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Welcome to a new era:

The 2008-09 academic year begins

 

Auditions for the 2008 Fall Season

Tuesday, Sept 2 @ 4-7pm in the MiraCosta Theatre

Please prepare a 1-2 minute contemporary dramatic monologue.

Perusal scripts will be available at the Theatre office beginning

 

Our Town

By Thornton Wilder

Directed by Tracy Williams

Oct 2 - 12, 2008

 

Heartland

(World Premier)

By Anita Simons and Lauren Simon

Directed by Eric Bishop

Nov. 13-23, 2008

 

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MiraCosta Theatre wins awards at American College Theatre Fest.

Anyelid Meneses and partner, Carlos Darze, was a finalist in the acting competition, the Irene Ryan Scholarship. She finished in the top 16 of 313 total competitors. This was the third time in a row she made the semi-final round and the second time in three years that she made the final round. Only one other community college had a representative in the acting finals.

* Asia Leads won "Honorable Mention" (3rd place overall) in the Stage Management competition. Sam Sherman won the Best Stage Manager Award for the 10 Minute Play Festival.

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MiraCosta wins

Patte' Award for Electra

Theatre Professor, Eric Bishop, accepts the Patte'Award posing with host and critic, Pat Launer, for the MiraCosta production of Electra.

MiraCosta Theatre made its mark again in the San Diego Theatre community by distinguished itself with outstanding work and professionalism in 2007. Among the notable accomplishments:

  • A Patte’ Award for Eric Bishop for “Outstanding Direction” for the production of Electra. He shared this award as part of a collaboration with his student cast and crew.
  • Associate faculty member, Kristianne Kurner, also won a Patte’ Award and a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for “Outstanding Direction” for the New Village Arts production of “Sailor’s Song.”
  • MiraCosta Alum, Joshua Everett Johnson (2002), won for the third consecutive year a San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for “ Featured Performance in a Play, Male.” He will be moving to New York in March.

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KC/ACTF Awards

2001- Irene Ryan acting competition semi-finalist (top 32), Aaron Kissinger

2005 - Regional 8 Best Stage Management, Kennedy Center National Runner-up, Sarah Kelley
2 Irene Ryan acting competition Semi-finalists (top 32), Aaron Kissinger, Emily O'Brien
Irene Ryan acting competition Finalist (top 16) , Emily O'Brien
Scene from Moon Over Buffalo invited to the Region 8 Festival of Invitational Scenes

2006 - Kennedy Center National winner, Stage Management, Sarah Kelley
Regional 8 Best Stage Management, Sarah Kelley
Entire production, Fuente Ovejuna was Region 8 Finalist
Best Performance by an Actress in the Festival, Anyelid Meneses
2 Irene Ryan acting competition Semi-finalists (top 32), Anyelid Meneses, Ryan Johnson
2 Irene Ryan acting competition Finalists (top 16), Anyelid Meneses, Ryan Johnson

2007 - Irene Ryan acting competition semi-finalist (top 32), Anyelid Meneses
Scene from As You Like It invited to the Region 8 Festival of Invitational Scenes

2008 - Irene Ryan acting competition semi-finalist (top 32), Anyelid Meneses

Irene Ryan acting competition finalist (top 16), Anyelid Meneses

Asia Leads won "Honorable Mention" (3rd place overall) in the Stage Management competition

Sam Sherman won the Best Stage Manager Award for the 10 Minute Play Festival

Recognition

2005 - Fuente Ovejuna was named a "Top Ten Pick" by the North County Times

2007 - Electra won a Patte' Award for "Outstanding Direction."

 

 

 

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