| Emily Tucker | Drama Teacher, Theatre Director |
Capistrano Performing Arts Center
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Virtual cabaret
Did you miss the live show on April 3rd? That's OK! Check it out now! We collaborated with the Production Manager of Disney Parks Live Entertainment, Disney Sound Engineer, and the Vice President of Disney Parks Live Entertainment, as well as Broadway Music Director Jason Yarcho. Five Capo students were invited to be interviewed and sing a musical theatre song. Enjoy!
The musical has been postponed until further notice. Check back here for more information as we get closer to summer. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a possible July performance.
Congrats to the cast and crew of Clue for the 1st place win for Best Play in Orange County at the California Educational Theatre Association Festival. Great Job!
Clue cast list
WADSWORTH…………..Lucas Morgan
SCARLETT………………….Alexa Parvaneh
MR. GREEN……………..Quinn Rizco
MRS. WHITE………………..Chloe Konoske
COLONEL MUSTARD………….Luka Dobrilovic
MRS. PEACOCK……………..Natalie Hill
PROFESSOR PLUM…………….Walker Nelson
YVETTE………………..Kristen Slymen
MR. BODDY………….Sebastian Elizarraras
COOK……………..Kayla Bryant
COP….......……Jonny Langan
MOTORIST/AGENT……….Evan Nowack
TELEGRAM GIRL/AGENT…………….Makenna Malkin
REPORTER……….…….Mason Gulline
2019-2020 Show Season
FALL MUSICAL
CHICAGO
September 26th-28th
FALL PLAY
CLUE
November 20th -22nd
Auditions in late September
SPRING MUSICAL
9 TO 5
March 25th-28th
ACTORS' REP PRODUCTION
LORD OF THE FLIES
April 24th and 25th
About Capo Theatre Arts
The Theater Program at Capistrano Valley High School includes a comprehensive performing arts training. We offer training in Drama, Choir, Pit Orchestra, Stagecraft, and Musical Production. Three levels of Drama are offered including: Drama 1, Advanced Drama, and Actors' Repertory. The after school productions are audition-only but are open to all. Auditions are held during the first week of fall semester for the fall play, and the week before the spring semester for the musical. Please visit the Visual and Performing Arts tab above to navigate through the Theatre Arts and Stagecraft pages, or visit Choir or Band for more information on those programs.
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Theater Arts Support Staff:
Emily Tucker: Theatre Arts Club Advisor, International Thespian Troupe Leader, Drama Class and Stagecraft Teacher, Play and Musical Director. eatucker@capousd.org
Rick Nichols: Capistrano Performing Arts Center Theater Manager ext. 2707 rwnichols@capousd.org
Cris Stuart: Choreographer, CoachCris@cox.net
Justin Barnes: Technical Director for plays and musicals, jlbarnes@capousd.org
Katelyn Maggi: Intro Stagecraft CTE Teacher, kmmaggi@capousd.org
Capo Theatre Arts Club
The Theatre Arts Club meets once a month in the Blackbox classroom at lunch. Members mingle with other students who are theatre enthusiasts, and attend drama club events like field trips, bonfires, the annual holiday party, the Halloween party, the kickball event, etc. There is no obligation if you are in the club, but you are welcome to, and encouraged to, sign up for crew work for the plays. If you have any questions, email the club advisor, Mrs. Tucker, or ask any of the Board Members listed below.
Drama Club Executive Board 2018-2019
President: Kayla Bryant
Vice President: Natalie Hill
Treasurer: Chloe Konoske
Secretary: Alexa Parvaneh
Historian: Makenna Malkin
Clerk: Kristen Slymen
Publicity Team: Lucas Morgan, Jordyn Bitton, Chloe Beall
Stage Manager: Jazz Kint
International Thespian Society
Troupe 1090
Here at Capo Drama, we are involved in the International Thespian Society. The goal of ITS is to honor student excellence in theatre arts. Upon completing and recording 100 hours of theatre-related activities, a student can opt to be inducted into the ITS, thereby becoming an official, card-carrying Thespian. These theatre-related activities include being in the cast or crew of a play or musical, attending a play or musical, writing a critique of that performance, being on the Executive Drama Board at school, etc., etc. See the form to the left for a more detailed explanation of the Thespian Point System.
CETA
California Educational Theatre Association
Capo Drama is a member of CETA. We enter our fall play as a submission for the Southern California theatre competition, and we attend the festival with about 1,000 other California high school Drama students every January. At the festival, we attend workshops, a professional Comedy Sportz show, and four award-winning high school plays. There are also scholarship competition for aspiring actors/actresses or those who want to go into educational theatre. For more information about the California Educational Theatre Association, visit cetoweb.org/ceta
Honors Awarded:
2020: 1st Place for Best Play in O.C.- Clue
2018: Runner up for Best Play in O.C.- Antigone
2017: Runner up for Best Play in O.C.-Rumors
2015: Monologue Finalist Winner, Andrea van den Boogaard
2010: Best Lead Actress, Lisa Del Padre, Rumors 2009
2009: Best Supporting Actor, Ambrose Cappucio, Bullshot Crummond
MACY Awards
Music and Arts Commendation for Youth
Capo Drama participates in the Orange County MACY Awards by entering our spring musical for adjudication by the MACY panel of judges. The MACY Awards, founded in 1969, is dedicated to encouraging, recognizing and rewarding achievement and excellence in high school musical theatre. For more information on the MACY Awards, visit macyawards.com
Honors Awarded:
2017 Urinetown: Starlight trophy, 3 Highest Achievement trophies, 3 Outstanding Achievement trophies, 1 Achievement trophy, 3 Special Recognition medals), 3 Bright Spot Medals
2016 Addams Family: 4 Highest Achievement (4 trophies) 3 Outstanding Achievement (3 trophies) 2 Achievement (2 awards), Bright Spot (5 medals)
2015 Back to the 80s: Outstanding Achievement (7 trophies), 2 Achievement (2 awards), Special Recognition (2 medals), Bright Spot (2 medals)
2014 Thoroughly Modern Millie: Best Male Vocalist (1st place trophy), Highest Achievement (2 trophies), Outstanding Achievement (3 awards), Achievement (2 medals), Special Recognition (2 medals)
2013 Guys and Dolls: Best Choreography Trophy, Highest Achievement (1 trophy), Outstanding Achievement (3 trophies), Achievement (5 awards), Special Recognition (2 medals), Bright Spot (7 medals)
2012 Footloose: Outstanding Achievement (2 trophies), Achievement (3 awards), Bright Spot (9 medals)
2011 West Side Story: Beyond the Beyond (first place trophy), Best Interpretative Choreography (1st place trophy), Best Orchestra (1st place trophy), Best Supporting Actress (1st place trophy), Highest Achievement (3 trophies), Outstanding Achievement (3 trophies), Achievement (6 awards), Special Recognition (3 medals), Bright Spot (4 medals)
Cappies
The Cappies is a theatre critque writing program that aims to celebrate high school theatre. Student critics from participating schools attend high school productions, compose reviews and submit them to their Cappies mentors in hopes of being published. OC Cappies works with the Orange County Department of Education and current season student reviews are published on The Orange County Register website. There is also a Tony's style Gala at the end of the year awarding the top-achieving schools, based on their peer reviews.
The Capo Theatre Arts Cappies Advisor is Emily Tucker, and the mentor is Ron Miller and Katelyn Maggi
The Capo Drama Cappies Team:
Ellie Mezak (Co-Lead Critic)
Chloe Konoske (Co-Lead Critic)
Jazz Kint
Kayla Bryant
Claire Scott
Kristen Slymen
Natalie Hill
Makenna Malkin
Caleb Martinez
we are still planning on going to london!
class AUDITIONS
Auditions for Actors' Repertory and Advanced Drama for the 2020-2021 school year will be moved online. Monologues should be filmed and posted on Flipgrid before May 20th. Click on the class for more specific info and online platforms.
