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Friday, May 2, 2025

IE Auditions for 2025 Shakespeare Team!!!

 Hi everyone,

IE (Individual Event) Shakespeare auditions for next year's team will be held on May 20th in the Little Theatre!

Packets are available and on the callboard (thank you Ainsley!) and the audition sign-up sheet will also be posted on the callboard.

Please read through the packet carefully for important information.  A couple key items are below:

1. Fill out and bring pages 5 and 9 of the packet with you to auditions, as well as your grades from spring semester.

2. Please prepare a one minute Shakespeare monologue or a two minute Shakespeare scene with 1-2 partners.  I encourage you to find your own piece that you are excited to work on, but there are two monologue options that you are welcome to use for your audition piece on the last pages of the audition packet.  Additionally, I prefer to see a memorized audition, BUT, if you need to use your script (especially if this is your first time working with Shakespeare text) then that is ok!  Ultimately, I want you to have a fun, successful audition that you feel proud of!

3. For those cast with an IE piece, there will be a mandatory meeting from 2:45 - 3:45 pm in the Little Theatre on May 21st (the day after auditions).

You can access a digital copy of the audition packet HERE.  If you have questions, feel free to email me (lindsey.cline@canyonsdistrict.org) or stop by my room (2313) if you don't find me in the Little Theatre or the PAC. :)

I'm so excited for Shakespeare Competition and hope to see you at auditions!  (Ensemble scene auditions will be held at the beginning of the next school year.)

-Cline

Musical Fall 2025 Clue #1... and Banquet Info!

Here is the first clue in the four week series for discovering the musical for the 2025-2026 school year.  There will be six clues total - one this week, two the next two weeks, and one the final week leading up to the banquet.  

The answer will be revealed on May 23rd at our end of the year celebration banquet in the Little Theatre from 5-7pm! Tickets will be available next week for $5 in the main office and will include a night of entertainment, fun announcements about next season, performances from Struiks & Cline, a message from the seniors, and a fun, fancy catered dinner.  I hope you can all make it! A theme will be announced with next week's clue post. 

You may speculate and guess with each other, but I will not be answering questions or giving additional information. I will also NOT be saying yes or no.

My hint is to look at specifics in this picture because what appears may not always be what it seems to be... You're welcome and happy guessing!
 - Struiks



Thursday, May 1, 2025

May Theatre Events!

Hello lovely people! As the school year is coming to an end don’t forget there’s still lots of theatre events you can come out to! 

- May 2nd: Improv club! (Kason’s last solo one!) 

- May 5th: Swig fundraiser! It is all day, just mention Alta theatre before you order and we will get proceeds. It is our last one this year so we’d love for all you to come support! (Plus swig is amazing) 

- May 8th: SDOA performance! Come see all the hard work our senior directors and their amazing cast and crew have put into making 6 phenomenal 10 minutes scenes! Tickets are $5 and can be found here: https://gofan.co/event/3584086?schoolId=UT7004a

- May 13th: Musical theatre showcase! It is full of fun and heartwarming musical performances and is free to attend! 

- May 15th: Last Improv club! Kason and Taylor will be co-running it and it’s gonna be a blast! 

- May 23rd: Banquet!!! Our final event of the year. Join us for a night to look back on the wonderful memories of this year and look ahead to the next great year! See the previous post for more info specifically on this. 

Hope to see you all there! 

Theatre Council 2025-2026!

A huge thank you to all who applied for Theatre Council for the 2025-2026! There were so many great ideas and applications submitted, and you made this an extremely hard decision. I ask that all members of the Alta Theatre Family support their peers in our decision.  If you did not make it onto council this time, please know you are still amazing and a lot of great candidates applied.  If you would like more direct feedback on what to work on in the future, please feel free to email Struiks or Cline next week, starting Monday.

 

Listed below is the Theatre Council list for the 2025-2026 school year:

 

President: Alyssa Read 

Vice President: Shelby Betenson

Secretary: Leah Memmott

Historian: Hallee Wasden

Publicity: Izzy Ragonese 

AVO/Outreach: Ruby Swallow 

Financial Chair: Chloe Hinman

Improv Captain: Taylor Fairbourn

Tech Rep: Millie Rawson

Sophomore Rep: Jett Smith

 

Congrats to our new theatre council! For all new AND old council members, there will be a banquet planning meeting Friday, May 2nd from 2-3pm in the Little Theatre. ! This will directly follow improv.  I encourage you to attend Improv Club before as it is Kason’s last solo adventure. Additionally, all NEW council members (and returning) need to be in the Little Theatre at 12:30pm on MAY 16th to be measured for sweaters so we can get those sent off to assure a return date in August. If you are a returning member, BRING YOUR SWEATER THAT DAY! I will have Alyssa Read reach out and make a group chat for the new council members to send reminders.  Thank you all and I love you (appropriately)! :)

Monday, April 28, 2025

Advanced Classes 2025-2026

Congratulations on being added to the advanced class list for Theatre next school year!  We have some really exciting class projects and shows planned, so buckle up.  The class will be added to your schedule automatically.  If you are not on the list below and would like some feedback, please email me.  If you are NOT accepting the position, please email and let me know ASAP.  Thank you and I can't wait!!! 

One other note, remember we have Shakespeare IE auditions on May 20th after school - packets will be out next week on here and in the Little Theatre.  I know Cline and myself would REALLY love to see the majority of you come on the trip and audition for IEs (Individual Events) now and Ensemble in August! 

 -Struiks

Theatre 4

Reagan Buchmiller

Kaylee Cannon

Emmy Chipman

Taylor Fairbourn

Chloe Hinman

Layna Johnson

Alyssa Read

Braden Mark

Leah Memmott

Ruby Swallow

Izzy Walbeck

Niv Raz

Molly Smart

Shelby Betenson

Cara Barnes


Theatre 3

Addilyn Covington

Mya Didericksen

Madison Jones

Audrey Grace Grigg

Sofia Eyzaguirre

Emiline Johnson

Remy Parker

Clara Neal

Jacob Wilson

Isabella Ragonese

Avilyn Macey

Avery Jaz Brimhall

Erin Petty

Brynlee Trout

Hallee Wasden

Maisy Stevens

Brighton Smith

Jeff M Garcia

Ella Eliason

Abby Carpenter

Sarah Teichert


Stage Tech

Reagan Buchmiller

Millie Rawson

Taylor Fairbourn

Oliver Kassing

Ofelio Medina Chela (Alex)

Avery Morgan Brimhall

Kingston Hampshire

Ella Eliason

Oni Pierson

Logan Quinney

Lena Seely

Avery Jaz Brimhall

Thomas Holt

Bryanna Thompson

(More to be added maybe...)

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

SDOA Cast Lists 2025!

Hello everyone! Congratulations on making it into this year's Student-Directed One-Acts. Everyone did wonderfully and worked so hard to show us their best, and we are so excited to work with you. As soon as you can, please bring a printed copy of your grades from this quarter and last quarter to your directors if you have not already done so. Also, FEES ARE DUE APRIL 24th ($25)!!! 

Please meet tomorrow, 4/23, in the Little Theatre at 2:45pm to see your directors and have your first rehearsal. We'll see you soon! 

Directors: Kate Eberhardt and Mercedes Nye

SHOW: The Question 

Bella Hansen 

Chloe Hinman

Layna Johnson

Maizy Murphy

Alyssa Read


Director: Ethan Regan and Aubree Hewlett

SHOW: A Willful Murder 

Reagan Buchmiller 

Sofia Eyzaguirre

Taylor Fairbourn 

Kailyn Mortensen

Clara Neal

Remy Parker 

Molly Smart


Directors: Nate Coleman and Christian Holyfield 

SHOW: An Elevator of Tragedy or Destiny 

Cara Barnes

Audrey Bluth

Kaylee Cannon

Ruby Swallow


Director: Kason Seamans 

SHOW: The Couch 

Addi Covington

Leah Memmott

Niv Raz

Jacob Wilson


Directors: Kendra Jones and JoshUA Graham 

SHOW: Santa's Dolphin

Shelby Betenson

Madison Jones

Jett Smith 

Hallee Wasden


Director: Megan Carlson and Ainsley Cardall 

SHOW: Spark's Fly 

Audrey-Grace Grigg

Emiline Johnson

Braden Mark

Erin Petty 

Friday, April 4, 2025

SDOA 2025 Information and Audition Packet!

 Hey all! 

SDOA auditions are coming up on April 22nd and we are excited to have you all come and get involved! This is an opportunity for younger classmen (freshman-juniors) to audition for the 10-minute, senior-directed shows and have an incredible bonding and acting experience in just three weeks. Our seniors have applied and been chosen as your directors with some awesome, fun shows and ideas. Below is a list of shows and directors for you to look over as you choose and prepare your monologues. 

Remember you will be considered for ALL shows unless otherwise marked in your audition packet and then assigned to the one you are cast in by the directors. Check out the descriptions below and links to the packet.  Hard copies are in the green room of the PAC starting tomorrow!

Directors: Kate Eberhardt and Mercedes Nye

SHOW: The Question 

Four androgynous aliens from the other side of the cosmos - Bip, Bop, Bleep, and Blop - abduct a hapless young man from Earth to ask him their planet's most troubling question. When young Andy hears the question, however, all he wants to do is go back to bed in his own plane of reality.


Director: Ethan Regan and Aubree Hewlett

SHOW: A Willful Murder 

After the death of Maude Adams, her siblings, Arthur and Florence, her niece and nephew, Dorothy and Joseph, her former stepson, Kenneth, and her former mother-in-law, Victoria, are sent letters by Maude's solicitor calling them to her home. Her solicitor, Walter, is delayed at the airport in the rain and won't be arriving at the home for a few hours. Soon, people start dying, one by one, and accusations start being thrown around at each other, until just one is left...


Directors: Nate Coleman and Christian Holyfield 

SHOW: An Elevator of Tragedy or Destiny 

It's a fall day in the 2000s, and four characters from very contrasting backgrounds end up stuck in an elevator together. Kitty (a passionate entrepreneur), Marvin (a successful businessman), Darlene (a new mother), and Will (a determined janitor) all figure out their struggle together. From realizing their situation is much worse than it had seemed, to discovering that all of them seem to belong together, the elevator quickly becomes a symbol for something greater.


Director: Kason Seamans 

SHOW: The Couch 

A young couple is fighting over what couch to put in their new house together. We see how their two friends encourage them to go back and forth swapping more than just a simple couch and what proceeds after the chaos.


Directors: Kendra Jones and JoshUA Graham 

SHOW: Santa's Dolphin

In a world affected by global warming, Santa has shifted to using magical dolphins instead of magical reindeer to get from house to house on Christmas. Prancer and Blixen try to resolve tension with the new dolphins, Spouty and Leaper. Full of comedy and forbidden love, this show's purpose is to promote acceptance.


Director: Megan Carlson and Ainsley Cardall 

SHOW: Spark's Fly 

Fourth of July and President's Day are having relationship problems, and it's up to Doctor Valentine’s Day to fix it. Loud and oblivious, Fourth of July sees no problem. However, shy and non-confrontational Presidents Day has had enough. In this dramedy, we follow the couple's ups and downs, and see what happens when Holidays collide and "sparks fly."


PACKET LINK HERE --> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X3QcRUIA1VxeMPVzYl_rPWCXXp9yayg0Mloj-dHMfKA/edit?usp=sharing