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
Xavier Reynoso
Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman

1st in state: makeup design

2nd in state: Monologue
Morgan Lui
Elena Ramsey

2nd in state: solo musical

3rd in state: Duet musical
Amanda Deal
Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis

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
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 
Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman
Sophie Willard-Van Sistine & Jason Acosta
Haley Scott & Jacob Garcia
Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis

ellis jordan scholarship
(to international thespian festival)

Sophie Willard-Van Sistine

undergrad scholarship

Riley Polanski

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 construction

Lauren Haskins
Samantha Hengesbach
Nicole Wood

​SUPERIOR RATING: makeup design

Morgan Lui

superior rating: monologue

Dalia 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 acting

Jason Acosta & Sophie Willard-Van Sistine
Diego Henriquez & Aubrey Schoeman
Haley Scott & Jacob Garcia

superior rating: duet musical

Carly Sanden & Riley Polanski
Dalia Auerbach & Elizabeth Burgis

superior rating: solo musical

superior rating: group acting
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

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 show

Katherine Arboleda
Allegra Fass
Jacob Garcia
Julia Kim
Riley Polanski
Elena Ramsey
Xavier Reynoso
Abby Weiler
Sophie Willard-Van Sistine

honored for outstanding technical work

Dylan Cumpston (Carpentry)
Natalie Nguyen (Media)
Nicole Wood (Front of House)

selected to work all california production technical crews

Dylan 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

Honored for serving on the 2015-2016 state board

Sophie Willard-Van Sistine
​Dalia Auerbach