SDA students won a number of awards at the California State Thespian Festival in Upland, CA where they participated in a variety of workshops, competed in different performance and technical theater events, and watched live shows.

Fifty-nine schools from all over California were represented and many students representing SDA who competed earned Superior ranking.

According to theater teacher Stephanie Siers, junior Dashiell Gregory won first place Solo Musical, senior Yoni Kruvi won third place Solo Musical, and Stephen Read and junior Rami Ibrahim received callbacks for Solo Musical.

Sophomore Jacob Morilak won first place Showcase for doing celebrity impressions while signing Alexander Hamilton.
The cast and crew of “Boy Meets Girl,” junior Lawrynce Cecio, senior Thea Farber, junior Gibran Mustafa, senior Blake DeWitt (cast) and junior Olivia Olander, sophomore Molly Buhaenko (crew), were selected as one of four schools to perform the play on Main Stage as part of the Play Marathon.

Finally, juniors Olivia Hussey and Rachel Kaplan along with sophomore Jillian Strattman were selected to be part of the 34 All State Show performers.