Chase the Winter Doldrums with these Spring Plays
From the second star to the right to an enchanted florist with a horrific plant. From a campy roller skate crew to a cursed castle haunted by a doomed prince, Canyons District’s middle schools and high schools are bringing plenty of excitement your way this spring to shake you out of the winter doldrums. Check […]
Hillcrest Theatre Chosen to Pilot New Marvel Play
Hillcrest High’s award-winning theater department already has a reputation for producing excellent shows. Add in the magic of Marvel, and the result is bound to be spectacular. This fall, Hillcrest is one of a handful of schools chosen to pilot two new Marvel one-act plays that tackle contemporary issues from the Marvel Universe. The plays […]
Canyons District High Schools Announce Fall Musical Lineup
Swashbuckling pirates, a jukebox legend, childhood classic, spookily familiar family, and timeless civil rights story: Canyons District’s fall musical lineup has something to please theater goers of all ages and interests. Tickets can be purchased at each school’s box office. Here is a list of show dates and times (including matinee performances): Alta: “James and the […]
The Curtain is Rising on Fall Musicals
Dust off your roller skates and pull out your leg warmers. It’s time to relive the ’80s. Fall musicals are in full swing, and next up on the performing arts calendar is Brighton High’s production of Xanadu on Oct. 26, 27 and 30 at 7 p.m. and on Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. The show […]
Escape the Winter Blues with CSD’s Theatre Line-Up
Do the winter blues have you down? Would you rather disappear into Victorian England, consider the value of individuality, laugh about society’s pitfalls, pretend you are at the Globe Theatre or spy on the Salem witch trials from the comfort of a high school auditorium? Never fear, Canyons’ students are hard at work on this […]
Hillcrest Teacher Wins Prestigious Sorenson Arts Award
Hillcrest High School Theater teacher Joshua Long has received a prestigious 2015 Beverley Taylor Sorenson Legacy Award for Excellence in Arts Education, an honor comes with a $2,500 cash award for Long and another $2,500 to promote the arts at Hillcrest. The Sorenson Legacy Awards for Excellence in Arts Education recognize distinguished public school educators […]
HHS Students Take Stage with Repertory Dance Theatre
The students in Hillcrest High’s Dance Company love to dance. And not just dance, but move in a way that will inspire their audience, uplift somebody’s day and improve the community. That’s why, when Salt Lake City’s Repertory Dance Theatre Company decided to include the group’s 27 teenagers in a free dance concert at Hillcrest on […]
New Lighting System Shines In Union’s ‘High School Musical Jr.’
What time is it? It’s almost time for Union Middle, which later this month will produce Disney’s “High School Musical Jr.,” to cast a spotlight on dancing and singing students with a new stage-lighting system that was funded by a $20,000 grant. Union’s theater club, also known as the Union Theater Group, in December received […]