Alta High School's Theatre Department: Our 2026-2027 Season!

 

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. 

State Team 2026

It's that time again... STATE IS UPON US! 

Here is the link for the State Coaching Signups: 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q6ne0T3uiuGdMnqWZLRcbtA3vkD99AI_pq-SYcH2_b0/edit?usp=sharing 

Please note that TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH is a FULL TEAM DAY!  Please meet in the Little Theatre directly after school and get into costume by 2:45pm.  That is the ONLY Team Day before State.  Otherwise, hit it hard and USE COACHING SPOTS!  We have them for a reason and we want you 100% confident at competition. 

Notes about State Date -- > 

  - It will be held at Brighton High School on Saturday, April 18th.  Plan to be gone ALL DAY.  We will leave around 7:00am that day with a specific time TBD when we know the start time for first round. 

 - There will be food trucks there to feed you (8 options) or you can bring your own meals with you. I would being snacks for sure and a water bottle. 

 - We will be back to the school likely between 5:00-5:30pm. We will unload the bus and then head home from there. 

 - Please keep up your grades between now and then and be sure you are eligible with attendance and tardy marks! 

 - Please email with other question.  This is a GREAT day and so much fun, so we want you to have what is needed in advance. Proud of our whole team for MAKING STATE!  

LET'S GO GET EM'! 

Region Dinner: Parent Help Needed!

 I am in need of 4-5 parents willing to help sell pizza slices, chips, candy and soda on the evening of Region Theatre at Alta High School - March 19th. We typically sell everything for $1 and it's really easy and a great way to support the students as they compete. I will pre-order pizza and have already obtained snacks, treats, and drinks so it would mean setting out the goodies and someone picking up the pizzas from Costco and then bringing them to Alta as Cline and I (Struiks) will be running/hosting the competition. Then, you would stay through dinner time 5:30-7:15pm to sell the food to all schools. 

If you are willing to sell or pick up pizzas please email me ASAP and a sincere and advanced Thank You! Afterward you would be free to leave or stay and watch the awards ceremony with our team. Please reach out if you can help!

Struiks' Email: linze.struiksma@canyonsdistrict.org 

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

2026 Region & State: Team List and Announcements!

Hey Region/State Team!

PLEASE read this whole email - I decided this may be the easiest way to provide information to you about Region and State, but will also ask everyone to join the Remind for this year's team.  The info will be posted on the callboard and white board in the Little Theatre by Wednesday afternoon. 

Here it is --> Text @region2026 to 81010 

A reminder that we will do first check-ins on January 29th from 4-5:30pm. Your piece does not need to be perfect, but put together and an honest first draft so I can help get you ready. Theatre 3 and 4 students will begin sign-ups in class that day.  Please fill those spots first - it's the same day and will help with time. You will see all options for sign-ups sheet below, so hop on and claim a spot for you (or you and your partners).  You will put your name(s), approx run time (you can plug it in by next Tuesday), and category/title of piece. You MUST be signed into your CSD DOCS email to signup - check that before requesting access - you SHOULD already have it. Below is the sign-up link:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16oJ_GZXD2Wz5hVfEK9j5oZvaDTzps1RgYnp9pHOIiiU/edit?usp=sharing 

Below is our Team List, followed by your assignments for Senior Coaches and "Littles."  If you decided as a "little" you don't want to do it, or do and didn't say, please email Struiks by Friday the 23rd. If needed the other important dates are listed at the bottom of this email.  SO excited to start competition season with you! 

*Also, if you need help getting a certain set piece, prop or costume piece we don't have, please let me know ASAP and I will find it for you. 

 - Struiks

2026 Region and State Competition Team!

Musical Theatre

Leah Memmott and Kaylee Cannon – I Wanna Go Back from The Notebook

Alyssa Read – I Never Knew His Name from Civil War

Taylor Fairbourn – Come Back from Dogfight  

Shelby Betenson – Lost in the Brass from Band Geeks

 

Dramatic Mono

Niv Raz – Angels in America by Tony Kushner  

Cara Barnes – Lost Girl by Kimberly Belflower

Ruby Swallow – Nuts by Tom Topher  

Kali Kaufusi – Hopscotch by Israel Horovitz

Izzy Walbeck – War Brides by Marion Craig Wentworth

Clara Neal – The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer

 

Comedic Mono

Maddie Jones – Papers by Allan Stratton

Layna Johnson - The Wedding Reception - by Alesia C Etinoff

Braden Mark – The World at Absolute Zero by Sherry Kramer 

Mya Didericksen –

Avi Macey – Do You Ever Feel Anger by Mara Nelson

Reagan Buchmiller – Dags by Deborah Oswald

 

Classical Scenes

Maisy Stevens and Audrey Grace Grigg – Trojan Women by Euripides

Jett Smith and Rosie Luxem – Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Lillian Nani and Ario Baghai – A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde

Heidi Christensen and Marquesa Millikin – A Country Wife by William Wycherly

 

Contemporary Scenes

Emiline Johnson and Remy Parker – The Vahz by Mandy Mershon

Chloe Hinman and Molly Smart – Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson

Izzy Ragonese and Hallee Wasden – John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower

Brynlee Trout and Sofia Eyzaguirre - Final Placement by Ara Watson

 

Pantomime (titles TBD)

Addi Covington and Jacob Wilson

Jane Wilkins and Stella Voorhees

(Walker) Taylor Boudreau and Newell Francom

Josie Heward and Maizy Murphy

 

Technical Theatre - we CAN add here if anyone would like to!

Reagan Buchmiller – Costume Design

Emiline Johnson– Costume Design

Mya Didericksen – Costume Design

Millie Rawson – Set Design

SENIOR COACHES and LITTLES Assignments!

Dramatic Mono

Kali – Chloe and Avi

Clara – Jacob

 

Comedic Mono

Mya – Kaylee and Remy

Avi – Shelby and Hallee

 

Classical Scenes

Maisy and Audrey Grace – Cara and Emiline

Heidi and Marquesa – Layna and Sofia

Jett and Rosie – Ruby and Ella

Ario and Lilly – Niv and Izzy R. 

 

Contemporary Scenes

Emiline and Remy  - Alyssa and Brynlee

Izzy R and Hallee  - Taylor and Jeffrey

Brynlee and Sofia – Leah and Mya

 

Pantomime

Addi and Jacob – Maddie and Izzy W.

Jane and Stella – Molly

Josie and Maizy – Braden and Clara

Taylor and Newell – Reagan and Addi C.

Senior Check-in Buddies:

Leah – Niv

Kaylee - Cara

Alyssa - Chloe

Taylor – Braden

Shelby - Maddie

Ruby – Molly

Izzy W – Reagan

Layna – Jacob

IMPORTANT DATES:

Thursday, 3/5 from 2:30 - 5 pm = Team Day (Challenge Day as Needed)

Friday, 3/13 from 1- 3 pm = Team rehearsal day

Monday, 3/16 from 2:30 - 5:00 = Team rehearsal day

Thursday, 3/19 all afternoon and evening = REGION COMPETITION AT ALTA!!!

Tuesday, 4/14 from 2:30 - 5 pm = Team rehearsal Day

Saturday, 4/18 all day = STATE COMPETITION at Brighton!

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