2012 Season:

Current Competition Information:

STATE LARGE GROUP will be held at Cedar Rapids Washington High School on Saturday, February 4, 2012 with the following schedule:  (all times approximate)

7:00     Leave PCHS parking lot promptly
9:40     Ensemble Acting    Miracle Worker              Center 12; Room W-152
10:25   Ensemble Acting    Who's on First?             Center 13; Room W-153
11:05   Choral Reading      The Other Room           Center 3; Vocal Room
12:05   Readers Theatre    Piggie Pie                      Center 1; Band Room 120A
2:20     One-Act                  Charlie Foster               Center 5; Auditorium
4:00     Return to PCHS and Cast Party

Remember that neither you, nor anyone who comes to watch you perform, may wear anything that says 'Pella Christian' on it.
   
The CAST LIST for all the school's competition entries can be found by returning to 'Speech' and clicking on the link that will follow to the right.

CONGRATULATIONS  to Abigail Fincel and Nicole Vande Zande on being selected as 2011 Outstanding Performers at the IHSSA State Individuals competition, receiving All-State Nominations and qualifying them for the All-State Festival on March 28, 2011 at the University of Northern Iowa.  These students represent an elite group of only 400 students to have been selected out of nearly 9,000 students who started competition at the District level.  

               
CONGRATULATIONS  to PC's Readers Theatre performance of "This is a Test" on being selected as Outstanding Performers at the IHSSA State Large Group competition, receiving an All-State nomination and qualifying them for recognition at the All-State Festival on February 19, 2011 at Iowa State University.  These students represent an elite group of only 35 Readers Theatre teams across the state of Iowa, selected out of nearly 250 teams originally entered in the IHSSA Large Group event!


   
  

                               PCHS's 2010 One-Act play, Orphan Trains, with their "Critic's Choice Traveling Banner"

FOR THREE YEARS IN A ROW, Pella Christian's One-Act plays have been chosen as one of only eight schools across Iowa to perform at the IHSSA All-State Festival on the campus of Iowa State University!  Selected as Outstanding Performers and receiving All-State Nominations in the State Large Group competitions qualified the school each year for the state's highest honor of representing Iowa's best in high school theatre.  These students represented an elite group of only eight one-acts selected out of over 190 one-acts originally entered every year in Iowa's IHSSA Large Group event!   In addition, the 2010 One-Act play was awarded the "Critic's Choice" top honor over all the one-acts performing at the Festival that year.  PC's Theatre Troupe entries have included:  Orphan Trains (2010), Rags (2009), and The Yellow Boat   (2008).    

  

Pella Christian's Theatre Troupe:

PC's Theatre Troupe is an organized group of students who enjoy doing all kinds of theatre and speech-both on stage and back stage. The Theatre Troupe inducts new members each May at their annual end of the year "Celebration!" based on points earned throughout the year. A student needs to earn a minimum of 75 points to become a member. Theatre Troupe Officers for 2011-2012 are:

Amber Attema
Jalissa Morgan
Zach Van Wyk
Alexa Zylstra

Typical activities for Troupe members include holiday socials, trips to sdee professional shows in the area, and workshop opportunities.