Upcoming Events

Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
5

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Thursday, March 5 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
6

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Friday, March 6 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
7

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Saturday, March 7 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
8

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Sunday, March 8 | 2:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
12

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Thursday, March 12 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
13

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Friday, March 13 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
14

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Saturday, March 14 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Hadestown— Spring Musical
Mar
15

Hadestown— Spring Musical

 

Hadestown— Spring Musical

Sunday, March 15 | 2:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Tickets:
$20 – General Reserved Seats
$15 – Faculty & Staff, Seniors, Students
$10 – CCHS student with ASB

Hadestown tells the intertwined Greek myths of lovers Orpheus & Eurydice and Hades & Persephone, reimagined with folk-jazz music in a gritty, industrial world where poverty and climate crisis mirror ancient struggles, as narrator Hermes guides the tragic, hopeful story of love, greed, and storytelling itself, focusing on the power of art and community to find beauty amidst despair.


Anais Mitchell | Book, Music & Lyrics
Lee Margaret Hanson | Director
Kaneen Moodie & Kacey Oschack | Assistant Directors
Carol Zee | Choreographer
Tony Spano | Orchestra Director
Brian Felker | Vocal Director
Nick Caisse | Set Design Mentor
Laura Loo | Costume Design Mentor
Bosco Flanagan | Lighting Design Mentor
Hope Parish | Props Design Mentor
Will Schuessler | Sound Design Mentor


Cast

Julia Ketchem
Taybi Kimyeung
Sole Kirk
Catherine Laborde
Royale Lewis
Bruce Marin
Kaylin Murchison
Mila Petrella
Sachi Reiss
Zoe Smith
Melania Sowell
Veronica St.Angelo
Madison Vermette
Ryan Vermette
Lia Weening

Annabelle Andreone
Isaac Cobb
Lina DeRosa
Blake Done
Zoe Fey
Benjamin Flenner
Annie Francuz
Tabby Gentz
Maia Goldman
Charlotte Hamil
Iris Harmon
Josh Herscovitz
Emerson Jurentkuff
Cassie Kay-Smith
Ella Kendall

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Student Zine Gallery
Feb
1

Student Zine Gallery

Student Zine Gallery

Village Well Books & Coffee Studio (9900 Culver Blvd)

AVPA School of Visual Art students will showcase zines created in the fall semester! Come enjoy the work of young local artists as they showcase original works in the Studio. There will be students present to talk to guests and discuss their work.

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Paint & Sip Fundraiser
Jan
31

Paint & Sip Fundraiser

2026 Paint & Sip
 

Paint & Sip Fundraiser

Saturday, January 31, 4pm-7pm
Glorya Kaufman Community Center 2nd Floor @the Wende Museum

$70 per person (plus processing fee) includes delectable wine, delightful snacks; canvas and paint supplies; instruction and inspiration from Culver City artist Trevor Coopersmith.

*All participants must be 21+ years old.  You must purchase advance tickets. No tickets will sold at the door. 

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2026 CA Dances
Jan
24

2026 CA Dances

 

2026 CA Dances

Saturday, January 24 | 7:00pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

AVPA and Culver City High School are proud to host the California Dance Education Association Statewide Dance Festival on Saturday, January 24th at 7pm in the Robert Frost Auditorium.

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Winter Film Showcase 2026
Jan
9

Winter Film Showcase 2026

2026 Winter Film Showcase

Friday, January 9, 2026 | 7pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

$5 Suggested donation

Please join us for the approximately one-hour film showcase on FRIDAY, January 9th in the Frost from 7-8 pm, doors will open at 6:30 for a BAKE SALE (desserts and tea). The Winter Showcase is a collection of films created in our first semester and the “jury” (selection committee) is our leadership team. At the showcase we will screen about 15 short (1-4 minute) films, followed by a table read of one of our upcoming Sony films: Jake Bossin’s Rock Out.  This event is free but there is a $5 suggested donation. The funds raised will be used to buy equipment and / or food for our long days on set (snacks keep us fueled!). Shoutout to Julia Kirsten and Lauren Davidson for organizing the bake sale!

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Dine Out Fundraiser at Pitfire Pizza
Dec
17

Dine Out Fundraiser at Pitfire Pizza

Pitfire Fundraiser
 

Dine Out Fundraiser at Pitfire Pizza

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 5-9pm
Pitfire Pizza Mar Vista (12924 Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066)

Dine In / Phone Orders:
Show the flyer (paper or phone) at the register. Place your receipt in the designated bucket for your fundraiser.

Order Online:
Before payment, enter AVPAF in the promo box. If you have any issues with your promo code please contact the restaurant and we will assist. Please note that online orders are takeout only, we do not take dine-in orders in advance. 

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Winter Music Concert 2025
Dec
12

Winter Music Concert 2025

 

2025 Winter Music Concert

Friday, December 12, 2025 | 7pm
Robert Frost Auditorium

Pre-Concert Music at 6:30pm featuring:
AVPA Brass Ensemble , String Quartet, and Jazz Combos

Concert featuring:
CCHS Concert Band, AVPA Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos.

Admission is free!

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Culver City Tree Lighting 2025
Dec
4

Culver City Tree Lighting 2025

 

2025 Culver City Tree Lighting

Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 5pm-8:30pm
Culver Steps

This year is extra special as the Celebration highlights 30 years of the local Academy of Visual and Performing Arts (AVPA) – Culver City High School’s innovative arts program for young musicians, dancers, filmmakers, theatre folk, and visual artists that nurtures their creativity and creates life-long commitments to the arts.

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DTASC Showcase 2025
Oct
19

DTASC Showcase 2025

DTASC Showcase 2025
 

DTASC Showcase 2025

Sunday, October 19, 2025 | 12pm & 3pm (2 shows)
The Black Box/ Room 108

IMPORTANT!
Please buy your tickets ahead of time! It can sell out and we don't want to have to turn people away at the door, which sadly we had to do last year.

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