Directed by Sharie Nitkin
A SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. TITLE
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
From the novel by John Buchan
From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Licensed by ITV Global Entertainment Limited
And an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have THE 39 STEPS, a fast-paced whodunit packed with nonstop laughs for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! Enjoy delicious food and this hilarious farce benefiting APA’s Actors, Dramatic Production, Technical Theatre, and Costume Design students!

Presented through special arrangement with Concord Theatricals

Directed by Tim Nelson, Performed entirely by students, A musical by ALAIN BOUBLIL and CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG, School Edition specially adapted and licensed by MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL and CAMERON MACKINTOSH (OVERSEAS) LTD

A true modern classic based on Victor Hugo's novel, APA’s Musical Theatre, Orchestra, Technical Theatre, and Costume Departments are proud to present LES MISÉRABLES School Edition. In nineteenth century France, Jean Valjean is released from years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store for him but mistrust and mistreatment. During the Paris student uprising of 1832, Javert must confront his ideals after Valjean spares his life and saves that of a student revolutionary.

Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI www.mtishows.com Production is licensed by Music Theatre International. Please be advised that the performance contains mature themes.

Find CAST PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE at http://hbapa.online/Les_Miserables_Performance_Schedule

PLAYLIST 2024 Studio Show is Wednesday, October 23rd at 7pm. For tickets to the PLAYLIST Studio show, please use this link https://tinyurl.com/playlist-studio-tix

PLAYLIST 2024 is a big rock ‘n’ roll concert filled with the latest creative work from our APA MMET Popular Music/Media students premiering original music and music videos, paired with the best in contemporary music! Also involving APA’s Technical Theatre and Costume Design departments, this is an entirely student-curated show that speaks directly to their generation, all while upholding the same high entertainment standards you have come to expect from APA.

Copy, paste, and visit this link for the PLAYLIST 2024 Cast List Performance Schedule: https://hbapa.online/PLAYLIST-2024-CAST

Molière, adapted from the French by Amlin Gray
Translated into English verse by Richard Wilbur

APA’s Acting, Costume Design, and Technical Theatre students invite you to their thought-provoking production of TARTUFFE where prosperous patriarch Orgon is plagued by insecurities, and the growing independence of his family isn’t helping. The strict sanctimonious scoundrel named Tartuffe has moved into the household to lay down the law; at least that’s how he represents his actions.

Presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

For cast performance schedule please copy and visit... https://hbapa.org/images/uploads/pdfs/Tartuffe_cast_performance_schedule.pdf

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Explore APA Classes in session at APA OPEN DOORS on November 18th and 19th! You may also join the zoom session for more information along with a Q&A from teachers on November 20th.

Visit hbapa.online/open-doors for info or to RSVP.

This is a great time for students who are soon to be 9th-12th grade students along with their families including younger siblings, and their friends to learn more about what APA has to offer. APA is located on the campus of HBHS at 1905 Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. The 9 disciplines are: Acting, Costume Design, Dance, Dramatic Production (playwriting & directing), MMET-Pop, MMET-Media (Film), Musical Theatre, Orchestra, Technical Theatre (lighting/sound/set design, construction).

If you are going into the 9th-12th grade, apply for APA! Visit hbapa.org/be for the application and more information. Prepare for the big day by visiting hbapa.online/workshops to sign up for an audition/interview workshop.

Experience the sensational Sounds of the Season 2024 presented in Late-Night-Talk-Show-Style! APA Orchestra will ignite the stage with holiday cheer highlighted by the exhilarating performances of the APA Acting, Costume Design, Dance, Dramatic Production, MMET Pop/Media, Musical Theatre, and Technical Theatre departments in this APA-wide collective event!

The Saturday show is extra special because it is the annual benefit concert for the EEFA (Educational Enrichment Foundation for the Arts) which supports APA as well as the vibrant arts programs offered by the HBUHSD feeder middle schools. With your support, we’ll set the stage aglow, raising the roof for APA and the EEFA, too!

Please be advised that these dramatic student works-in-progress may contain sensitive content and mature themes.

APA’s Dramatic Production Department presents the annual 10 Minute Play Festival where student playwrights and directors will premiere their original exploratory 10 Minute plays accompanied by creative work from APA’s Acting, Costume Design, and Technical Theatre Departments.

NOTE: Tickets on sale, Saturday, 12/14 at 10am

MAMMA MIA! Music and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON, BJÖRN ULVAEUS
And some songs with STIG ANDERSON
Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON
Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMER

Benefiting the APA Musical Theatre Department, produced by the APA Musical Theatre Guild

Set in a Greek island paradise, ABBA's timeless hit songs tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago in MAMMA MIA! presented by APA’s Musical Theatre, Costume Design, and Technical Theatre Departments! Please arrive early to bid on auction items and share some love by getting raffle tickets benefiting this fine group.

Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International Please be advised that the performance contains mature themes

Find CAST PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE at https://apamtguild.com/current-cast-information

A Benefit Show for APA’s Music, Media, Entertainment, Technology (MMET) Department

Continuing APA MMET’s long-standing tradition of Beatles concerts, this year will showcase THE BEATLES STORY 1965 as a chronology of everything the Beatles did in 1965, most notably the LP’s Help! and Rubber Soul! Grab a group of your friends (or clients) and treat them to this show! Proceeds directly support the education of APA’s pop-rock music students! Please arrive early to bid on auction items and share your love by getting raffle tickets benefiting this fine group.

Experience the past, present, and future of movement in APA’s faculty-choreographed dance concert FUSION 2025! APA’s talented dancers will bring to life the vision of the Academy’s dance mentors as they display a dizzying blend of works covering the complete spectrum of dance. FUSION 2025 will move you!

Music and Lyrics by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin
Book by Ken Ludwig
Co-Conception by Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent
Inspired by Material by Guy Bolton and John McGowan
Originally produced on Broadway by
Roger Horchow and Elizabeth Williams
Original Broadway Choreography by Susan Stroman

Impress your friends or clients with this smash-hit production of CRAZY FOR YOU! presented by APA’s Musical Theatre, Technical Theatre, and Costume Departments! A New York banker Bobby Child is sent to Deadrock, Nevada to foreclose on a rundown theater where he falls for spunky Polly Baker, the theater owner's daughter. This romantic comedic musical features cowboys, showgirls, high-energy production numbers, and a glorious score from George and Ira Gershwin!

CRAZY FOR YOU® is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. www.concordtheatricals.com

Experience high school through the lens of cinema featuring classic songs ranging from Blackboard Jungle, Dazed and Confused, Valley Girl, Fast Times at Ridgemont High to the ultimate combination of music and adolescence found in John Hughesferr classics like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink and many more! APA MMET Popular Music/Media Department’s RETROFEST: ROCK & ROLL HIGH SCHOOL concert promises to have the highest nostalgia quotient yet!

APA’s Dramatic Production Department presents the annual One Act Play Festival where student playwrights and directors will premiere their original exploratory plays. For the ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVAL, the original plays will showcase each students’ work in a single, solitary act and accompanied by creative work from APA’s Acting, Costume Design, and Technical Theatre Departments.

Please be advised that these dramatic works-in-progress may contain sensitive content and mature themes.

Entertain your brain and get a little culture if you dare...at FANFARE! The APA Orchestra department celebrates timeless music from the Baroque period to today with a night of exceptional student performances featuring the APA Festival Orchestra, Select Wind Ensemble, chamber ensembles of woodwinds, saxes, brass, strings, percussion, and keyboard instruments!

A Benefit Show for APA’s Dance Department

CREATIVE FORCES is a tour de force of APA student creativity! This benefit performance is directed and produced by APA Dance students, who have overseen every aspect of the show: from choreography and rehearsals, to showbills, lighting, and scheduling.

Based on the Novel by Patrick Ness and inspired by an original idea by Siobhan Dowd, devised by Sally Cookson, Adam Peck and the Company

A MONSTER CALLS is a very moving, intriguing, and imaginative play presented by the APA Acting, Costume Design, and Technical Theatre Departments. Conor has the same dream every night, ever since his mother first fell ill, but tonight is different. Tonight, when he wakes, there’s a monster at his window. It’s elemental, a force of nature, and it wants something from Conor. It wants the truth.

Produced under license from Michelle Kass Associates

When not filming live performances and concerts, the true passion of APA's Media Team is filmmaking. Witness the next generation of storytellers in this full-day film festival filled with short films in an environment that's both intimate and informative! One ticket gets you into both screening blocks. There will be different films in each block. Screening Block A will begin at 2pm. There will be a "dinner break" approximately 5-5:45pm and then Screening Block B will begin promptly after the dinner break. There will be a special APA MMET Media Alumni Mixer during the Dinner Break.

Please be advised that the student works may contain mature themes and sensitive content.

(sin·er·jee) / noun. 1. Combined action or operation 2. A mutually advantageous conjunction or compatibility of distinct participants 3. A mainstage dance show of spectacular movement and dedicated dancers. The APA Dance Department will captivate audiences with a thought-provoking showcase of mesmerizing movement and groundbreaking collaborative numbers choreographed by APA faculty, special guests in its presentation of SYN•ER•GY 2025! Treat your friends, family, and colleagues to this jaw-dropping, high-octane show!