The Drama Teacher’s Association of Southern California stands by the Black Lives Matter movement and the members of our community. DTASC is committed to continuing to support our students and educators, not only as artists but as global citizens. Too many of our members are suffering right now and we are committed to doing what we can do as educators to continue to expose their plight and the injustices that many of our students, members and their families face every single day.
As an organization, we will examine our own festivals and policies with a commitment to better serve our Black students. Through educating ourselves we can use our platform to compassionately support and educate all of our students and work towards becoming a truly inclusive organization.
We hear you. We support you. We will do better.
2020-2021 DTASC Festivals
Fall Festival, 2020 – Virtual DTASC (Details forthcoming)
Tech Theater – Open Tech
III. Audition Monologue
IV. Public Domain (Plays must come from the Public Domain – non-Shakespeare)
V. Small Open Comedy
VI. Small Group Original
VII. Large Group Open Drama
VIII. Large Group Open Comedy
IX. Open Musical
Shakespeare Combined Festival, April 2021
Tech Theater Categories – Featured Plays: Much Ado About Nothing and Antony & Cleopatra
IV. Shakespeare’s Final Act – Straight Cut
V. Characters in Disguise
VI. Characters Who Go Mad
VII. Large Drama – Antony & Cleopatra
VIII. Large Comedy – Much Ado About Nothing
IX. Theme Collage
DTASC 100th Anniversary Celebration Dinner!
DTASC 100 (+1) has been rescheduled for August, 27, 2021
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FALL VARSITY FESTIVAL
October 26, 2019
Calabasas High School
View the Varsity Division Final Results
FALL JV / MS FESTIVAL
November 2, 2019
Royal Oak Middle School
View the Junior Varsity Division Final Results
View the Middle School Division Final Results
0. Tech Theater - Sets/Lights (Varsity: Amadeus; JV/MS: Children’s Theatre)
I. Tech Theater – Graphics/Publicity (Varsity: Amadeus; [Varsity Only]
II. Tech Theater – Costume Design (Varsity: Amadeus; JV/MS: Children’s Theatre)
III. Audition Monologue
IV. Open Comedy – Straight Cut
V. African American Playwrights (Partial list of suggested playwrights)
VI. A Woman’s Voice (Plays about the struggle for women’s rights. (Does not need to be a female playwright.) (Partial list of suggested plays)
VII. Large Open Drama
VIII. Large Open Comedy
IX. Open Musical
Download Fall Master Cuttings Form
Are you interested in hosting a DTASC Festival? Contact Susan Eiden
2020 DTASC Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of our DTASC Scholarship Recipients and to everyone who auditioned.
Rafael Bryant, Edison HS
Allison Nelson, East Bakersfield HS
Brandon Large, Van Nuys HS
Travis Rogers, Valencia HS
Marcus Maia, Palisades Charter HS
Mario Lomeli Scholarship Recipients
Brianna Baker, Redondo Union HS
Samantha Arevalo, Verdugo Hills HS
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2019 DTASC Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of our DTASC Scholarship Recipients and to everyone who auditioned.
Mario Lomeli Scholarship:
Emma Weber -Verdugo Hills HS
Gabriella Feingold, Palisades Charter High School
Hunter Hobson, Encore High School for the Arts
Jackson C.B. Lewis, Agoura High School
Draytin Freude, Saugus High School
Solomon Jackson Hardy, Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Our 2020-2022 DTASC Board of Directors:
| President | Seth Cohen |
| Exec. Vice President | Bill Garrett |
| Varsity Vice President | Stephen Whelan |
| JV/Middle School Vice President | Lindsey Hamby-Real |
| Treasurer | Lynn Lanning |
| Recording Secretary | Art Miller |
| Membership Secretary | Joshua Brady |
| Varsity Registrar | Estella Owoimaha-Church |
| JV/Middle School Registrar | Chris Nelson |
| Historian | |
| Advocacy Coordinator | Gai Jones |
| President Ex-Officio | Susan Eiden |
| Parliamentarian | |
| Social Media Liaison | |
| Social Chairperson | |
| Web Manager | |
| DTASC 100 Chairperson | Roger Graziani |
If you are interested in filling any of the vacant appointed positions, please reach out to Seth Cohen by June 11.
If you are reaching a DTASC Milestone year (10, 20, 25 years etc) please contact Christine Kolb