High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2025

Where Passion Meets Purpose: Pineapple Theatre Cultivates Community and Leadership Beyond the Stage
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Course Code
LDR
Course Number
2002
Faculty/Instructor
Dr. Haley Winston
Faculty/Instructor Email
Haley.Winston@ucf.edu
Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement
The University of Central Florida’s campus is large with countless opportunities. However, not for non-theatre majors hoping to be a part of the performing arts on campus. This is where Pineapple Theatre Company comes in! It’s a registered student organization on the Rosen College of Hospitality Management campus.
Founded in 2018, Pineapple Theatre Club started as a small club with the missions to “create, entertain, and inspire” starting with 15 members. Since then, it has dramatically grown in size to a creative community. We explored the organization in our Cultural Audit service-learning project for our Lead Scholars Class (LDR 2002) with the intention to get a better understanding of the community and see if there espoused values were actually enacted on.
We chose Pineapple Theatre because we were inspired by their inclusive and passionate approach to allowing UCF students to get involved with theatre. As volunteers, we assisted with helping the organization better align with their mission statement by encouraging marketing around campus and helping with general production tasks for their production of “Legally Blonde”.
Keywords
Pineapple Theatre Company; Performing Arts; Theatre; LEAD Scholars; Rosen College of Hospitality Management; Creativity; Actors; Crew
Recommended Citation
Jadevaia, Kaitlyn; Chavez, Analiesa; Mota, Isabella De Araujo; Rhubart, Madison; and Jegede, Aleksandra, "Where Passion Meets Purpose: Pineapple Theatre Cultivates Community and Leadership Beyond the Stage" (2025). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Spring 2025. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2025spring/1
