Jater Webb ’20 was named a winner of the 2020 National YoungArts Foundation honor for excellence in theater. Jater, a senior member of the Chaminade Players, was selected as one of the nation’s most accomplished young artists from a national pool of 7,000 applications.
In addition to a scholarship, Jater will be flown to Miami, Florida for YoungArts Week from January 5-12, 2020. There he will attend master classes with theater professionals, promotional events, and participate in a performance on Tuesday, January 7 at the New World Center Stage.
As a Finalist, the organization’s highest honor, Jater is qualified for nomination to the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts Program.
YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States, offering financial, professional, and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers.
This weekend, the Chaminade Players will transport audiences somewhere over the rainbow in their production of The Wizard of Oz. Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, Toto and her friends the Tin Man, the Scarecrow, and the Cowardly Lion to the Emerald City. Complete with munchkins and flying monkeys, audiences will be blown away by this spectacular celebration of the academy award winning 1939 MGM film. “This is the 80th anniversary of an iconic piece of musical theatre history,” says Director, Yvette Bishop. “We have a tremendous cast and crew and audiences are going to see a show unlike any other in Chaminade history.” The Chaminade Players will perform classic song favorites including “Over the Rainbow”, “If I Only Had a Brain”, “We’re off to See the Wizard” and many more.
There is no place like home, join us at the Tutor Family Center for the Performing Arts at 7500 Chaminade Ave, West Hills. Purchase your tickets today! Buy Now
Show dates and times are:
Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 17 at 2:00 p.m. An American Sign Language interpreted performance
Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 24 at 2:00 p.m.
The Chaminade Players are making an effort to go green and protect our environment, The Wizard of Oz Playbill is now available in a digital format! A limited quantity of printed Playbills will be available at the shows. Thank you for supporting The Chaminade Players.
On Wednesday, December 5, one hundred Chaminade middle school students donned formal attire, boarded buses in the pouring rain and delivered the joyful sounds of Christmas to an audience of retired nuns who live at the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet center on the campus of Mount Saint Mary’s University. The C-Notes performed this year’s Christmas concert entitled Tidings of Comfort and Joy for scores of sisters gathered in the chapel, singing a variety of sacred and secular pieces in Latin, Swahili, and English. Many of the nuns who were unable to be moved watched the concert on closed-circuit TV in their rooms.
The concert is an annual tradition going back four years but has roots in a Chaminade relationship that dates back much further. Years ago, middle school music and choral director Kathy Rohrs led a string ensemble that would play various events. She tells us, “We had a special Sister of Carondelet that worked at Chaminade for many years named Sr. Noreen Arnold. The Chaminade “String Affair” would go and do concerts each Christmas for Sr. Noreen and all the elderly Sisters of Carondelet. It was our way of bringing joy to others and sharing our God-given talents.” She goes on to say that, “Sadly, Sr. Noreen Arnold passed away in 2011 from cancer. The String Affair group would continue to do concerts for the sisters until they went on to college to study music and film.”
The Chaminade Sting Affair pictured left to right: Noreen Kovelman, Ronnie Mansour ’16, Breanna Kovelman ’14, Alex Mansour ’15 and Kathy Rohrs with Sr. Noreen Arnold in the center. 2011
The C-Notes concerts are a continuation of this tradition, performing in the beautiful Carondelet Center Chapel. Among the attendees at this year’s event were 105-year-old Sister Anne Gertrude Fitzgerald and her “little sister”103-year-old Sister Constance. At the end of concert Sister Regina Clare Salazar took to the mic to thank the students, “When we look at these young people from Chaminade middle school, we are honored and overcome with all that has gone into this production – your staging, your presence, your attention, everything about you is classic, and we are very, very proud of you and very grateful to Sister Noreen Patrice…that you could be with us.”
“I am so proud of Mrs. Rohrs and the 100 C-Notes members who braved the rain and cold to bring some Christmas joy to the nuns,” said middle school principal, Mike Valentine” It is inspiring to me to know that we have so many educators and students who are willing to give of themselves for others.”
Sister Sharon Margaret Ninteman, CSJ Community Life Coordinator, thanked the C-Notes for sharing their talents and bringing comfort and joy to the sisters. “They look forward to it every year and continue to talk about it the rest of the week,” says Sr. Ninteman. “The students, under Kathy’s direction, provided an excellent performance …and are a real testimony to the values you teach at Chaminade…to God’s glory!”
During November you can catch some great performances from Chaminade’s high school and middle school drama programs. Beginning Friday, November 9, The Chaminade Players bring Arthur Miller’s dramatic classic, The Crucible, to life on the Marilyn Simons Stage at the Tutor Family Center for the Performing Arts on the West Hills campus. Inspired by real events, The Crucible dramatizes the Salem witch trials in 1690s Massachusetts. Performance dates are::
Friday, November 9 Canceled
Saturday, November 10 Canceled
Friday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, November 17 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 18 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets are $20 per adult and $15 per student Click here to purchase tickets.
The Middle School Players present Space Captain: Captain of Space in the Fr. Allan DeLong Center for Arts and Athletics on the Chatsworth campus. Written by Jeff Sproul, Space Captain: Captain of Space is a 1930s adventure story like Flash Gordon, but with a modern sense of humor. Performances dates are:
Thursday, November 15
Friday, November 16
Saturday, November 17
Showtime is 7:01 p.m. General admission tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or by clicking here.
This story has been edited with new performance dates and times for The Crucible
The Chaminade Players have been recognized for their stellar work during the 2017-2018 school year with four National Youth Arts Awards:
Outstanding Production: Macbeth
Lead Performance in a Musical: Emma Mumford ’18 as Miss Adelaide, Guys and Dolls
Lead Performance in a Play: Samantha Bader ’18 as Lady Macbeth, Macbeth
Lead Performance in a Play: Noah Baum ’18 as Macbeth, Macbeth
A panel of more than 50 judges and reviewers selected award winners from a list of nominations. In addition to the winners, Chaminade was recognized with nominations for Outstanding Production, Guys and Dolls; Featured Performance in a Play, Sean McCarthy ’20 as Porter, First Murderer, Siward in Macbeth; Costume Design, Lori Lee, Macbeth; and Choreography, Nancy Dobbs Owen, Stephen Bishop, and Mia Lind, Macbeth.
