The California State Thespian Festival was held at the Highlander Auditorium in Upland on March 29-31, 2018. Over 1400 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.
76% of the CHS students who competed in the individual events competition received a superior rating:
CLAREMONT HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE DEPARTMENT WON NUMEROUS AWARDS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:
1st in state - costume designLauren Haskins
SEnior scholarshipGiselle Guillen
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2nd in state - monologueRiley Polanski
Ellis jordan scholarship to the international thespian festivalEliza Anderson
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Students receiving superior ratings (top 4% in state). qualify for international thespian festivals (nationals)
monologueJeremiah Alarcon
Sydney Crozier Caden Hengesbach Kristen Koepp Riley Polanski Xavier Reynoso Grace Rhodes Kyle Tchalian Neema Shahriari Katie Stanford musical theatre danceLydia Brown
Sophia Kachlik Sierra LaRue Miranda Michno Stage ManagementGiselle Guillen
Make up designMorgan Lui
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Costume designLauren Haskins
Costume constructionLauren Haskins
duet actingCaden Hengesbach & Neema Shahriari
Kyle Tchalian & Shawn Clayton Solo MusicalJeremiah Alarcon
Lydia Brown Sophie Michaelson Riley Polanski Dixie Reese Xavier Reynoso Faith Teuber |
Callbacks (top %1 in the state)
MonologueJeremiah Alarcon
Grace Rhodes Riley Polanski Neema Shahriari |
Duet ActingKyle Tchalian & Shawn Clayton
Ronit Kathuria & Vega Sherman-Seitz SOlo MusicalJeremiah Alarcon
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there are multiple performances that occur at festival. ca Opening and closing numbers are chosen before the festival. playworks has its auditions on thursday and cast that very nght. all thespians can interview to be on a crew for both opening and closing number.
selected to perform in all ca opening and closingJeremiah Alarcon
Lydia Brown Sierra LaRue Miranda Michno Riley Polanski Xavier Reynoso selected to perform in playworksRonit Kathuria
awarded for outstanding crew workAllie Geurts - Front of House
Natalie Nguyen - Media Lauren Haskins - Costumes Isabel Barbee - Audio |
selected to work all ca productions technical crews (top 1% in state)Isabel Barbee - Audio
Miracle Garren - Audio Eliza Anderson - Stage Management Giselle Guillen - Stage Management Sierra Jimenez - Scenic Painting Rayaan Shaw - Lighting Eila Planinc - Lighting Dillon Lopez - Lighting Jenna Watje - Front of House Paige Thielke - Front of House Allie Geurts - Front of House Natalie Nguyen - Media Morgan Lui - Media Shawn Clayton - Costumes Kyle Tchalian - Costumes Sierra LaRue - Choreography Sydney Crozier - Assistant Director |
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 2018-2019 ca state student thespian board (12 students statewide)
Candace Coe
Sydney Crozier
Sydney Crozier
honored for serving on the ca state thespian board 2017-2018
Candace Coe
Riley Polanski
Riley Polanski