The California State Thespian Festival was held at the Highlander Auditorium in Upland on April 1-3, 2016. Over 1200 high school Thespians attended from 65 California High Schools. During the course of the weekend students compete in dozens of events, attend workshops, see performances and vie for $15,000 in scholarship money. CHS Theatre is ranked once again in the Top 1% of programs in the State of California. In the 2016 California State Thespian Conference, the major competition in our state, CHS placed in the top 1% in almost every category offered. Our Thespian Troupe, as a whole, continues to hold their ranking in the Top 1% of theatre programs in the state.
1st in state: solo musical |
1st in state: duet acting |
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Xavier Reynoso
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Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman
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1st in state: makeup design |
2nd in state: Monologue |
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Morgan Lui
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Elena Ramsey
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2nd in state: solo musical |
3rd in state: Duet musical |
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Amanda Deal
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Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis
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2nd in state: scenefest
The Laramie Project (Aubrey Schoeman, Zach Offill-Jackson, Caroline Zanteson, Riley Polanski, Neema Shahriari, Diego Henriquez, Allegra Fass, Haley Scott, Jacob Garcia, Sophie Willard-Van Sistine, Jason Acosta, Caden Hengesbach)
only the top 4% of theatre students in the state of california attain callbacks.
Callbacks: Monologue |
CALLBACKS: solo musical |
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Dalia Auerbach
Jonas Huffer Kelly McGarry Zach Offill-Jackson Rahannon Olea Elena Ramsey Hailey Scott Neema Shariari Abby Weiler Sophie Williard-Van Sistine |
Jeremiah Alarcon
Liz Burgis Candace Coe Allegra Fass Mandy Deal Xavier Reynoso Carly Sanden Evan Spruce |
CALLBACKS: Duet acting |
CALLBACKs:DUET musical |
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Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman
Sophie Willard-Van Sistine & Jason Acosta Haley Scott & Jacob Garcia |
Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis
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ellis jordan scholarship
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undergrad scholarshipRiley Polanski
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only the top 1% of theatre students in the state of california achieve Superior ratings. They also qualify for the national individual event showcase at international thespian festival.
superior rating: costume constructionLauren Haskins
Samantha Hengesbach Nicole Wood |
SUPERIOR RATING: makeup designMorgan Lui
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superior rating: monologueDalia Auerbach
Jonas Huffer Kelly McGarry Rahannon Olea Zach Offill-Jackson Elena Ramsey Haley Scott Neema Shariari Abby Weiler Sophie Willard-Van Sistine |
superior rating: duet actingJason Acosta & Sophie Willard-Van Sistine
Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman Haley Scott & Jacob Garcia superior rating: duet musicalCarly Sanden & Riley Polanski
Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis |
superior rating: solo musical |
superior rating: group acting |
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Jeremiah Alarcon
Dalia Auerbach Liz Burgis Candace Coe Amanda Deal Allegra Fass Xavier Reynoso Carly Sanden Evan Spruce |
Neema Shariari, Joseph Lowe, and Caden Hengesbach
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the california all-state show is put together in three days: it is cast on friday night, rehearsed that night and throughout the weekend, and performed on sunday morning. only 50 students are selected to perform.
selected to perform in the ca all-state showKatherine Arboleda
Allegra Fass Jacob Garcia Julia Kim Riley Polanski Elena Ramsey Xavier Reynoso Abby Weiler Sophie Willard-Van Sistine honored for outstanding technical workDylan Cumpston (Carpentry)
Natalie Nguyen (Media) Nicole Wood (Front of House) |
selected to work all california production technical crewsDylan Cumpston (Carpentry)
Zach Offill-Jackson (Carpentry) Jeremiah Alarcon (Scenic Crew) Natalie Nguyen (Media) Zachary Wakefield (Media) Sydney Crozier (Costumes) Lauren Haskins (Costumes) Morgan Lui (Costumes) Nicole Wood (Costumes) Dylan Corliss (Front of House) Joseph Lowe (Front of House) Rahannon Olea (Front of House) Allison Weeks (Front of House) Nicole Wood (Front of House) Jonas Huffer (All Festival Tech Crew) |
10 students statewide are elected to represent the california state thespians and organize the next year's events, such as the ca leadership conference and thespian festival.
ELECTED TO THE 2016-2017 STATE BOARD
Sophie Willard-Van Sistine
Aubrey Schoeman
Aubrey Schoeman
Honored for serving on the 2015-2016 state board
Sophie Willard-Van Sistine
Dalia Auerbach
Dalia Auerbach