West's theatre program was accepted as a representative of the American High School Theatre Festival at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2007, where they performed Moby Dick! The Musical. West was the first high school from the state of Alaska nominated to attend the festival. The theatre program was invited to perform in the festival a total of four times (the most of any Alaskan school), most recently in 2010, performing "Seussical: The Musical."
