Joliet West High School has a rich history of musicals dating well back to its inception as a high school. In 2026, students performed "Between the Lines", a meaningful show about the high school experience. Prior selections include "The Secret Garden" (2025 and 2011), "Mean Girls - High School Edition" (2024), "The Hello Girls" (2023) "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder" (2022), "A Killer Party" (2021), "Matilda" (canceled in 2020), "Narnia" (2019 and 2007) "The Addams Family" (2018), "Cinderella" (2017 and 2005), "The Light in the Piazza" (2016), "Into the Woods" (2015), "The Music Man (2014), "Crazy for You" (2013) "Fiddler on the Roof" (2012), "Beauty and the Beast" (2010), "Little Shop of Horrors" (2009), Too Many Sopranos (2008), My Fair Lady (2006), and The Pirates of Penzance (2004). Many students both in the choral program and not have participated in the musicals at Joliet West with several continuing on to study Music Theater at the collegiate level.
