Academics

Visual and Performing Arts

Visual Arts

The Creative Arts Department at Mount Saint Mary Academy provides students with a multitude of opportunities to create new and imaginative pieces and to showcase their work. Student art is on display throughout the Mount campus for the duration of the school year. The annual Spring Art Show in the Sister Lisa Gambacorto Theater offers parents and students the opportunity to view an extensive collection of student work.

Extracurricular opportunities for visual artists include the Art Club and Fashion Club.

Drama

The Mount Saint Mary Academy Drama Department produces two shows each school year, a comedy or drama in the fall and a musical in the spring, alternating some years with a full-scale cabaret.

Extracurricular opportunities for students interested in drama include: Drama Club and the Set Design, Stage Crew, and Technical Theater Club.

Past productions include:

2016 Spring - Wishes and Dreams-An Evening of Disney
2016 Fall - Scene It - One-Act plays, many directed and written by students
2017 Spring - The Envelope, Please Tony-Award format cabaret
2017 Fall - Steel Magnolias
2018 Spring - Beauty and the Beast
2019 Spring - The Envelope, Please Tony-Award format cabaret
2019 Fall - Clever Rachel
2020 Spring - Cinderella (postponed due to COVID-19)
2020 Fall - The Gift
2021 Spring - Schoolhouse Rock Live
2021 Fall - Yours Truly, Jack Frost *
2022 Spring - You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
2022 Fall - Beowulf: User-Friendly
2023 Spring - Seussical
2023 Fall - Me, My Selfie & I
2024 Spring - 57th National Mathlete Sum-It
2024 Fall - Final Dress Rehearsal
2025 Spring - Frozen Jr.
2025 Fall - Yearbook
2026 Spring - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

* First live performance in the Sister Lisa Gambacorto Theater

Music

The Music Department at the Mount is designed to give every student the opportunity to learn, practice, and perform. In addition to numerous course offerings available during the school day, the program offers students a wealth of opportunities outside the classroom. Instructors provide individualized attention to every student and schedule lessons and practice sessions to accommodate each girl's busy schedule.

Extracurricular opportunities for musical artists include: Music Ministry, Vocal and Instrumental Ensembles (Chorale Ensemble, Grace Notes, Instrumental Ensemble, and Handbell Choir).

Performance opportunities include: Christmas and Spring Concerts, school functions, Liturgies, outreach programs, Graduation and Baccalaureate Mass, festivals and competitions, and more.

Yearbook - 2025 Fall Play - Video

Mount Saint Mary Academy

1645 US Highway 22 W
Watchung, NJ 07069
908.757.0108