Our Annual Night of Shakespeare will show off our hard work as we prepare to attend the National Shakespeare Competition in Cedar City, Utah from October 1st-3rd, 2026!
We will have four amazing duo/trio scenes and five monologues to share, as well as our incredible 10-minute Ensemble Scene from Macbeth; directed by Linze Struiksma and Lyndsey McKinnon.
AUDITIONS for Ensemble Scene: August 20th, 2026
*You will need a one-minute Shakespearian Monologue for auditions.
There is a MANDATORY parent/guardian meeting on August 19th at 6pm for anyone auditioning for Shakespeare (or going on the trip) OR auditioning for Musical.
If you want to audition, a parent or guardian needs to be present at that meeting!
This coming year's musical will be Irving Berlin's White Christmas! This delightful story will include some incredible focus on choreography and even include some jump-roping tap dance. There will be some summer tap classes offered (completely optional) and more will be posted about these in a few weeks.
This show will be directed by Lindsey Cline (Assistant Director to be chosen at auditions).
AUDITIONS: August 26th and 27th, 2026
*You will need a 30-60 second cutting to sing from a Musical Theatre song (from a musical) and will then complete a dance call that same evening.
Alta Theatre's Annual Fundraiser Night will continue on with our Murder Mystery Dinner. Two times for dinner will be offered (5:00pm and 7:30pm) and you will not want to miss this show! The theme will be announced on November 24th with casting announcements, but trust me... it's gonna be amazing.
Directed and Created by Addilyn Covington (Assistant to be announced at auditions)
AUDITIONS: November 24th, 2026
*You will sign up for an audition time and come play 5-10 minutes of Improv Games to analyze those skills. Watch for Improv Club dates to be trained ahead of time!
Antigone is the quintessential and epic story from Sophocles about the power of using one's voice for the things they believe in. We will be performing a brand new adaption of the play and using shadow work along with other powerful ways of story-telling! A condensed version of this piece will ALSO be used as the Region/State One-Act to compete on March 18th and then April 15th or 16th,
This show will be directed by Linze Struiksma (Assistant Director to be chosen at auditions).
AUDITIONS: December 15th, 2026
*You will need a one-minute modern Monologue for auditions.
REGION AND STATE IE AUDITIONS: These will also be on December 15th, 2026 and more information will be posted about these the beginning of November 2026. You MAY use the same monologue for R&S auditions as for Antigone auditions. These are six categories you will be considered for with Region/State Competition: Pantomime, Contemporary Scenes, Classical Scenes, Humorous Monologues, Dramatic Monologues, and Musical Theatre.
*If you want to be considered for the Musical Theatre Category you will need 30-60 seconds of a musical theatre piece and the on-minute monologue.
Competition Dates are March 18th, 2027 for Region and April 17th, 2027 for State.
One of our favorite Alta Theatre traditions is our yearly Student Directed One-Acts, also called SDOAs. These are ten-minute mini-shows chosen in March by those who are directing. Our student directors are from our Theatre IV class and are chosen through an application process and announced the beginning of Spring Break.
AUDITIONS: April 19th, 2027
*You will need a one-minute modern Monologue for auditions.
COME ENJOY OUR INCREDIBLE SEASON NEXT YEAR!
**Other ways to be involved are Drama Club and Improv Club (both monthly) and dates will be released on here and our Social Media (Instagram) the beginning of August.
