Performing Arts

All Departments:

Performers, Dreamers, Storytellers.

Any artist will tell you that some of the best learning experiences happen on stage. Through hands-on instruction with our faculty artists, our performing arts program challenges each student to develop her own creativity through an impressive array of vocal, instrumental, dance, and acting courses, as well as vibrant extracurricular clubs and ensembles.

From singing, dancing, and acting to playing the guitar, handbells, and orchestral instruments, students cultivate skills such as collaboration, generosity, and introspection, and share their unique talents with performances throughout the school year.

MMA Music Program

MMA Music Theater Program

Program Spotlight

Merion Mercy Music Theater (MMMT)

As one of Merion Mercy's oldest and most beloved programs, MMMT takes students out of their comfort zones and into mesmerizing worlds. After auditioning for roles, MMMT rehearses after school to host two shows yearly — a drama production in the fall and a musical in the spring.

Nearly 25% of Merion Mercy students participate in MMMT as either a cast member or stage crew, with many also sharing their talents at the esteemed Upper Darby Summer Stage program.

Renaissance Revels

All performing arts students begin with a Freshman Seminar called “Renaissance Revels” in which they have an opportunity to explore dance, instrumental music, singing, music theory and composition, and visual art.

The class culminates with a Renaissance Feast that takes place in the "Great Hall," our dining commons, completely transformed by the ten feet tall paper stained glass windows that the students create. Reimagining a medieval festival, students perform sword dances and stick dances, Gregorian chant, madrigals, hand bells, lute-e-leles and recorders.

Meet Our Performing Arts Faculty

Cara Latham

Title: Performing Arts, Chair

Degree(s): B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
M.M.T., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
M.Mus., Yale University School of Music
D.M.A., Temple University

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