stern Community Center. Please RSVP for the party here: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLScms8WBRKo.../viewform...
Send your short video and/or favorite photo for the video montage to: https://www.tribute.co/jim-shelby/

05/04/2021

Hello Dears,
Todd Summers has just emerged from a meeting with Gunn principal Wendy Stratton with the news that, thanks to so many amazing letters and expressions of passionate urgency, Shakespeare in Performance WILL run next year, with two teachers for two periods, just as it has for the past decades!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for your support and letters. Please let's get the great news out to anyone whom you might have asked to write that principal Wendy Stratton has shown herself to be a thoughtful, visionary leader who gets the importance of such a class as Shakespeare in Performance surviving at Gunn, in spite of really grim financial conditions this year. I couldn't be more grateful and relieved hearing these tidings. Good news has been scarce these days, so let's grab this and CELEBRATE!

With much love and gratitude, Jim Shelby

08/04/2020

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12CcgkjwzEBh2pFofTJDy2Zw9fjKcbT12/view?usp=sharing

11/13/2019

Gunn's "The Importance of Being Earnest" continues this weekend! It's GORGEOUS! Tix available at Gunntheatre.org. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Nvkzw47BPQm9QHGn6

08/06/2019

Dear Gunn Thespians:
This summer, a group of Gunn students and alumni—led by Henry Alper (Gunn Theatre Class of 2018)—have created their very own student-led theater company: Pale Fire Theater. The company's inaugural show, Hamlet, opens this Friday 8/9, with subsequent performances on August 16th and 17th. This incredibly hardworking group of students deserve your support; tickets are only $5 each for a night of brilliant student theater. Tickets here:

Pale Fire Theater is proud to present William Shakespeare’s Hamlet! Performances August 9th, 16th & 17th.We founded Pale Fire Theater to create a student-led space for Palo Alto thespians to engage with Shakespeare. Above all, we seek to promote community, initiative, and an appreciation of the dr...

05/26/2019

Dearest Gunn Thespians,

In the beautiful excess of Friday's Senior Projects, Thespian Banquet and general celebration and farewell to our dear and soon departing Gunn Theatre Seniors, I sadly and for no good reason except perhaps early onset dementia neglected to honor and thank AMANDA SANTOS for her great work in Gunn Theatre. Please join me in thanking Amanda for her quiet, excellent and dedicated work on Paint and other tech crews for Music Man, One Acts '17, Servant of Two Masters, King Lear, One Acts '18, Metamorphoses, In the Heights, and One Acts '19. She is a truly wonderful and supportive member of the department whom we will really miss around Gunn Theatre!

I publicly and sincerely apologize for my omission. We love you, Amanda!

With gratitude and affection,
Mr. Shelby

02/19/2019

The Annual Gunn Thespian Club Oscar Party is on! Come dressed on Sunday in your red carpet attire for food, fun, and national DRAMA. Details and RSVP at the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1225801864239460/

11/26/2018

Gunn’s Spring Musical is Lin Manuel Miranda’s astounding IN THE HEIGHTS, March 14th-23rd 2019 in Spangenberg Theatre.
Watch the musical announcement video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjzFMUiy7VQ&feature=youtu.be; Check out Gay’s Beginning Salsa Dance video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVtWSZOttC0 Auditions are Wednesday December 5th or Thursday, December 6th after school. Callbacks are Monday, December 10th. Check out In The Heights 2008 Tony Awards performance HERE: https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-iba-1&hsimp=yhs-1&hspart=iba&p=tony+awards+in+the+heights&guccounter=1 =1&vid=517be118fe65122210ad393f3da0052c&action=click. New: Watch Stage Manager/Dance Captain Audrey’s In The Heights Audition Dance Tips Video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHtPmH-r1uY&feature=youtu.be

Audition information: Please come to auditions on either Wednesday December 5th or Thursday December 6th right after school. Come prepared to sing about a minute of a song from a musical (although pop is ok!), either with karaoke accompaniment, a friend who can play the piano for you, or bring the sheet music for Mr. Lib to play for you! (No a ca****la (unaccompanied) singing please.) Be prepared to move (no tight restrictive clothes or shoes). Gay will teach you a brief routine, and you’ll also be able to show off any special moves or skills you have! You will both sing and dance on the one day you attend auditions! Have fun, see you then! Watch Stage Manager/Dance Captain Audrey’s In The Heights Audition Dance Tips Video HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHtPmH-r1uY&feature=youtu.be

This video is about Announcing the Musical

10/27/2018

METAMORPHOSES opens November 2nd!!

10/20/2018

This beautiful show opens November 2nd!