Theater Auditions

Antonio Chamberlain, Senior Staff Writer

January 18, 2020

These auditions are open to all students, regardless of acting experience or having previously taken acting courses at Grossmont. The auditions will begin Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. in the week prior to the start of the spring semester. In order to audition, students must also schedule an appointment time as...

Don’t Trade Your Voice Away– You May Need It For This!

Jonathan Maddock, Staff Writer

May 10, 2019

Every student who ever dreamed of becoming a part of Ariel’s world may finally be given the chance to make their dream a reality, as Grossmont College hosts auditions for its summer musical production of The Little Mermaid. Students from all majors and musical theater experience, no matter how...

Part of Our World

Olivia Linstad and Jonathan Maddock

May 10, 2019

T he Grossmont theater department will be in full production mode this summer as it hosts the Summer Arts Conservatory program. The program invites local high school students, as well as Grossmont students and professionals from the community to collaborate for the production of The Little Mermaid. The...

Not Just Another Love Story

Olivia Linstad, Staff Writer

May 10, 2019

It’s not just another love story. Failure: A Love Story tells a tale of death, recovery, celebration and yes, love. Ultimately, these elements contribute to the magic Theatre Arts Instructor Brian Rickel described. “There’s magic in what we do in the theater,” he said. “There’s magic in literature,...

All The World’s A Stage

Sharisse Cohee, Editor in Chief

April 13, 2019

Grossmont theater students bring the extraordinary out of the ordinary as they ditch the conventional stage and truly represent the complexity of Shakespeare by using the world as their stage, traveling throughout San Diego County, performing riveting and unconventional pop-up scenes by the legendary ...

Lessons From Spring Awakening

Olivia Linstad, Staff Writer

April 12, 2019

Opening night of Spring Awakening at the Stagehouse Theatre entertained its viewers through song, dance and an incredibly powerful message. The night followed a group of German teenagers through one of life’s confusing seasons: exploring sexuality and life’s deep sorrows. Each character represented...

A Night at the Theater: Spring Awakening

Olivia Linstad, Staff Writer

March 31, 2019

The Grossmont Theater Department invites you to join them for the production of Spring Awakening. Fill a seat at the Stagehouse Theatre and allow your peers to take you on a journey through their performance in Spring Awakening. Leo Ebanks, who plays the role of “George,” said: “It’s ra...

A Whole New World…Beyond College

Jonathan Maddock, Staff Writer

March 11, 2019

What would YOU wish for? Imagine you’re walking down an empty hallway on campus, when something shimmery catches your eye. You look to see what it is and find a genie’s lamp standing out in the sunlight upon a desk. At first you think to yourself, “That’s cute.” But something strange...

For The Love Of It

Sandi Westrand, Staff Writer

February 8, 2019

The love of acting compels these students to abandon their own personalities and assume a completely different persona.   An exuberant and talented cast of nine Grossmont students cavorted about to a captive audience at the campus Stagehouse Theatre on Friday evening. The production of Inside the...

Grossmont Stage House Theatre Presents..Romeo and Juliet: The story of two star crossed lovers.

Lara Talib, Staff Reporter

April 2, 2015

The Grossmont Stagehouse Theatre has taken on William Shakespeare’s classic play “Romeo and Juliet.” The production is a more modernized version of the original setting, being set in 1920s, Prohibition-era Chicago. Regardless of the setting, the theater department stayed true to Shakespeare...

Theatre Arts Department “An Evening with Edgar Allan Poe”

August 21, 2013

PRESS RELEASE--Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA Grossmont College’s Theatre Arts Department presents their fall 2013 fundraiser An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe. Several Grossmont College administrators, faculty and staff will present their interpretations of Poe's works September 6th and 7th in R...

A Closer Look at Grossmont’s Theatre Department

Carly Albretch

March 10, 2013

GROSSMONT COLLEGE -- Walking through the Grossmont Theater Department there are costumes of all colors hanging from rows that stretch to the ceiling and soundboards covered in a thousand buttons and switches. “This place is magical.” stated Alexis Popko, theatre operations facilitator, while walki...