MHS PLAYERS NEWS:
The Play-in-a-Day Challenge is back!
The script? A mystery, even to us. Our cast won't find out the name of the play until the night before, and then they'll have just 24 hours to bring it to life.
Watch our Pro Acting & Stage/Studio students take on this mighty task!
@MHS Welch Theatre
Feb. 21, Sat. @7 pm
THE MHS WELCH THEATRE - 101 HERRMANN DRIVE, MONTEREY, CA. 93955
The Monterey High Players are a troupe of Monterey High School student actors and backstage technicians who are dedicated to promoting the performing arts and bringing high-quality theatrical events to the community.
PHOTOS
By Logan Marchese, Martha Tonkin, Alicia Welch Harkins, and Kathleen Bellesiles
The MHS Players’ 2024-2025 Season
THE CRUCIBLE
FALL ‘24
OKLAHOMA!
SPRING ‘25
Past Student-Directed productions
PHOTOS by MARTHA TONKIN, LUIS CAMARA, KATHLEEN BELLESILES, & CREEDENCE JOHNSON
THE WOLVES
by Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Elizabeth Jimenez
Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls’ indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals.
(Concord Theatricals)
ANIMAL FARM
by George Orwell & Adapted by Ian Wooldridge
Directed by Sebastian Sloan
George Orwell's satire on the perils of Stalinism has proved magnificently long-lived as a parable about totalitarianism anywhere and has given the world at least one immortal phrase: "Some are more equal than others." . . . This dramatization remains faithful to the book's plot and intent and retains . . . its affection for the animals . . .
(Dramatic Publishing)
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Lewis Carroll & adapted by Shauna & Vern Adix
Directed by Melanie Garcia & Daya Mayora
Alice meets a hurried White Rabbit, swims in a sea of her tears, confronts a Caterpillar, and questions a grinning Cheshire cat, . . . But she has to attend a Mad Hatter's tea party, . . . play an unusual game of croquet, and finally challenge the outcome of the Knave's trial before she wakes up and realizes she has dreamed of the world of . . .
(Eldridge Plays & Musicals)