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Drama - Seth Cohen, Department Chair

The award-winning PVPHS Drama The public speaking skills developed are extra-curricular performance
Department provides varying opportunities in Drama 1 can assist students in opportunities: a fall play, a spring
for a comprehensive high school theatre other classes, as well as preparation musical, and Shakespeare in the Park.
education. A full schedule of drama for college and job interviews. Grade In addition, Musical Theatre and Stage
classes allows students to have a four- 9 students in the Drama 1 Advanced Design classes guide students through
year drama program. With different class have an opportunity to work the process of putting on the spring
focuses each year, each drama class with upperclassmen in the Drama musical. Each year students compete
has an in-depth curriculum, including Department on theatre festivals in theatre festivals including Drama
performance, technical theatre/design, where they compete against other Teacher’s Association of Southern
and theatre history following the high schools in Southern California. California and California Educational
advanced proficiency standards set forth The curriculum adjusts as student’s Theatre Association Southern Section
by the State of California. For curious progress through the program exposing Festival in both acting and technical
students, Drama 1 provides a supportive them to varying theatre styles into theatre categories.
environment for them to get their feet Drama 2, Drama 3 Honors, and Drama 4
wet and hopefully cure the stage jitters Honors. The department also produces
that many teenagers endure. three main-stage productions that

International Thespian Society - Seth Cohen, Advisor
International Thespian Society (ITS) is industry. Troupe 920 is a branch of the drama classes in order to reach the first
an international organization honoring school’s Drama Club, participating in level of membership. Additional experience
students who have shown outstanding community outreach performances, earns student members rankings from
dedication to high school theatre charitable activities and school service Honor Thespian up to International Honor
departments. ITS is the pre-eminent projects, as well as original one-act Thespian, as well as academic distinction
theatre honors organization with many festivals. The society requires students to within the organization.
notable alumni from the entertainment have at least three semesters of high school

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