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06/07/10 - Another Winning Season, Literally
t's "Award Season" and our APA Students and productions are being showered with so many accolades, it's almost impossible to keep up. Watch this space for all the details!
Fifth Annual National Youth Theatre Awards for the 2009-2010 season, and APA earned 12 awards and 5 additional nominations!
Singin' in the Rain
Awards
Outstanding Production
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Choreography: Diane Makas
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Kyle Selig as Don Lockwood
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Musical: Sara Budnik as Lina Lamont
Outstanding Youth Orchestra
Outstanding Set Design: Michelle Hakam
Nominations
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical: Sami Biardi as Kathy Selden
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical: Quinn Nagle as Cosmo Brown
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical: Patrick Hudson as R. F. Simpson
Outstanding Costume Design: Nicole Russick, Crystal Halbeck, Rachel Laing, and Kiley Masters
Dark of the Moon
Awards
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Direction: Robert Rotenberry
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play: Emma Degerstedt as Barbara Allen in Dark of the Moon
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play: James Sabala as Preacher Haggler
Outstanding Set Design: Margaux Schindler and Elizabeth Gibson
Nominations
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Play: Lindsay Mintz as Mrs. Allen
The 2010 JRAY Awards
On Sunday, May 30th the John Raitt Awards for Youth sponsored by the Fullerton Civic Light Opera Company were announced in a special Awards Ceremony involving High School Musical Theater Departments from LA (Including LA school of the arts) Orange (including OCHSA, Fullerton Academy for the Arts, SOCSA), Riverside & San Diego Counties.
The Academy for The Performing Arts at Huntington Beach High School took home an unprecedented amount of nominations and awards for their spring production of “Singing In The Rain.” Most notably the #1 Award at the ceremony – “Best Musical” as well as “Best Choreography”; “Best Student Driven Set Design”; and "Best Male In A Cameo Role" – Cody Allen. Along with these prestigious awards, APA was also honored with the following nominations:
Best Actor – Kyle Selig (Don Lockwood)
Best Actress – Sara Budnik (Lina Lamont)
Best Comedian – Garrett Brown (Roscoe Dexter), Quinn Nagle (Cosmo Brown)
Best Male Dancer (Mitchell Webb)
Best Costume Concept
Best Lighting
Best Crew/Technical Execution
Best Student Orchestra
Best Ensemble
&
2010 Director Of The Year – Tim Nelson
05/15/10 - MAY 7 & 8 'Last Chance' Audition Results Now Online
Acceptance results are posted HERE.
05/14/10 - SAVE THE DATE
The 14th annual APA Season Finale & Academy Awards will happen June 12th, with dinner at 3:30, Awards Show at 6pm. Keep an eye peeled for an invitation in the mail soon!
04/24/10 - Surf City Student Film Festival
DON'T MISS OUT! The brand-new MMET (CRAD) Media Department will be hosting its very first event Saturday, May 1st in the Auditorium!
Support the efforts of our new media team as they present short films made by students from all the schools in our district!
It's going to be fun, and you can tell people "Yeah, I went to the very first one!"
04/24/10 - APA Returning Parent Meeting
Tuesday 4/27 at 7:00 pm in the Student Center@HBHS. Take advantage of the Family Pledge Discount for Returning Students!
04/24/10 - SUMMER PROGRAMS ANNOUNCED!
 
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03/09/10 - LAST CHANCE AUDITIONS/B>
Applications due April 16th
click here for more info and to download an application). The Auditions happen on May 8th.
03/05/10 - February APA Audition Results Now Online
Acceptance results are posted HERE.
03/04/10 - ATTENTION SENIORS! - APA CORD APPLICATIONS
The APA Cord is an honor cord given by the Huntington Beach Union High School District at graduation to students who have earned 80 additional performing arts credits in the APA program, maintained an overall Academic GPA of 2.0 and an APA GPA of 3.0.
APA CORD packets with applications are available in the APA office or can be downloaded. The deadline for seniors to turn in their completed applications into the APA office is March 26. To download a copy of the application packet, right click HERE and select 'save target as' to save to your computer.
Don't graduate without one!
02/21/2010 - APA ANNOUNCES SURF CITY STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
APA's CRAD (MMET) Department in conjunction with APA Student Council will be presenting the first "District-Wide" Film Festival event for HBUHSD Students. It's all happening May 1st!
DOWNLOAD INFO SHEET
DOWNLOAD APPLICATION
DOWNLOAD PROMOTIONAL POSTER
Date: Saturday May 1st, 2010
Venue: HBUHSD Auditorium and Bell Tower (HBHS Campus) @ 6:30pm
Entrance Contribution: $15 (Non-refundable, check made out to APA/HBHS)
Deadline: Friday April 15th, 2010
*There will be an applause meter to assist in judging your videos!
*There will be surprise celebrity guest judges!
*DON’T MISS OUT!
Prizes:
**First prize winner will receive a cash prize generated by ticket sales (minus expenses). Half will go to their school’s video or visual arts program (explained below) and the other half will go personally to them. That’s 50% of the door, minus expenses, in your pocket!
1. Each student who submits a video will be representing his/her school. The money collected from this event will be awarded to the first prize winner’s school’s video program or, if a video program hasn’t been established yet, it will go toward the school’s visual arts program.
2. First, second, and third prize winners will also receive the honor of premiering their pieces at the prestigious MMET Video Showcase shown to thousands of people including college film school representatives.
3. The films will also be awarded in these categories:
*Best Film *Best Editing *Best Storyline *Best Graphics *Best Cinematography *Best Sound *Most Entertaining…etc.
Eligibility: -Any student attending any of these HBUHSD schools:
o Coast
o Community Day School
o Edison
o Fountain Valley
o Huntington Beach
o Huntington Beach Adult School
o Marina
o Ocean View
o Valley Vista
o Westminster
-The student must be 19 or younger
-The student does not have to be involved in any video program or interested in a film career. Even students that create Youtube videos over the weekend are eligible.
Regulations:
-2 to 7 minutes long, including credits
-Any genre (If it's not appropriate to show at school, it's not appropriate for this event)
-Limited to four film submissions per applicant
-Submit the attached application and $15 entrance contribution (separate application filled out for each film)
Submission Format:
Must be on DVD, hard drive, or flash drive only! Make sure the file or disc plays back completely before you submit your piece.
**Agreement:
The Surf City Student Film Festival has the permission to exhibit your entry/entries during this event and for future promotion.
How Your Entry Will Be Judged:
1. Does plot make sense?
2. What is the quality of the video? Are there glitches in the tape?
3. Is the editing smooth?
4. Is the sound audible?
5. What is the quality of the actors? Believable for their role?
6. Is the piece original and unique?
7. Is it entertaining?
**Remember: It’s quality verses quantity. Just because a film may be 7 minutes long does not mean it will have better quality than a 2 minutes film.
Drop it off at your school’s activities office. You should drop off your entry, your application, and $15 in a sealed and labeled* envelope.
*Label your envelope SCSFF with your name, date of submission, and school you’re enrolled in.
Make sure your video is received the day of the deadline! We recommend you send in your entry a good deal of time before it is due.
Questions and Information, please contact the APA office.
02/21/2010 - FUSION in the NEWS
FUSING STORY AND DANCE
from the HUNTINGTON BEACH INDEPENDENT
Students at the Academy for the Performing Arts aim to reach the big time — with a little tough love from Ms. Hoffman.
By Michael Miller
It was another rehearsal day at the Huntington Beach Academy for the Performing Arts, and Marie Hoffman was ready to rock and roll.
The dance department’s Repertory Ensemble had one week before its first big show of the year, “Fusion 2010,” was set to open, and a dozen-odd teenage dancers went through a routine set to the Meat Loaf classic “Paradise by the Dashboard Light.” The multi-part song switched back and forth from loud to soft, tender to intense — and so did the teacher, as Hoffman cajoled, praised and sometimes tongue-lashed her students to get their act together.
“I need to see my story! I need to see faces,” she proclaimed, urging the performers to show more emotion. A moment later, when two dancers began chatting out of turn, she snapped, “Don’t speak! God, I thought being in the arts was supposed to make you smarter.”
The troupe started again, and Hoffman began excitedly talking with academy Director Diane Makas about a student who was showing promise. Then she spotted something that displeased her, and she flopped her body across the floorboards in mock agony. Within seconds, she was smiling again, sitting cross-legged and shimmying to the music.
Hoffman, a former member of the Jan Van Dyke Dance Group in North Carolina and an instructor at the academy for seven years, is not timid about expressing her feelings. But her students, who seek careers in dance, don’t object to her bluntness.
“I’m glad she’s tough, because we all end up looking good,” said Erica Bresnan, 16, who is in her third year at the academy.
“She trying to simulate real life,” added senior Mark Brown, 17. “So it’s pretty reasonable.”
An eclectic program
“Fusion,” which the academy has put on every winter for the last 12 years, brings together all the dance department’s ensembles — Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap and Repertory, which is the touring troupe and the one that rehearses longest and hardest. It’s also the one Hoffman oversees, and she does what she can to groom young professionals.
“I push them, for sure,” she said. “But that’s the nature of this ensemble. These are not kids who are pursuing dance as a hobby or extracurricular activity.”
Since September, the Repertory Ensemble has been rehearsing six to eight hours a week for “Fusion”; the other ensembles, taught by Hoffman, Makas, Andrea Taylor and Christy Hernandez, rehearse an average of four. The troupe recently performed in Scotland and South Africa, and Hoffman plans to bring it to Prague later this year.
When the curtain rises Friday for the first “Fusion” show, though, the entire dance department will have its talent on display. The 75 dancers will put on a dozen numbers, some choreographed by faculty members and others by guest choreographers. And students will have another incentive to dance their best this year; for the first time Saturday, Hoffman has invited about 20 college recruiters to watch the show.
“Fusion” is the first of two annual shows the academy puts on; the other, “Synergy,” takes place in the spring. Both shows, true to their names, run a gamut of styles. This weekend’s production, in addition to the Meat Loaf piece, contains a number with students dressed as ghosts and another, set to a Sinéad O’Connor song, in which two troubled romantic couples engage in a metaphorical game of football.
A history of achievers
The Academy for the Performing Arts, a magnet school of the Huntington Beach Union High School District that opened in 1993, trains students in all aspects of putting on a production. While the dance majors have rehearsed for “Fusion,” technical theater majors have sewn costumes from scratch, fitting each dancer individually. The show’s crew, from lighting technicians to stage managers, consists almost entirely of students.
The school aims to send out graduates ready for show business, and its record speaks for itself. Alumni have gone on to dance for the Royal Ballet in London, perform in “Avenue Q” on Broadway and work technical jobs for Disney.
“We have a dual mission,” said Makas, who joined the faculty in 1996 and founded “Fusion.” “We prepare students to go directly into a career in the arts or go directly into university and be like an advanced student at the university level.”
The students share that compulsion to succeed.
Erica, a Fountain Valley resident, rehearses 20 or more hours a week and dances at a studio on the side. Sometimes, she feels like she spends more time at rehearsal than she does at home.
“I just like being here,” she said.
Hoffman doesn’t fret about her dancers’ abilities before opening night; she trusts them to have their moves down. If anything gives her butterflies, it’s hoping her proteges will have a big enough audience.
“They deserve it,” she said. “They just work so hard.”
(The original article may be available HERE.)
02/04/2010 - DISTRICT-WIDE TALENT SHOW
APA's 1st DISTRICT WIDE TALENT SHOW....Tuesday, Feb 9th at 6:30pm in our Auditorium. It is our APA Student Council's idea (to help get the word out about APA), some of our kids are in the show, kids from all over the district are in the show, 1/2 of the ticket money goes to our APA Council Kids.... All the money from the consesions go to our APA Council. Tickets are $10...and on sale in the apa office and will be for sale at the door..... This show starts earlier than a regular apa show, it starts at 6:30pm.
02/04/2010 - Come see DURANG-DURANG!
APA Theatre's Actor's Rep Company with be performing Durang/Durang on Wednesday and Thursday, February 3 and 4, 7:30 pm at the Westminster High School Globewest Theatre.
This collection of six short plays by Christopher Durang has laugh out loud comedy. There is a hilarious parody of The Glass Menagerie as well as one on the plays by Sam Shepard and David Mamet. Other original comic gems. Unique entertainment. Called an evening of exhilarating hysteria. Themes appropriate for high school age and above.
This FLYER has all the info you need, and a map too!
01/24/2010 - Ten Minute Play Festival Winners Announced
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The 13th
Annual Ten Minute Play Festival
Best of the Festival
2010
Best Production-
The Hoover 2000
by Julia Barabas,
Directed by James Sabala
Runner Up Best
Production- Wintersleep
by Kris Barnett,
Directed by Maddy Holstein
Best Director-
Mariana Vaca, Danny
Runner Up Best Director- Belinda Chiu, The Last Folly
Best Play- The Last Folly by Lauren Delcoure
Runner Up Best Play- Wintersleep
by Kris Barnett
Best Ensemble- The Hoover 2000
Runner Up Best Ensemble- Hysteria /p>
Best Actor-
Garrett Brown in The Last Folly
Runner Up Best Actor- Zack Carlson in Danny
Best Actress- Lexi Harvey, The Hoover 2000
Runner Up Best Actress- Riley Davidson in A Confession
Best Supporting Actor- Austin Kottkamp in
Wintersleep
Runner Up Best
Supporting Actor- An Nguyen in In Case of Zombies
Best Supporting
Actress- Susie Villavazo in The Last Folly
Runner Up Best Supporting Actress- Molly Peters in The Hoover
2000
Best Tech- The Badsounds
Runner Up Best Tech- In Case of Zombies
Special Recognition-Micayla
Vermeeren in Danny
Mason Prescott in
The Last Folly
01/21/2010 - Surf City Singers at Plotkin
Come and watch our own Surf City Singers perform for the Plotkin Family Foundation Sunday January 31st 2:30pm. This annual event is free of charge to attend!
This family foundation contributes money to APA, and awards scholorships to students every year.
All that's expected of us is to provide an audience to watch our own Surf City Singers perform.
Please support our APA Students and show the Plotkin family how grateful we are for their backing.
So please, plan on attending.
January 31st, 2:30pm
20581 Canada Road
Lake Forest, CA
01/18/2010 - 13th Annual Ten Minute Play Festival
Our Dramatic Production class has eight world premiere plays written by our students, staged by directing students. Presented twice at Westminster High School’s GlobeWest Theatre on January 23 at 1:00 pm and 3:30 pm, the comic and dramatic plays are sure to entertain and enlighten.
Part 1
In Case Of Zombies, a comedy by Natalie Sanford, directed by Alin Silcock
An expectant couple put a potential baby sister through some wild tests.
Wintersleep, a drama by Kris Barnett, directed by Maddy Holstein
A girl wakes in a strange place and tries to figure out what has happened to her.
Danny, a psychological drama by Sam Mintz, directed by Mariana Vaca
A girl with mental problems has to learn to move on and let go.
The Badsounds In “See What Happens”, a black comedy by Dagger Salazar, directed by Patrick Berglund
Neither Harvey’s life, wife and daughter are in good shape.
Part 2
The Last Folly, a drama by Lauren Delcoure, directed by Belinda Chiu
Pirates have been captured and are now awaiting execution.
Hysteria, a drama by Taylor Thomas, directed by Andrea Maehara
A boy is caught up in mental turmoil.
A Confession, a tragedy by Daniel Baker, directed by Morgan Barket
The tale of a teenage girl’s mistake is told backwards.
The Hoover 2000, a comedy by Julia Barabas, directed by James Sabala
A perfect fifties family reaches new highs and lows with the purchase of a fancy vacuum cleaner.
01/18/2010 - AUDITIONS for Dark of the Moon
Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9 and 10 starting at 6:00 pm Room A-20
Prepare a one minute dramatic monologue, preferably from a rural or mountain play. You will also be asked to read a short selection from the script. You may get those in advance from Mr. Rotenberry or Alex.
Callbacks are Thursday, February 11 at 6:00 pm and
Friday, February 12 at 1:00 and 3:00 pm.
It is possible to be in both Singing in the Rain and Dark of the Moon if you can handle both and are cast. Dark of the Moon will rehearse days when Singing in the Rain is off.
This will be the largest cast play in APA history. There are roles for 17 males and 20 females. There will be 15-20 ensemble townspeople will be cast as the ensemble who will also understudy the speaking roles.
In addition to acting the role of Barbara sings one song. The roles of John, the Fair Witch, The Dark Witch and the other 8 witches dance. The witches who only dance will just need to read something at the initial audition and then will dance at a dance callback.
The show will rehearse 3 times a week for the first 5 weeks which will include weeknights, Friday afternoons and some weekends. There will be more rehearsals the final 3 weeks. Some actors will only have to rehearse once a week until we start running the acts and show.
GET ALL THIS INFO PLUS A COMPLETE LIST OF CHARACTERS
HERE
01/12/2010 - APA AUDITON WORKSHOPS!
If you're planning on auditioning for APA this year, get an ADVANTAGE by participating in a workshop that will help you learn HOW to audition! There are FOUR to choose from (so far!):
12/19/2009 - HAPPY HOLIDAYS from APA MEDIA
Check out our cute little Video Holiday Card
12/19/2009 - MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP
Looking to get into APA's Musical Theater Department? Need to brush up on your auditioning skills? Our workshop on JANUARY 18th will help you! Download this FLYER for more details.
12/10/2009 - THEATER WORKSHOP JAN 30th
Be a part of one of the most award winning theatre programs in Orange County. Our Theatre Department offerings include Acting, Acting Styles, Actors Rep, Improv, Comedy Sportz and Dramatic Production (Playwriting, Directing, Acting)
Our workshop will help you prepare for your APA audition!
 
Saturday, January 30th from 12:30-4:30 pm.
HBHS Student Center – 1905 Main St.
Work with current APA students and staff in learning how to slate and perform for your APA audition.
● Find out the proper way to dress for an audition.
● See stellar performance examples from our actors.
● Also participate in theatre games and improvisations.
● A snack and drink will also be provided.
● Cost: $30.00
● Make checks payable to the APA Theatre Guild.
● The deadline for registering is January 25.
Turn in your check to the APA office or at the HBHS main office to the switchboard.
(714) 536-2514 Ext. 4025
11/25/2009 - AUDITIONS for 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR
If you or someone you know is planning on auditioning for APA, the Application deadline is January 15th. The auditions happen on February 6th. For ALL the info you'll ever need PLUS the links to download application forms, click HERE
11/25/2009 - GET YOUR TICKETS for SOUNDS of the SEASON
Tickets available now in the APA office!
10/27/2009 - TRASH BAG FASHION SHOW
AN AFTERNOON OF : GREAT PERFORMANCES, FOOD AND FUN!
WHEN: Sunday Nov. 1st 1pm – 4pm
WHERE: HBHS Outside in the Amphitheater area
Picnic style: bring chair or blanket.
TICKET PRICES:
$20 FOR LUNCH AND SHOW
$ 5 FOR SHOW ONLY For High School Students with school I.D.
RSVP: APA OFFICE: MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: APA DANCE GUILD
Any questions contact: Cris Thomas Gilbert: 714 369-3697
10/27/2009 - FALL FESTIVAL FRI OCT 30
Friday, Oct 30th from 3:30-6:30 in the basketball courts next to the APA portable office on the HBHS campus, hosted by our APA Council students! Every APA Guild will be presenting a game or food booth. There will be bounce houses, pumpkin bowling, bar-b-que, a cake walk, entertainment from the CRAD and Theater kids.... FUN FUN FUN at our 1st annual APA Fall Festival.
10/20/2009 - EAT AT BUCA's TONIGHT!
And raise money for APA! This is the 2nd in our series of monthly fundraisers (this time benefitting the Orchestra Dept.) where 20% of your bill goes back to APA. You'll need this FLYER (click to download) before you go! It's good for Lunch, Dinner, even Take-Out!
So, go to the Buca Di Beppo at the HB Bella Terra mall... THIS MONTH, it all goes to our APA Orchestra, the cool kids behind the awesome music to Titanic.
09/14/2009 - ARE YOU READY TO WALK?
APA students, get your signed permission slips and envelopes in NOW! Your envelope should contain your completed sponsor sheet(s) and donation$.
Then on Fri 9/25 @ 2:45sign in at the student center, get your WALK t-shirt, and then WALK with the other APA students, teachers, and staff to LAKE PARK for BBQ, games, prizes, DJ, fun.
Parents please pick up your students from LAKE PARK, after the walk at 5pm SHARP!
09/13/2009 - ADVERTISE in APA SHOWBILLS!
It's a great way to support APA, AND can go towards your pledges! Showbill programs are made for EVERY mainstage shows, and every ad is run in every showbill (sorry, you can't buy an ad for just one). If you submit an ad mid-season, the rates will be pro-rated and lowered as applicable. All the pertinent details, contact info, artwork specs, and rate shedules can be found here: AD Rates 2009-2010.pdf
07/01/2009 - MANDATORY FORMS DUE!
ll newly accepted and returning APA students are REQUIRED to turn in THESE FORMS (click to download) to the APA office in order to be properly enrolled into the APA program. THE DEADLINE for submitting these forms is JULY 17th.
06/11/2009 - APA SCORES UP AT 2009 CAPPIES!
hbapa won six Cappies Sunday for Best Actor in Musical, Best Actor in A Play, Best Featured Actor in A Musical, Props & Effects, Orchestra, and Sets! We also had two great performances by our leads in House of Blue Leaves, and Sweeney Todd. Below is a link to some pictures and an article about the event:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/school-high-viejo-2451232-mission-musical
Sets
Michelle Hakam, Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "Sweeney Todd"
Props & Effects
Elizabeth Gibson, Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "Sweeney Todd"
Orchestra
Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "Sweeney Todd"
Featured Actor in a Musical
Caden Michael Gray, Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "Sweeney Todd"
Lead Actor in a Play
Alex Syiek, Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "House of Blue Leaves"
Lead Actor in a Musical
Alex Syiek, Huntington Beach Academy of the Performing Arts, "Sweeney Todd"
Congratulations everyone!
05/30/09 - Best of One Act Play Festival Announced
Best Production - The Whipped Creme Scandal
Playwright- Alysa Breen
Director- Briana Gross
Runner Up Best Production - Wolf
Playwright - Daniel Baker
Director- Taylor Thomas
Best Director- Briana Gross, The Whipped Creme Scandal
Runner Up Best Director- Taylor Thomas, Wolf
Best Play- Wolf by Daniel Baker
Runner Up Best Play- The Whipped Creme Scandal by Alysa Breen
Best Actor- Kyle Selig, Wolf
Runner Up Best Actor- Kody Batchelor, Trickle Down
Best Actress- Alysa Breen, Trickle Down
Runner Up Best Actress- Rachel Longoria, Mr. Caddock
Best Supporting Actor- Daniel Baker, Wolf
Runner Up Best Supporting Actor- Patrick Berglund, One Love
Best Supporting Actress- Rachel Garlington, Whipped Creme Scandal
Runner Up Best Supporting Actress- Sam Mintz, Trickle Down
Best Tech- The Whipped Creme Scandal
Runner Up Best Tech- One Love
Best Ensemble- The Whipped Creme Scandal
Runner Up Best Ensemble- Mr. Caddock
Special Recognition-
Jacklynn Baldwin, The Whipped Creme Scandal
Emily Walker, Dream Sequence
05/11/09 - April 17, 18, 25, 26 'Last Chance' Audition Results Now Online
Acceptance results are posted HERE.
05/01/2009 - FAMILY PLEDGE DISCOUNT EXTENDED
Yes, it is true. The $100 Family Pledge discount for returning APA students has been extended till the Returning Parent Meeting day... May 6th. Please r.s.v.p. to one of the two meetings: 12:30pm or 7pm. Call 714.536.2514 ext:4025. Please have your APA student (or you) stop by the APA office and pick up a returning student packet.... and then you can have it all filled out and stuff before the meeting(or you can fill it out in the APA office and turn it in right then and there). Did I mention that the meeting will be in the NEW THEATER!!!!
04/30/2009 - NEED MORE DRAMA?
APAís Actors Rep, with appearances from Acting Styles students, will be performing Love, Death and the Prom by Jon Jory. There are two performances on Monday and Tuesday May 4 and 5 at 7:30 pm at Westminster High School ís GlobeWest Theatre. Tickets are $5.00 for students and $10.00 for adults and may be purchased only at the door.
This is an anthology of nine short plays about high school experiences.
Reverse English - A cheerleader rejects being treated like an object by the football team.
Millions - A girl finds out her father is cheating on her mother.
Logical Conclusion - A football team reacts to the quarterback looking out for himself rather than the team.
Blood - Three seniors face the changes once they head to college.
Commercial Break - Two teens become obsessed with tv, the commercials to be exact.
Nightstream - After a boy commits suicide his sister and friend try to put their lives back together.
Cheating - Four girls contemplate cheating on their English test.
The Rules - After a boy becomes too forceful on a date he has to face the consequences
Prom - Students look forward to the final dance of their high school life, some more than others.
01/05/2009 - ALOHA WEDNESDAY ORIGINALS!
Every first wednesday of the month, CRAD presents a 2nd stage show at the fabulous DON THE BEACHCOMBER (formerly Kona, formerly Sam's Seafood...) resuraunt in Sunset Beach. The next installment features CRAD students doing their own original music! This will be the last Aloha show of the year, so come see what your CRAD kids can really do!
At DON THE BEACHCOMBER
(formerly Kona & Samís Seafood)
16278 S. Pacific Coast Highway, Huntington Beach (Sunset Beach)
$5 students / $7 adults
Don the Beachcomber donates 100% of the door proceeds to APA CRAD, so plan to support this historic and hip eatery by enjoy fabulous dinner during the show!
004/13/09 - Ruby's Fundraising Dinner Thursday
 Shooby Dooby on down to Ruby's and help raise much needed support for APA Theater! All the information you need is on the flyer! Click it to view/download.
04/13/09 - Scholarship Deadline this Thursday!
There are THREE scholarship opportunities offered through the HBAPA Foundation. Applications for all three are due THIS THURSDAY. Check into it HERE.
03/15/09 - Last Chance Auditions for 2009-2010 APA School Year
Application deadline March 31st. More info and application HERE! Auditions are April 18th. (April 25th for Dance.)
03/15/09 - One Act Play Festival Auditions
Our student playwrights and directors will be holding auditions for our 12th Annual One Act Play Festival on Tuesday, March 17. Auditions are open to all eligible HBHS students (not just APA students!). The runner up for Best Actor at our last Ten Minute Play Festival wasn't an APA student, so even if you're not in APA, please audition!. Get the details from this FLYER!
03/11/08 - February 21 & 22 Audition Results Now Online
Acceptance results are posted HERE.
03/11/08 - APA Scholarship Tme! DEADLINE APRIL 15th!
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