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DMT Achievements
Find out what our students, faculty, and staff are being recognized for.
Willow Augilar, Amanda Coorey, Ali Laith, Steven Nichols, Jayden Rocha, Cora Shimetz, Abby Wetmore, Mackenzie Wray,
Dance, Music & Theatre
The Theatre program's performance of Clue: On Stage was evaluated by a respondent representing the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Region 7. Eight students in the production received awards for KCACTF. Willow Augilar and Ali Laith have been nominated for the Irene Ryan Acting award, which provides them with special training opportunities at next year's KCACTF conference. In addition, 6 students won Meritorious Achievement Awards - Jayden Rocha for Sound Design, Mackenzie Wray for Stage Management, Abby Wetmore for Stage Management, Cora Shimetz for Properties Design, Amanda Coorey for Scenic Design, ande Steven Nicholos for Sound Design.
Ricardo Paredes
Dance, Music & Theatre
Congratulations to Music Education major and saxophonist, Ricardo Paredes, who has been selected to receive a 2024-25 Presser Foundation Undergraduate Scholar Award. This national award provides $3,000 to recipients in recognition of their outstanding achievements in musical and academic performance, leadership and service, and contributions to building inclusive communities.
Amanda Coorey
Dance, Music & Theatre
Amanda Coorey, a theatre major from Temecula, CA, in her Junior year at CPH, took part in a public presentation of her Scenic Design work at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, held in Mesa Arizona on February 11 -15 2025. Amanda's design for the play Here We Are, by Dorothy Parker, was presented before a panel of 6 design faculty from various Colleges and Universities, who praised her work and chose it as a finalist from nearly 150 Design and Technology student submissions. This was Amanda's first Scenic Design - and the first time she publicly presented her work!
Congratulations, Amanda!
Benji Salisbury, Stephan Chittenden, Garrit Rensink, Jayden "Spooky" Rocha, Michael Thomas
Dance, Music & Theatre
The Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival has recognized multiple students for their work in Voices of a Silent Stage, our Fall 2024 original physical theatre production directed by Michael Thomas. Benji Salisbury won a Meritorious Achievement Award for his work as the Stage Manager. Spooky Rocha, Gerrit Rensink, and Stephan Chittenden were all nominated to participate in the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship auditions at the upcoming KCACTF Region conference in Arizona.
John Gerving, Dan Aldag, Piet Dalmolen
Dance, Music & Theatre
The Cal Poly Humboldt Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Dan Aldag was recently awarded Second Prize in the Doug Davis Composition and Performance Endowment 2024 Performance Awards for their recording of Doug Davis's composition "B. and Me". In addition, pianist John Gerving was recognized for an Outstanding Performance on the recording. The Jazz Orchestra's performance was recorded and mixed by Piet Dalmolen, Lecturer in Music and the Music Department's Audio Technician.
Kyleigh Brine
Dance, Music & Theatre
Kyleigh Brine was a selected choreographer and performer for the Emergence Dance Festival held at the Gibney Theatre in New York this past Summer 2024. She performed original choreography titled "on the backs of hardworking women" which utilized jackets and blazers as a costume and prop to represent the invisible burden that most women carry.
Troy Lescher
Dance, Music & Theatre
Dr. Troy Lescher recently published “Doctoral Projects in Progress in Theatre Arts, 2024” for the Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). This annual report, which included the participation of over two dozen national and international institutions, identifies and publicizes new researchers as well as their dissertation titles and topics.
Troy Lescher
Dance, Music & Theatre
Dr. Troy Lescher recently gave an invited presentation, titled "Building & Strengthening the Ensemble: Applying Social Emotional Learning to Theatre-making," at an Arts Educator Professional Development event hosted by the Humboldt County Office of Education.
David Fisher
Dance, Music & Theatre
Eight students travelled to Spokane, Washington for the Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Students entered scholarly competitions, auditions for professional companies and graduate programs, attended workshops with working professionals, and spent five days of intense training and scholarship. Theatre major David Fisher submitted and won the George R Caldwell Undergraduate Scholarly Paper Meritorious Achievement for his dramaturgical research paper.
Troy Lescher
Dance, Music & Theatre
Dr. Troy Lescher recently gave a presentation, titled "Taking the Show on the Road: An Adventure in Program Outreach and Student-Learning," at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival in Spokane, WA. The presentation was based on the Cal Poly Humboldt Theatre Arts' Spring 2023 pilot program to develop and tour a student production to public schools throughout Humboldt County.