The MDN Choir Dance and Drama Parents and Friends is an organization made up of parents, students, and community members that are dedicated to supporting the award winning performing arts programs at Marcos de Niza, and all those involved.

Welcome class of 2025 & NEW MDN STUDENTS

We want to welcome all incoming freshman, transfer students, and anyone that is interested in high school performing arts to Marcos de Niza (MDN)! Are you or your student looking for some really fun and exciting classes/opportunites to enrich the high school experience? If so, please take a peek at the videos below from our directors, and learn about what the MDN Choir, Dance and Theatre programs have to offer.

We would love to see you at MDN in the future!

Support our programs with your az state tax credit

Your support through the AZ State Tax Credit program is more important now than ever. This year has been difficult for everyone, and the CDDP programs are no different. Due to Covid restrictions, the Choir, Dance, Drama and Musical Theater programs are not able to host any performances, which are our primary source of income for the current and next school year. So, we are asking our supporters, if you are able, to consider donating your AZ state tax credit to one of our programs. Check out the images below for simple, step by step instructions on how to donate. Thank you in advance for your help!

Become a SPONSOR

The Brown Family

Rick Riley

The Giles Family

Sue and Chuck Giles

On-going FUNDRAISING

When you shop on smile.amazon.com select Marcos de Niza Choir and Drama Parents and Friends as your charitable organization and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to support the MDN CDP.

Click HERE to chose the MDN CDP and connect your account

Fry's Food Stores Community Rewards program is easy and costs you nothing but a few minutes of your time.

Simply register your Fry’s VIP Card online at the link below. Find and click on Marcos de Niza Choir and Drama Parents and Friends, or enter our organization number: RF467

Click HERE to connect your VIP card to the MDN CDP

The state of Arizona offers its taxpayers the opportunity to make contributions to schools that reduce the amount of tax owed to the state or increase the amount of the taxpayer’s refund, dollar-for-dollar. Your state tax credit can be designated to the school and program of your choosing.

To learn more please follow this link: http://azcredits.org/

Click HERE to donate your tax credit to Marcos online

Marcos de Niza Fine Arts Academy

The Marcos Fine Arts Academy (MFAA) is bringing together all of the amazing programs at Marcos de Niza to provide students with an inspiring and rewarding arts education that will allow them to grow as artists and people. For more information about the MFAA please visit https://sites.google.com/tuhsd.k12.az.us/mdn-fine-arts-academy/home

2019-2020 Awards

National Youth Arts Awards

Congratulations to our award winners and nominees!

Awards:

Lead Performance in a Musical: Brach Drew as Cat in the Hat in Seussical

Lead Performance in a Play: Brach Drew as Wadsworth in Clue on Stage

Ensemble: Clue on Stage

Set Design: Pete Jacobson for Clue on Stage

Nominations:

Outstanding Production: Clue on Stage

Outstanding Production: Seussical

Supporting Performance in a Play: Antonio Lovato as Mr. Green in Clue on Stage

Supporting Performance in a Play: Rashad Moore as Colonel Mustard in Clue on Stage

Supporting Performance in a Play: Kyrian Sowards as Professor Plum in Clue on Stage

Direction: Patrick McChesney for Clue on Stage