To receive more information about getting involved with DTASC or to change your registered email address, please click through to our MAILING LIST FORM.
Join us for the DTASC 100th Anniversary Gala!
Purchase your tickets here.
Why Come? Watch this video and see!
2022-2023 DTASC Festivals
Fall Festival
Varsity Festival - October 22 @ Westlake HS
JV/Middle School Festival - November 5, Location TBD
Tech Theater/Design (Sets, Lights, Costume Design, Graphics/Publicity) - Alice In Wonderland
Small Group Categories (five-minute scenes)
Female Playwrights (Straight Cut Category)
Oscar Best Picture Nominees
LGBTQIA Playwrights
Large Group Categories (eight-minute scenes)
Open Drama
Open Comedy
Open Musical
Spring Shakespeare Festival
Combined Festival - April 22, 2023 - Location TBD
Featured Plays, Tech Theater Design - Julius Caesar & Twelfth Night
Small Group Categories (five-minute scenes)
Stand Up for Shakespeare (No Chairs Allowed) - Straight Cut
Supernatural Shakespeare (Plays that include any element of the supernatural)
Dreams and Prophecies — scenes with either dreams or prophecies as major elements
Large Group Categories (eight-minute scenes)
Large Dramatic Intent - Julius Caesar
Large Comedic Intent - Twelfth Night
Shakespeare Rocks! - use any rock music (any rock genre), hummed or sung, to enhance a play by Shakespeare with the songs' lyrics or Shakespeare's words
2021-2022 DTASC Festivals
Spring Shakespeare Festival 2022
Download Varsity Online Programs
MS-JV Shakespeare 2022 program
Room Chair Training Powerpoint
Tech Theatre Categories
(Featured Plays: Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Click here for tech event rules.
Event S1. Set Design
Event S2. Light Design
Event S3. Graphics/Publicity
Event S4. Character Costumes
Event S5. World Court Costumes
Acting Categories
Click here for acting category rules.
Event 3. Audition Monologue
Event 4. Small Open History (Straight Cut)
Event 5. Small Open Tragedy
Event 6. Shakespeare Today: Student Original Update of Any Shakespeare Play (not including either of the featured plays; student adaptation must be set between 2000 and 2022)
Event 7. Large Drama - Romeo & Juliet
Event 8. Large Comedy - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Event 9. Shakespeare Play Turned Musical featuring the music and lyrics of David Bowie
Spring Mandatory Meeting
January 29, 2022
Details, including Zoom info, are available on YouTube.
If you are not receiving emails from DTASC, please update your information by visiting the "Mailing List Form" link above.
Results for Fall Festival 2021 - Virtual DTASC
Please click on the relevant link below if you would like to view the results for a particular division from our Fall festival.
Middle School Division Results
Junior Varsity Division Results
Varsity Division Results
Fall Festival 2021 - Virtual DTASC (details forthcoming)
Tech Theatre Categories
(Featuring the plays of August Wilson)
Event F1. Set Design
Event F2. Light Design
Event F3. Costumes/Makeup
Event F4. Graphics/Publicity
Acting Categories
Event 3. Audition Monologue
Event 4. Same Script - all groups will perform the same script (Straight Cut)
Event 5. Playwrights of Color
Event 6. Student Original from a News Article
Event 7. Large Open Drama
Event 8. Large Open Comedy
Event 9. Open Musical
DTASC 100th Anniversary Celebration Dinner!
DTASC 100 (+1) has been rescheduled for August, 20, 2022
Click Here for More Info
Want to help plan the event? Sign up Here
Are you interested in hosting a future DTASC Festival when we are able to return to in-person events? Contact Seth Cohen
To receive more information about getting involved with DTASC or to change your registered email address, please click through to our MAILING LIST FORM.
Join us for the DTASC 100th Anniversary Gala!
Purchase your tickets here.
Why Come? Watch this video and see!
2022-2023 DTASC Festivals
Fall Festival
Varsity Festival - October 22 @ Westlake HS
JV/Middle School Festival - November 5, Location TBD
Tech Theater/Design (Sets, Lights, Costume Design, Graphics/Publicity) - Alice In Wonderland
Small Group Categories (five-minute scenes)
Female Playwrights (Straight Cut Category)
Oscar Best Picture Nominees
LGBTQIA Playwrights
Large Group Categories (eight-minute scenes)
Open Drama
Open Comedy
Open Musical
Spring Shakespeare Festival
Combined Festival - April 22, 2023 - Location TBD
Featured Plays, Tech Theater Design - Julius Caesar & Twelfth Night
Small Group Categories (five-minute scenes)
Stand Up for Shakespeare (No Chairs Allowed) - Straight Cut
Supernatural Shakespeare (Plays that include any element of the supernatural)
Dreams and Prophecies — scenes with either dreams or prophecies as major elements
Large Group Categories (eight-minute scenes)
Large Dramatic Intent - Julius Caesar
Large Comedic Intent - Twelfth Night
Shakespeare Rocks! - use any rock music (any rock genre), hummed or sung, to enhance a play by Shakespeare with the songs' lyrics or Shakespeare's words
2021-2022 DTASC Festivals
Spring Shakespeare Festival 2022
Download Varsity Online Programs
MS-JV Shakespeare 2022 program
Room Chair Training Powerpoint
Tech Theatre Categories
(Featured Plays: Romeo & Juliet and A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Click here for tech event rules.
Event S1. Set Design
Event S2. Light Design
Event S3. Graphics/Publicity
Event S4. Character Costumes
Event S5. World Court Costumes
Acting Categories
Click here for acting category rules.
Event 3. Audition Monologue
Event 4. Small Open History (Straight Cut)
Event 5. Small Open Tragedy
Event 6. Shakespeare Today: Student Original Update of Any Shakespeare Play (not including either of the featured plays; student adaptation must be set between 2000 and 2022)
Event 7. Large Drama - Romeo & Juliet
Event 8. Large Comedy - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Event 9. Shakespeare Play Turned Musical featuring the music and lyrics of David Bowie
Spring Mandatory Meeting
January 29, 2022
Details, including Zoom info, are available on YouTube.
If you are not receiving emails from DTASC, please update your information by visiting the "Mailing List Form" link above.
Results for Fall Festival 2021 - Virtual DTASC
Please click on the relevant link below if you would like to view the results for a particular division from our Fall festival.
Middle School Division Results
Junior Varsity Division Results
Varsity Division Results
Fall Festival 2021 - Virtual DTASC (details forthcoming)
Tech Theatre Categories
(Featuring the plays of August Wilson)
Event F1. Set Design
Event F2. Light Design
Event F3. Costumes/Makeup
Event F4. Graphics/Publicity
Acting Categories
Event 3. Audition Monologue
Event 4. Same Script - all groups will perform the same script (Straight Cut)
Event 5. Playwrights of Color
Event 6. Student Original from a News Article
Event 7. Large Open Drama
Event 8. Large Open Comedy
Event 9. Open Musical
DTASC 100th Anniversary Celebration Dinner!
DTASC 100 (+1) has been rescheduled for August, 20, 2022
Click Here for More Info
Want to help plan the event? Sign up Here
Are you interested in hosting a future DTASC Festival when we are able to return to in-person events? Contact Seth Cohen
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2022 DTASC Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of our DTASC Scholarship Recipients and to everyone who auditioned.
Chloe Keller Smith, Calabasas HS
Julia Doty, Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
Miranda Romero, Arcadia HS
Madeline Magana, Palos Verdes Peninsula HS
Olivia Amigo, El Camino Real CHS
Mario Lomeli Scholarship Recipient
CETA and DTASC Co-Sponsors
Finn Myers, Verdugo Hills HS
2021 DTASC Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of our DTASC Scholarship Recipients and to everyone who auditioned.
Maia Rose Correia-Fill, Valencia HS, Valencia
Shaelyn Parker Sui-Long Smith, Palisades CHS
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 |
Marcia Barryte |
Advocacy Coordinator |
Gai Jones |
President Ex-Officio |
Susan Eiden |
Parliamentarian |
Yvette Bishop |
DEIB Officer |
Bernard Addison |
DEIB Officer |
Estella Owoimaha-Church |
Social Media Liaison |
Nicole Pedroche |
CETO Liaison |
Alison Johnson |
Web Manager |
David Levy |
DTASC 100 Chairperson |
Roger Graziani |
Social Chairperson |
Christine Kolb |
Social Chairperson |
Barbara Zatarain |
If you are reaching a DTASC Milestone year (10, 20, 25 years etc) please contact Barbara Zatarain