ComedySportz Returns to SHS to Benefit MAP

Put some comedy on your calendar for MAP.

ComedySportz™, the bay area's most popular improv comedy experience, returns to the McAfee Center to benefit the SHS Media Arts Program. Last year's performance was a huge success and we expect this one to top it.

Named Editor's Choice by The Wave Magazine and Best Local Theatre by The Metro's Best of the Silicon Valley, the show is an interactive comedy experience where improv's sharpest and quickest players compete for audience laughs and points while improvising scenes, games, operas and musicals based on audience suggestions.

A referee calls fouls and keeps the match moving at a blistering pace. The audience is always a part of the interactive show, voting for the winners and sometimes even winding up on stage.

Designed for all ages, the non-stop, over-the-top battle of wits is a great way to kick off the new year and have some fun before settling into the new semester.

The award-winning ComedySportz™ team will perform at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 12, 2012 in the McAfee Center. Tickets are available online or in the activities office at school for $10 each. Get yours today and get ready for some awesome comedy action.

Speaker Series Continues With Outstanding Panel of Media Professionals

The Media Arts Program Speaker Series presents another fascinating and informative discussion with media professionals from around the Silicon Valley on Thursday, October 27 from 7 to 9pm in the McAfee Center. The exciting panel features Rob Koo, Head of Story at DreamWorks Animation; Jaymee Sire, Comcast SportsNet Anchor/Reporter; Geoff Thomas, Curator of the San Jose Tech Museum and Interactive Designer; plus mother/daughter team Susan O’Connor Fraser, CEO/Creative Director/Writer, and Regan Eymann, Producer, from broadcast production company Tam Communications. NBC Bay Area Tech Correspondent Scott Budman will moderate the discussion.

Thursday, October 27, 7 to 9PM in the McAfee Performing Arts and Lecture Center. Suggested donation of $10 to benefit the Media Arts Program.

If you have a student currently enrolled in, or thinking about joining the MAP program, this is a great opportunity to see the studio and all the opportunities it offers your student. The MAP studio building is located at the southeast corner of campus. Students and parents welcome. Please RSVP to Katie Schinnick at katieoshinnick@comcast.net if you will be attending. Hope to see you there.

Film Industry Professionals Including Alum To Speak At SHS

Nearly every aspect of the filmmaking process from production and budgeting to writing, acting, and directing will be represented in our upcoming speaker event “Inside The Art Of Filmmaking" on Thursday, April 21.

The outstanding panel features Screenwriter/Director and SHS Alumnus Ed Solomon, best known for his screenplays Men In Black and Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure; Danielle Feinberg, Director of Photography at Pixar whose credits include Wall-E, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles; Visual Effects Producer Monette Dubin who has worked on blockbusters Inception, Angels & Demons, and I Am Legend; and Actor and SHS Alumnus David Warshofsky whose long list of credits includes films Public Enemies, Taken, There Will Be Blood, and Unstoppable, as well as roles on television and Broadway. This is a rare opportunity for students to hear firsthand about real-life career paths, have their questions answered, and discover a few of the secrets behind the exciting art of filmmaking. Click here for full bios of the speakers.

The discussion will be moderated by SHS Senior David Mandell who recently appeared in the SHS production of the musical "Jekyll and Hyde." Students and community are welcome. A donation of $10 is suggested and will benefit the Saratoga High School Media Arts Program.

INSIDE THE ART OF FILMMAKING
A Discussion of career and craft
Moderated by Daved Mandell
In the McAfee Center at Saratoga High School
Thursday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Suggested Donation $10

ComedySportz Fundraiser A Big Success

Thanks to all who came out to support MAP by attending the ComedySportz night in January. We had a great crowd and raised over four thousand dollars for the Media Arts Program. It was a great success and we look forward to doing it again next year. See you then!

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