Author: Ranae Bettger

Tickets on Sale for the Fall Play on Tuesday 11/12/19. Don’t miss out!

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On Saturday, Uni Theatre Arts competed against 1,200 other students from 24 high school across the state in the 2019 Role About Theatre Festival.  

Congratulations to all the performing students, and special kudos to the following students whose work was recognized:

• Audrey Arellano & Keza Kananura: Doubt– Finalist Contemporary Dramatic Scene 
• Lauren Aquino, Davide Costa, Steven DeKeyser,  Rose Koo, Kaylie Kubota, Ariel Hurwitz, Lauren Lee, Zaman Merchant, Audrey Moore, Hiromi Nishida, Sydney Spencer, Gino Torquato: A New Brain- Finalist Musical Theatre Group 
• Lauren Aquino: Gorgeous- The Apple Tree– Finalist Musical Theatre Solo 
• Davide Costa: Not For the Life of Me– Thoroughly Modern Millie- Finalist Musical Theatre Solo
• Steven DeKeyser: Lend Me Tenor– Finalist Contemporary Comedic Monologue 
• Courday Farnam, Sage Lamott, Austin Kaufman &  Hayden Thomas:Team Austin- – Finalist Improvisation
• Rose Koo: Movie In My Mind- Miss Saigon- Finalist Musical Theatre Solo 
• Lauren Lee: Food Chain– Finalist Contemporary Comedic Monologue 
• Lauren Lee: Betrayal– Finalist Original Monologue 
• Julia Rooney: Always Sunny In Philadelphia– Finalist Comedic Film Monologue 
• Joe Saraceni: The Princess Bride– Finalist Comedic Film Monologue 
• Sydney Spencer: Screw Loose- Cry Baby– Finalist Musical Theatre Solo 
• Logan Clarke, Jenna Doherty, Kimia Javaherneshan, Emi Nishida & Maddie Williams: Simoncini’s Savages-  3rd Place WinnerTech Olympics
• Audrey Moore: Hot Bitch– 3rd Place Winner Contemporary Comedic Monologue
• Ariana Casey, Courday Farnam, Thomas Kim, Andrew Kurani, & John Malcor: Bettger’s Barbarians- 2nd Place Winner Tech Olympics 
• Gino Torquato: The Bold, The Young & The Murdered– 2nd Place Winner Contemporary Comedic Monologue
• Davide Costa & Lauren Lee: This Is Us– 1st Place Winner Dramatic Film Scene
• Davide Costa: Angels in America- 1st Place Winner Contemporary Dramatic Monologue
• Hikari Harrison & Emi Nishida: The Old Man & The Old Moon– 1st Place Winner Scenic Design
• Keza Kananura: Richard III– 1st Place Winner Classical Dramatic Monologue
• Keza Kananura: Precious- 1st Place Winner Dramatic Film Monologue

Come see the first musical of the the year: A New Brain, a musical about a struggling artist facing death, coming to terms with change, and hallucinating… frogs? Buy your tickets for Uni Theatre Arts first ever Summer Musical at seatyourself.biz/iusd.

Please join us in the Little Theatre (room 223) during Office Hours on Thursday, September 19th for information about auditioning for the 2019-2020 University High School Comedy Sportz High School League team. All grade and experience levels are encouraged to attend. See you there!

Remember to join Google Classroom to find the appropriate information about how to Audition, complete the Audition Form and know the correct cuts to record and upload by Friday at 9:59am.

Here are the Piano tracks you should use to record your auditions.

The audition information packet for students interested in the Summer Musical Intensive: A New Brain is now on our Google Classroom. Please read all the details and take the decision seriously before auditioning. Spread the word, and we’re looking forward to seeing your videos by Friday August 21st at 10am.

Here is the Google Classroom code students will need to prepare and upload audition materials.

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Right now, just add the classroom and start looking over the show information and Google Audition Form. Song cuttings for auditions will be uploaded on Sunday.

A project for experienced theatre students willing and able to take on the responsibilities of independent rehearsals, private vocal lessons and group choreography lessons.

Audition details, materials and forms released Saturday June 15th.