Fall 2025 Auditions: Shakespeare Ensemble Team and Hadestown!

Hello Amazing Students!

We are so excited to have you back (or starting) at Alta in just over a week's time.  We have SO many wonderful things for you to be involved with including classes, drama club, improv club, competition teams, and productions!  We would love to give you the heads up on what's coming this Fall and put some audition dates on your radar. Below there are flyers for our Shakespeare Ensemble Team auditions and Fall Musical: Hadestown auditions - please know all are welcome to audition!

First, we have our annual competition at the National Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City from Oct. 2-4th.  We need people for our team and it's a great time bonding with friends on a trip together.  You will need a one-minute Shakespearian monologue for auditions. See information on our Shakespeare Workshop and auditions below and come into the Little Theatre starting next week for audition signups and a packet to grab!

Please email Ms. Cline with questions: lindsey.cline@canyonsdistrict.org 

Second, our Fall Musical will be the award-winning show, Hadestown!  We would love to see you out at auditions at the end of the month.  You will need to sing 30-45 seconds of a song from any similar musical and complete a small dance call for auditions in the PAC (Performing Arts Center Building). Stop into the Little Theatre starting next week to sign-up for an audition time and grab an audition packet!

Please email Ms. Struiksma with questions: linze.struiksma@canyonsdistrict.org 

Other things for your radar:

1st Drama Club of the year: September 3rd in the Little Theatre from 2:45-3:45pm 

1st Improv Club of the year: September 10th in the Little Theatre from 2:45-3:45pm 

Mandatory Parent Meeting for Musical and Shakespeare Trip - September 3rd at 6pm in the PAC

COME GET INVOLVED - ALL ARE WELCOMED!!!

Hadestown - Set Piece Pickup!

 If you have yet to hear, the musical for our Fall 2025 season is...... HADESTOWN!

Our Spring Show is equally exciting --> THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG! 

We are exceptionally excited about this incredible season and can't wait to get started. Well, I guess we can take on the summer with equal excitement... :) 

That said, we are need of a parent with a truck to get four large blocks from Crescent Middle School (right down the road from us) to Alta High School. If there is ANYONE who has a little time this week, we can coordinate a time and make it happen.  Please email me (Struiks) ASAP: linze.struiksma@canyonsdistrict.org 

Let's make Hadestown happen! 

Link to Announcement Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XmurPHWfXRKELQT3DBU-o987zMZNP6GX/view?usp=sharing 

Musical Clue #6... Tune in May 23rd for the Announcement!

Here is the SIXTH (and FINAL) clue in the four week series for discovering the musical for the 2025-2026 school year. 

The answer will be revealed on May 23rd at our end of the year celebration banquet in the Little Theatre from 5-7pm and the theme is Alice in Wonderland! 

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 not to be deceived by appearances... 

 - Struiks

Shakespeare IE's 2026

 Hi everyone!

Thank you for such a fun afternoon of Shakespeare auditions - you all did a great job and I am so excited to continue working with you through the summer and next fall on your pieces!

Please see the monologue/scene breakdown below, followed by some initial information that we will talk more about tomorrow:

Monologues

Chloe Hinman - Katharine from Henry VIII (Act 4, Scene 2)

Kaylee Cannon - Princess of France from Love's Labour's Lost (Act 2, Scene 1)

Layna Johnson - Julia from Two Gentlemen of Verona (Act 1, Scene 2)

Leah Memmott - Imogen from Cymbeline (Act 3, Scene 4)

Reagan Buchmiller - Jaques from As You Like It (Act 2, Scene 7)

Scenes

Addi Covington and Audrey Grace Grigg - Gravediggers from Hamlet (Act 5, Scene 1)

Emiline Johnson, Jett Smitt, Maizy Murphy - Dogberry and the Watch from Much Ado About Nothing (Act 3, Scene 3)

Peter Wilkins, Braden Mark, Sofia Eyzaguirre - Rosencrantz, Gildenstern, and King from Hamlet (Act 2, Scene 2)

Taylor Fairbourn and Izzy Ragonese - Ferdinand and Miranda from The Tempest (Act 3, Scene 1)

Reminder that we have a mandatory team meeting from 2:45 - 3:45 pm tomorrow in the Little Theatre!! We will talk in more depth about your pieces, character assignments, challenge rounds, and prep/rehearsals.  So excited for tomorrow!

- Cline and Lyndsey 

Musical Clue #5!

Here is the FIFTH clue in the four week series for discovering the musical for the 2025-2026 school year.  There will be six clues total!  The last clue will be released on Thursday of this week. 

The answer will be revealed on May 23rd at our end of the year celebration banquet in the Little Theatre from 5-7pm and the theme is Alice in Wonderland! 

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 the picture itself... nothing more, nothing less. Enjoy guessing!

 - Struiks

Musical Clue #4 and Banquet Info! (Buy your ticket by Friday!)

 Here is the FOURTH clue in the four week series for discovering the musical for the 2025-2026 school year.  There will be six clues total - one the first week, two this and last week, 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 and the theme is Alice in Wonderland! Tickets are available already 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.  Banquet tickets will only sell until 2:45pm on May 16th, so get yours today! I hope you can all make it! 

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 to look beyond the words... 

You're welcome and happy guessing!

 - Struiks

Musical Clue #3 and Banquet Reminders!

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

The answer will be revealed on May 23rd from 5-7pm at our end of the year celebration banquet in the Little Theatre from 5-7pm and the theme is Alice in Wonderland! Tickets are available already 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.  Banquet tickets will only sell until 2:45pm on May 16th, so get yours today! I hope you can all make it! 

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 symbolism. Symbolism is cool. 

You're welcome and happy guessing!

 - Struiks