Overland Thespians Critics Choice Winner Featured at Virtual Thescon Closing Ceremony

December | 2020

Madison Manning presented her Critic's Choice Winning Musical Theatre Solo, "Simple Joys" from Pippin. This was Madison's second Critics' Choice win for Musical Theatre in a row. We're so proud!

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Overland Thespians Critics Choice Winner and Scholarship Winners Featured at Thescon Closing Ceremony

December | 2019
Madison Manning presented her Critic's Choice Winning Musical Theatre Solo, "Nothing" from A Chorus Line. Additionally, Gissell Olivas Gonzalez won the Senior Technical Theatre Scholarship, and Jaiden Cunningham won the Senior Acting Scholarship. Way to go, guys!

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Overland Thespians Critics Choice Winners Featured at Thescon Closing Ceremony

December | 2017
Dalanda and Breonn from Overland High School present a scene from "Ruined" by Lynn Nottage, the 2017 Critics' Choice winning IE in Duet Scenes - check it out here: Overland High School Performing Artshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VuG3evY49w

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Thespians Receive Honors At ThesCon

December| 2017

At the Colorado State Thespian Conference, OHS had nine events qualify for nationals including Wray Szenderski (Solo Musical Theatre), Kylie Wieand (Solo Musical Theatre), Asher Wolf (Solo Musical Theatre), Breonn Lyons and Dalanda Balde (Duet Scene), Ashley Keya, Cassidee Raffa, Lucy Albers-Mead, and Maxcy Ross (Group Scene), Jackson Ross and Joseph Wersc (Duet Scene), William Vaughn (Solo Musical Theatre), Samuel Wersch (Monologues), and Sophia Guagliardo (Monologues). We had two events win Critic’s Choice: Kylie Wieand (Solo Musical Theatre) and Breonn Lyons & Dalanda Balde (Duet Scene). Out of every duet or group scene that was brought to the State Thespian Conference, Breonn Lyons and Dalanda Balde were chosen to perform during the closing ceremonies as the best scene of the conference. Congratulations, Thespians!

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BLAZERS SHINE AT TALENT SHOW

November| 2017

Congratulations to the following Blazers for placing in the Talent Show "From Blazer to Broadway" on November 29: (3rd Place) - Andre D'Portillo & Ezra Pohan, (2nd Place) - Emmily Fernandes & Sam Wersch, and (1st Place) - Wray Szenderski.

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2017 State Improv Champions

Congratulations to seniors Parker Lacy, Harper Guagliardo, Alex Martin, Kingahnah Grant-Perry, Isaac Hill, Ta’Lor Mosley and Abraham Guzman for taking state titles at the recent High School Improv compeition.

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Semi-Finalists: DCPA Regional Playwriting Workshop & Competition

JANUARY | 2017

Congrats to two of our very own OHS Seniors (and twin sisters at that!) have been selected as semi finalists for the 2017 Regional High-School Playwriting Workshop and Competition -  A one-act playwriting competition designed for area high schools. Local playwrights and Denver Center For Performing Arts (DCPA) Education faculty taught 138 playwriting workshops in Colorado high schools. More than 2,823 high-school students participated in those workshops, which were held in every school district in the Denver-metro area and in many more around the state.  The purpose of this workshop/competition is to nurture Colorado’s young playwrights; develop theatre artists and audiences; develop new plays; and advance literacy, creativity, writing and communication through playwriting.

 

Find out about each students' inspiration for writing their plays, a synoposis, who they'd ideally cast for their plays, and what they learned:

SCENESTER NO. 1: SARAH SHAPARD >>

Play Title: Waiting

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SCENESTER NO. 10: SAMANTHA SHAPARD >>

Play Title: The Sincerest Form of Flattery

Details: A total of 132 submissions were judged blindly by DCPA artistic, literary and education professionals. Ten semifinalists are being identified through this rolling daily countdown. At the end of the countdown, three winners will be named. They will receive a cash scholarship of $250 each AND a staged reading in the 2017 Colorado New Play Summit next month. In addition, each teacher of the three finalists will receive a $250 gift certificate for books, supplies or other teaching tools for their classrooms. One play also will be presented as a fully staged performance exercise for DCPA Education students in the summer of 2017.

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THESPIANS SHINE AT THESCON
DECEMBER | 2016
Congratulations to the following Thespians, who won Critic's Choice for Improvisation at ThesCon: Isaac Hill, Alex Martin, Harper Guagliardo, Abraham Guzman, Kingahnah Grant-Perry, and Ta'Lor Mosley. Additionally, senior Wendy Lyson received 15 callbacks, was accepted to college costuming programs, and was offered scholarship money for her portfolio. A shout out to Dalanda Balde and Breonn Lyons, who also qualified at the International Thespian Conference. Way to go, Blazers!

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Scholarship Winners
MARCH / AUGUST 2016 | Congratulations to Jasmine Middleton, who is the recipient of a Boettcher scholarship!

 

Five high school teachers from the Cherry Creek School District were also recognized for the significant impact they have had on five of Colorado’s top students during The Boettcher Foundation’s 25th Annual Teacher Recognition Awards Program, held Aug. 12 at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Eric Eidson was nominated by Jazzy.

 

During the Recognition Awards Program, each Boettcher Scholar explained how their teacher had positively impacted their life. Each teacher also received a $1,000 grant from The Boettcher Foundation to be used toward an educational program or project to benefit students at his or her school.

The Boettcher Scholarship is arguably the best scholarship available to Colorado students who want to attend college in state. It is a four-year, full-ride scholarship that also provides opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills and jumpstart successful careers. The Boettcher Scholarship Program was established by the Boettcher Foundation more than 60 years ago, to encourage Colorado’s best young minds to remain in state and use their immense talents to improve Colorado communities

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EIDSON NOMINATED FOR TONY
MARCH 2016 | Overland parents, faculty, and alumni worked together to nominate Theatre teacher, Eric Eidson for a teacher Tony Award. Nomination submissions required a 3-minute video. Check out the video, edited by Noah Johnston. Fans and friends are encouraged to use the hashtag #applaudmyteacher on social media, together with Eric's full name (Eric Eugene Eidson) and share this exciting news and strengthen his nomination! The more posts, the stronger his nomination. Congratulations, Mr. Eidson!