The evening began with dinner and talks by the Times’ CEO, Austin Beutner and Deputy Sports Editor, John Cherwa. Last week, students Jen Harlow ’15, Conner Hoyt ’15, and Alec Neimand ’16 visited the LA Times office building in downtown Los Angeles to discuss this opportunity. Chaminade was one of 15 schools in Southern California to receive the exclusive invitation to join Varsity Video. The site will showcase original content, provided by Chaminade College Preparatory’s Eagle Business students. Soon Eagle athletic fans will be able to read about their team on the Los Angeles Times website via Varsity Video. Shout out for Audition Monologue went to Charlotte Powers ’17 Theme Collage Musical directed by and featuring Brianna Bryan ’15, Lily Khalighi ’16, with Amanda Drewes ’17, Ian Home ’16, Alejandro Navarro ’16, Zoie Tannous ’16, Dominic Torquato ’15 and Large Open Comedy directed by and featuring Matt Masino ’15, with Mark Diaz ’18, Lauren Nwajei ’16, Mary Reynosa ’17, Natalie Rowland ’17, and Sam Yu ’16 – our semi-finalists!Ĭhaminade Players stage management team members Lindsay Holcomb ’15, Rebecca Gerny ’16, and Thomas Martin ’17 served as room chairs for the competition, maintaining rules and timing scenes.
Honorable Mention plaque in the More Than a Narrator category for a scene from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland directed by and featuring Daisy Bishop ’17, with Gracie Jurczyk ’17, Nora Rose-Hines ’18, Bella Torres ’17.Honorable Mention in the Play of Social Conscience category for a scene from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest directed by and featuring Maeve Martinez ’16, with Joe Gutesha ’17, William Rose-Hines ’18, Ryan Town ’16.Second place trophy in the Large Open Drama category for a scene from Warhorse directed by and featuring Hannah Ponturo ’15 and Thomas Kuklenski ’16, with Samantha Bloomfield ’18, Brandon Marsh ’16, Christian Puente-Ortiz ’17, Jonah Warschaw ’16.Chaminade’s high school drama students from performed in six out of a possible eight categories. DTASC is a student driven competition, with the drama director serving as coach/advisor as students direct their fellow students in timed scenes following specific guidelines.Īll students perform their scenes for judges in two rounds before cuts begin. All of Chaminade’s scenes moved on to semi-finals, three of which moved on to the final round receiving the following awards: Last weekend, more than 2,000 students from 70 schools participated in the Drama Teachers Association of Southern California (DTASC) Fall Festival at Temecula Valley High School in Temecula, California.