Winston Churchill High School was one of the first high schools in the country to perform the award-winning Broadway play RENT in 2008. Many fundraisers supported the dream of performing RENT at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2009 for the cast and crew. The Supporting Cast Foundation is a major supporter of these endeavors. Click here for the Supporting Cast Foundation website.
Churchill has established itself as a force in the local high school theatre community, garnering 12 CAPPIE nominations in the last three years (including Best Musical for the 2006 production of Singin' in the Rain) and winning a number of awards. RENT: School Edition was 2008-2009’s CAPPIE play and received 4 nominations and 2 awards. Awards were presented on Sunday June 7 at 7:00pm in the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center. Churchill students performed the Best Song nominated "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" with the entire cast and featuring Best Female Vocalist Winner Shelby Sykes and Best Male Vocalist Nominee Josh Coyne. The RENT Band also received our 6th consecutive nomination for Band or Orchestra, winning the award for the 4th time. See their full list of nominees at www.cappies.com/nca
Chicago is this year’s CAPPIE show.
For special features on the RENT cast scene stealers, (Steven Rigaux, Sonya Lilienstein) or Three Who Shone from Beauty and the Beast (Josh Simon, Mike Mainwairing and Technician Scott Selman), both which were reviewed on the awesome DC Theatre Scene website, click on the links above.
Coming Events
Congratulations to the cast of Radium Girls! Radium Girls is a 1920s Erin Brockovich story by local playwright DW Gregory that will perform on February 25, 26, and 27th. Tickets will be sold at the door for $8. For a cast list, click here.
The Annual Drama Banquet was held this year at the Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda on Thursday May 28 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. It was a great annual event. We hope you'll join us for the 2010 banquet on May 27, 2010.
The 4th Annual Drama Camp for Children ages 6-11 was held this June and July.For your planning purposes, Drama Camp 2010 will be held the first two full weeks that school is out, June 21-25 and June 28-July 2, 2010.
Winston Churchill High School • 11300 Gainsborough Road • Potomac MD 20854
Jessica Speck, Drama Director • Jessica_L_Speck@mcpsmd.org • 301-469-1246
The Annual Drama Banquet was held this year at the Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda on Thursday May 28 from 6:30 to 9:00pm. It was a great annual event. We hope you'll join us for the 2010 banquet on May 27, 2010. 