MAINSTAGE SEASON
2011/2012 SEASON
SECRET CITY IMPROV
Directed by LHHS Theater Guild Alumni Andrew Border
FIRST & SECOND THURSDAY NIGHTS OF THE MONTH in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
(G RATED - ACCEPTABLE FOR ALL)
12 ACTS OF CHRISTMAS
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
December 2011
A 7TH annual La Habra High School tradition, this evening of student written, directed and produced one-acts is sure to put you in the holiday mood. Advanced Theater produces this evening of 12 short one-acts.
(G RATED - FAMILY FRIENDLY)
THEATER GUILD EXTRAS
The LHHS Theater Guild Banquet
at La Habra High School
June 2012
A celebration of our year! Come see performances, awards and the reveal of our
2012/2013 LHHS Theater Guild Season!!!
(PG-13 RATED - HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE by Sarah Ruhl
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
SEPTEMBER 2011
(PG-13 RATED - HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
Starring a cast of seniors: Jaclyn Stickel, Brandi Murphy, Elizabeth Bluth, Adam Dunford, Jordan Lockhart and Madison Carroll we present Sarah Ruhl’s DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE. The play begins when our lead Jean answers the cell phone of the corpse at the next table next to her. She unwittingly embarks on a quirky and romantic odyssey that takes her from grief to the black market for human organs to the afterlife. With unfailing empathy, she sets the dead man’s bizarre life aright and on the way, resurrects her own. Come see what all the buzz is about!
MURDER BY POE by Jeffery Hatcher
Directed by Alfonso Neavez
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
OCTOBER 2011
(PG RATED - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
Opening Halloween weekend, will be Jeffery Hatcher’s MURDER BY POE. On a dark and dreadful night, there is a woman in white lost within a wood. She soon arrives at the only shelter for miles: a house full of murderers. Mixing funhouse tricks, Grand Guignol and a deadly game of cat and mouse, MURDER BY POE is a theatrical re-imagining of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous tales of terror. As each haunted figure tells a story of crime and mayhem, the woman must solve the puzzle of the house and the riddle of the man who ushers her into its mysteries.
CATS by Andrew Lloyd Webber
in Plummer Auditorium on the campus of Fullerton Union High School
NOVEMBER 2011
(G RATED - APPROPRIATE FOR ALL AGES)
The first musical of the season will be none other than Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS. CATS is based on a series of poems by T.S. Eliot. The magnificent stage set is a rubbish dump, three times larger that life, where the Jellicle Cats have come out to play. With extremely popular music and amazing choreography created by Annie Lavin, CATS will be a sure-fire crowd pleaser. Come to Plummer Auditorium to see this purrfect production!
ALMOST, MAINE. by John Cariani
Directed by Alfonso Neavez
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
FEBRUARY 2012
(PG RATED - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
ALMOST, MAINE. by John Cariani, tells the stories of fictional town Almost, nestled high in snowy northern Maine, miles from the ocean (and the lobsters). On one snowy night, the aurora borealis shines down on the almost-town causing strange happenings, some challenging, some wonderful. Told through a series of eight stories, the play is about gaining or losing love, about discovering love where it is least expected, and not finding it where it had always been.
THE DROWSY CHAPERONE by Bob Martin
in Plummer Auditorium on the campus of Fullerton Union High School
MARCH 2012
(PG RATED - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
This year our spring musical will transport you to a magical, wonderful world in this new musical comedy that won the Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score in 2006. The hilarious show-within-a-show begins when a die-hard musical fan plays his favorite cast album, a 1928 smash hit called “The Drowsy Chaperone” and the show magically bursts to life. Audiences are instantly immersed in the glamorous, hilarious tale of a celebrity bride and her uproarious wedding day as the show unfolds (literally) in his small apartment.
THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE by Julia Cho
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
APRIL 2012
(PG-13 RATED - HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE, by Julia Cho, follows George, a brilliant linguist whose life work is capturing the world’s vanishing languages. George’s wife is headed out the door because he can’t find the right words to express himself. But at work, George’s assistant is mute with adoration for him. Enter the last two speakers of the Ellowan language—the long-married Alta and Resten, a funny and fractious truth-talking couple. Cho’s magical prize-winning tale, loaded with life’s contradictions—love and loss, happiness and pain, endings and beginnings—explores the force and failings of words.
THE LAB (Student Theater Productions)
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
ALL YEAR ROUND
This is an opportunity for students in the LHHS Theater Guild to workshop texts that they want to see produced. These works are rehearsed on their own time and are created by students for students.
(PG-13 RATED - HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
MAY CONTAIN ADULT LANGUAGE AND ADULT SITUATIONS - TEXT IS CHOSEN BY STUDENTS
FST (Freshman & Sophomore Theater Conservatory)
in Pitlockry Hall at La Habra High School
ALL YEAR ROUND
This is an opportunity for students in the 9th and 10th grades to develop their skills and hone their craft. Classes will be offered after school in auditioning, text analysis, rehearsal techniques and etiquette, character development and acting theory. The classes will culminate in two showcases - January and June.
(PG RATED - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
NYC TOUR 2011
FIVE DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
Every 3 years the LHHS Theater Guild tours New York City to see 4 or 5 Broadway shows, take classes at NYU, tour the city and learn about the Theater business. This year our trip will take place over the Christmas holiday and we will be there to experience the lights and sounds of winter time in NYC.
CAPPIES TEAM
SCHOOLS AROUND ORANGE COUNTY
ALL YEAR ROUND
This is an opportunity for 9 LHHS Theater Guild students to see productions of other high schools in and around Orange County. They are then given the opportunity to write a review about the show they saw and participate in an end-of-the-year voting ceremony much like the Tony Awards.
(PG RATED - JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ABOVE)
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