High School Musical Theatre Awards Tickets - May 9, 2026!

Hey all!

The Utah High School Musical Theatre Awards is fast approaching and we have been nominated in all the categories listed in the picture below:

That's so exciting!  We have a handful attending that evening to accept the awards should we win and Taylor will be performing in some group medley's for Best Actor in the STATE! Thankfully Alta has a block of free tickets available to students who were involved in Hadestown - either acting or tech! 

The awards show is formal - so a great excuse to get dressed up! - and is held at the Eccles Theatre in downtown Salt Lake.  This awards show will be on May 9th at 7 pm.  If you want to attend, you'll need to coordinate your own ride because we will not be taking a bus.

I'd love for as many people to attend as possible - obviously to support Taylor and our other finalists, and also to see some awesome performances at an incredible theatre!

If you are going to attend (and I hope you do!) please sign up on the Google Sheet linked HERE.  We have a total of 28 tickets available, so they are reserved on a first come, first serve basis.  If you are going to attend with one of our free tickets, you MUST sign up on this sheet by 3pm on Monday, 5/4.

Acceptors - you are already signed up! Please just be aware you may want to coordinate as you have a meeting in the Eccles from 4-4:30pm so you need to meet me there by 3:45pm in the Eccles Theatre. We will meet you after the meeting to grab dinner before the show. 

For those that do sign up, keep an eye out the week before for more information about coordinating plans to meet beforehand, eat, and pick up tickets. :)

Thanks!

-Cline

Final Region & State Competition Team 2026!

Congratulations to all of you and your hard work these past few weeks!  I was very pleased to see so much growth on everyone's region piece and can't wait to keep working with you the next two weeks to get things ready for competition. I wish we could take all of you to compete.  It was really difficult to make some of the cuts needed, but I wanted to let those who are not on this final list know that you are still a part of team and valued!  It came down to fractions of points- please reach out for individual feedback as desired AFTER tomorrow. Those on the list, you are expected to seek feedback by Tuesday. 

Even if not on this list, you are welcome to attend region and cheer on the team/help as needed.  If you do not wish to do so, please just let me know by next Tuesday (3/10) and I will remove you from the excusal list. 

REMINDER:  Grades for Term 3 MUST be eligibility approved.  You must have a 2.5 or above and no more than 1 F on the final grades... plus, you must have attendance in shape.  If this is NOT the case it will disqualify from you from State and you MUST be eligible for region AND state to compete.... KEEP GRADES UP STARTING NOW! 

Also, below are important date reminders AND your group numbers for those moving on to the competitive rounds.  You should use these instead of your names and school in the slate starting tomorrow- do NOT use your names and school at competition and PLEASE practice slates ahead of time.

Important Dates:

Team Days - 

 - 3/6 (tomorrow) TECH CHECK after school AND Optional Work Day - I will be checking all of your projects and going over how to present your material. Have your projects with you TOMORROW!  You will present your projects for judging on March 18th at Olympus HS, so you will need to bring everything with you that day. Actors, seniors will be around to check in, hang out and help as needed from 12:30-3pm.  Come get to know each other and work on your piece as you'd like!

 - 3/13 TEAM DAY at 1:00pm till 3:00pm in the Little Theatre - costumes optional, but encouraged. 

- 3/16 TEAM DAY at 2:30pm till 4:30pm in the Little Theatre; costumes mandatory!  

Competition Date - 

- 3/18 One-Act Competition Day at Olympus High School.  We will meet in the PAC between 6:30-6:40am and then load the bus to leave by 6:45am with ALL costume pieces.  Set pieces will be loaded the night before and taken to Olympus. We will head to Olympus HS and spend the day there.  We will return between 4:30-5:00pm. IF any of the IE team would like to attend to watch the One-Acts and cheer on the team you are welcome to do so.  You will be there all day and need to ride the bus with us.  If you want to claim a spot, please let Struiks know by this coming Tuesday (3/10) before 3pm. 

- 3/19 Region IE Competition Day at Alta HS! You will be there that evening until around 9pm, so plan accordingly. You will be called from class at 1pm for set-up, changing, warm-ups, etc. and then rounds begin at 3:00pm sharp. Please plan to be there the ENTIRE time for all rounds you compete and awards. We WILL sell pizza, chips, candy, and drinks for $1 each that evening. BRING CASH or your own meal! 

You CAN rehearse on other days - and SHOULD.... recall someone is here after school most days according to the list Struiks made for y'all.  Reminder - plan to get picked up most days by 4:30pm. 

Below are the numbers and final casting - again, we wish we could take everyone! 

Costume Design 

G-801	Mya Didericksen	Pirates of Penzance
G-802	Reagan Buchmiller	Nerdy Prudes Must Die

Set Design

G-901

Millie Rawson

Humorous Monologues

G-101	Layna Johnson
G-102	Braden Mark
G-103	Mya Didericksen
G-104	Avilyn Macey

Dramatic Monologues

G-201	Niv Raz
G-202	Cara Barnes
G-203	Kali Kaufusi
G-204	Clara Neal

Pantomime

G-501	Josie Heward	Maizy Murphy
G-502	Taylor Boudreau	Newell Francom
G-503	Jane Wilkins	Stella Voorhees
G-504	Addilyn Covington	Jacob Wilson

Classical Scenes

G-301	Maisy Stevens	Audrey Grace Grigg
G-302	Jett Smith	Rosie Luxem
G-303	Lillian Nani	Ario Baghai
G-304	Heidi Christensen	Marquesa Millikin

Contemporary Scenes 

G-401	Remy Parker	Emiline Johnson
G-402	Chloe Hinman	Molly Johnson
G-403	Izzy Ragonese	Hallee Wasden
G-404	Brynlee Trout	Sofia Eyzaguirre

Musical Theatre 

G-601	Leah Memmott	Kaylee Cannon
G-602	Alyssa Read
G-603	Shelby Betenson
G-604	Taylor Fairbourn

One Act: Red Bike (Theatre 4 w/ tech crew)

G-701

Red Bike

Region and State Team Announcements!

Hey Team! Here are some announcements for this coming week. Please email Miss Struiksma with any questions! 

1) This and next week on Monday and Wednesday we have one-act rehearsal for seniors in the little theatre. Thus we will need to use the PAC lobby for other coaching rehearsals and spread out in there. Dancers may be around too, but we can definitely have enough space for all. Just wanted you to be aware that is where to go for your coaching after you grab your things! If you have NOT signed up with coaches yet, pantomimes, you need to do so this week.

2) We have a mandatory team day and challenge round day on Thursday the 5th. We will meet at 2:45 in the little theatre, but all should get into costumes before then. Plan to be there between 4:30-5pm.

3) We have optional rehearsal and team socials on Tuesday (2:30-4:30pm) and Friday (12:30-3pm) in the Little Theatre! Please come to one (or both) if you can for even part of the time!

4) We have 2.5 weeks till we compete here at Alta on March 19th. Let’s hit it hard and really go for it- let’s take Region for the 8th straight year!

5) Seniors in Theatre 4, please come fully memorized and ready to go tomorrow after school.  Bring scripts with you every day! We need to talk tomorrow about who will help us get our materials to Olympus... can you please ask parents one more time?  (Cara, let's chat!) Also, please bring costume stuff on TUESDAY. 

Thank you all and excited to tackle this competition season with you! 

Region and State Workshopping Sign up!

 Hey Team! 

A few quick notes to our region and state folks...

REHEARSALS FOR REGION & STATE: A lot of rehearsals will be scheduled by YOU, but I expect you are practicing at least twice a week starting now.  Regarding coaches, please work to sign up with at least one person a week and have one day you either work with your peer coach or on your own. 

I have compiled a list of times you can sign up to work with outside coaches on your Region and State pieces.  My request is to sign up with someone at least 3-4 times before Region (March 19th).  There are SO many options, so please utilize them and make this worth our judges time.  If no one is signed up for them the morning of, they will not be attending that rehearsal time. 

READ THROUGH THE NOTES ON THIS LINK, PLEASE!

Here is the Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qlLIGz4pgBoTNY2kR-VSPlyQWMOVUjuJPKfNfqXbvYM/edit?tab=t.0 

LET'S GO TEAM! 

Some notes to remember for team:

Please note the dates of competition: March 19^th  for Region and April 18^th for State.  These are, of course, mandatory!  Region will take place here at Alta High School (leave class around 1pm and be wrapped by around 9pm) and State will be at  Brighton High School (7:30am-5pm). 

Challenge Rounds for Region will take place on March 5th. This is a mandatory team day and all will be there from 2:30-5pm.  We will talk with those groups we need to sign up for a time that day and those groups that will be there to work on their pieces and provide feedback for others. 

Other Team Days: March 13th and March 16th for Region and April 14th for State

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!!!

Final Region 2025 Competition Team!

Congratulations to all of you and your hard work these past few weeks!  I was very pleased to see so much growth on everyone's region piece and can't wait to keep working with you the next two weeks to get things ready for competition. I wish we could take all of you to compete.  It was really difficult to make some of the cuts needed, but I wanted to let those who are not on this final list know that you are still a part of team and valued!  It came down to fractions of points- please reach out for individual feedback as desired. Even if not on this list, you are welcome to attend region and cheer on the team/help as needed.  If you do not wish to do so, please just let me know by next Tuesday (3/11) and I will remove you from the excusal list. 

REMINDER:  Grades for Term 3 MUST be eligibility approved.  You must have a 2.5 or above and no more than 1 F on the final grades... plus, you must have attendance in shape.  If this is NOT the case it will disqualify from you from State and you MUST be eligible for region AND state to compete.... KEEP GRADES UP STARTING NOW! 

Also, below are important date reminders AND your group numbers for those moving on to the competitive rounds.  You should use these instead of your names and school in the slate starting tomorrow- do NOT use your names and school at competition and PLEASE practice slates ahead of time.

Important Dates:

Team Days - 

 - 3/7 TECH CHECK after school - I will be checking all of your projects and going over how to present your material. Have your projects with you ON FRIDAY!  You will present your projects for judging on March 11th at Olympus HS, so you will need to bring everything with you that day.

- 3/11 One-Act Competition Day at Olympus High School.  We will meet in the Little Theatre between 6:50-7am and then load the bus at 7am with ALL costume pieces.  Set pieces will be loaded the night before. We will head to Olympus HS and spend the day there.  I will know at the end of the week what time we will be back - it will be between 4:30-5:30pm. 

- 3/17 TEAM DAY at 2:30pm till 4:30pm in the Little Theatre; costumes mandatory!  

Competition Date - 

- 3/18 Region IE Competition Day at Alta HS! You will be there that evening until around 9pm, so plan accordingly. You will be called from class at 1pm for set-up, changing, warm-ups, etc. and then rounds begin at 3:30pm sharp. Please plan to be there the ENTIRE time for all rounds you compete and awards. We WILL sell pizza, chips, candy, and drinks for $1 each that evening. BRING CASH or your own meal! 

You CAN rehearse on other days - and SHOULD.... recall someone is here after school most days according to the list Cline made for y'all.  Reminder - plan to get picked up most days by 4:30pm. 

Below are the numbers and final casting - again, we wish we could take everyone! 

Humorous Monologue
Number	Name	Title of Monologue
A-101	Kate Eberhardt	Ludlow Fair
A-102	Kason Seamans	Laughing Wild
A-103	Kaylee Cannon	Naomi in the Living Room
A-104	Braden Mark	Peter and the StarCatcher

Dramatic Monologue
Number	Name	Title of Monologue
A-201	Nate Coleman	Summer and Smoke
A-202	Aubree Hewlett	Blue Window
A-203	Ethan Regan	The Minutes
A-204	Cara Barnes	Home, I'm Darling

Classical Scene
Number	Name	Name	Name	Title of Scene
A-301	Kendra Jones	Mercedes Nye		Mary Stuart
A-302	Reagan Buchmiller	Layna Johnson		Master Builder
A-303	Hallee Wasden	Izzy Ragonese		Mrs. Warren's Profession
A-304	Remy Parker	Sofia Eyzaguirre		Tartuffe

Contemporary Scene
Number	Name	Name	Name	Title of Scene
A-401	Megan Carlson	Joshua Graham	Christian Holyfield	Passage
A-402	Niv Raz	Preston Smith		A Lovely Impulse of Delight
A-403	Chloe Hineman	Ruby Swallow		Mary Jane
A-404	Emmy Chipman	Lilly Harrison		Brighton Beach Memoirs

Pantomime
Number	Name	Name	Title of Pantomime
A-501	Avilyn Macey	Addi Covington	Lost in the Looking Glass
A-502	Emiline Johnson	Jacob Wilson	Up to Snow Good
A-503	Maizy Murphy	Ben Wilson	Sandwich Crash
A-504	Ever Hiramoto	Jett Smith and Rosie Luxem	Black Swan

Musical Theatre
Number	Name	Name	Name	Name	Title of Scene
A-601	Tessa Osborne				My Days from The Notebook
A-602	Ainsley Cardall				Good and Evil from Jekyll and Hyde
A-603	Shelby Betenson	Leah Memmott	Alyssa Read		At the Ballet from A Chorus Line
A-604	Taylor Fairbourn				Donny Novitski from Bandstand

Costume Design			Scenic Design
Number	Name	Title of Play	Number	Name	Title of Play
A-801	Mya Didericksen	The Secret Garden	A-901	Millie Rawson	The Lottery
A-802			A-902	Oliver Kassing	The Lottery
A-803			A-903
A-804			A-904