Organizations/ competitions
International thespians society
troupe 2482
The goal of ITS is to honor student excellence in theatre arts. Upon completing and recording 100 hours of theatre-related activities, a student can opt to be inducted into the ITS, thereby becoming an official, card-carrying Thespian. Students can gain points from cast, crew, committee participation.
orange county cappies
The Cappies, "Critics and Awards Program," is a national program through which high school theater and journalism students are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, write reviews, and publish those reviews.At the end of the year, student critics vote for awards, participate in the Cappies Gala with performances and awards.
Cappies Team: Ava Manly ( Lead Critic), Ella Avital, Max Fournier, Sabina Martin, Emily Hurwitz, Dylan McCann, Dania Obaidi, Summer Perry
Nominations/ awards
2019: Awards: Best Makeup Design in a Play, Best Costume Design in a Play, Best Ensemble in a Play/ Nominations: Best Play, Best Supporting Actor in a Play, Best lighting design in a Play
2020: Nominations: Best Cameo Actress in a Play, Best Comedic Actor in a Play, Best Lighting , Best Costume Design in a Play
2022: Awards: Best Choreography, Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Best Lighting Design in a Play/ Nominations: Best Play, Best Musical, Best Lighting in a Musical, Best Costume design in a Play & Musical, Best Makeup Design in a Play & Musical, Best Set Design in a Play, Best Male Vocalist in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Cameo Actress in a Musical
2023: Awards: Best Musical, Best Song,
Best Lead Actress in a Musical, Best Ensemble in a Musical,Best Costume Design in a Play, Best Costume Design in a Musical, Best Choreography in a Musical, Best Set Design in a Musical, Best Lighting Design in a Musical,
Best Makeup Design in a Play/ Comendees: Ava Manly, Ella Avital , Sabina Martin, Morgan Savage/ Nominees: Sound in a Musical,Props in a Musical,
Props in a Play, Lighting in a Play,Stage Management in a Musical, Stage Crew in a Musical, Cameo Actress in a Musical, Featured Actress in a Musical, Female Dancer in a Musical, Male Vocalist in a Musical, Supporting Actress in a Musical
2024: Awards: Best Musical, Best Song,
Best Ensemble in a Musical,Best Choreography in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actress in a Play,Best Makeup Design in a Play, Best Makeup Design in a Musical Comendees: Katherine Popper, Keirnan Stoughton, Alex Grant, Sara Villaveces Nominees: Sound in a Musical,Set Design in a Musical, Best Cameo Actor in a Play, Best Featured Actor in a Play, Best Costume Design in a Musical, Female Dancer in a Musical, Male Vocalist in a Musical, Supporting Actress in a Musical
CALIFORNIA EDUCATIONAL THEATRE ASSOCIATION FESTIVAL
Our fall play is submitted for the Southern California theatre competition, and we attend the festival with many other California high school Drama students every January. At the festival, we attend workshops and four award-winning high school plays. There are also scholarship competition for aspiring actors/actresses or those who want to go into educational theatre
Awards
2019: Artistic Merit Award ( Midsummer Night’s Dream)
2022: 2nd place for Best Play in OC ( Macbeth)/ Adjudicator’s Awards: Lighting Design, Jeremy Tewari as Macbeth
2023: Adjudicator’s Awards: Makeup Design, Costume Design, Lighting Design ( She Kills Monsters)
2023:3rd Place for Best Play in OC ( Radium Girls)/ Adjudicator’s Awards: Lighting design, Set Design, Brooklyn Hamilton/ 2nd place Trailer
January 12- 14 , 2024
ROLE ABOUT FESTIVAL
The Role About Festival strives to be an opportunity for students to grow as a theatre artists. They provide quality feedback, clear expectations, and educational opportunities to for all students to grow as artists.
Nominations/ Awards
2022: Awards: 1st Place Film Monologue/ 3rd Place Contemporary Comedic Scene/ 3rd Place Film Scene Finalists : Film Scene (2)/ Contemporary Comedic Monologue (2)/ Contemporary Dramatic Monologue
2023: Awards: 1st Place Film Monologue/ 1st Place Film,TV Scene/ 1st Place Musical Theatre Solo Finalists: Film Scene , Film/ TV Monologues (2), Musical Theatre Solo ( 2), Contemporary Comedic Scene, Contemporary Dramatic Monologue
Macy awards
Our spring musical is submitted for adjudication by the MACY panel of judges. The MACY Awards is dedicated to encouraging, recognizing and rewarding achievement and excellence in high school musical theatre.At the end of the year, students participate in the Macy’s with performances and awards.
awards
2019: Best Costume Design ( Drowsy Chaperone)
2022: Commedia Arte Award, Best Female Dancer, Best Makeup Design, Best Actor & Best Actress Nominees ( Something Rotten)
2023: Best Costume Design, Best Student Choreography
2024: Top 10 shows of 2024, Best Comic Actor, Best Actor Nominee