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Academy for
the Performing Arts at Huntington Beach
High School
1905
Main Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Call: (714) 536.2514 x 4025 /
Recorded info: (714) 536.2514 x 602
www.hbapa.org
Academy
for the Performing Arts is a program for
high school aged students in the beach
communities of Orange County,
California. Huntington Beach
High School performances and
competitions are held in an historic
building listed with the County of
Orange as Historical Site Number 36.
This 1926 Auditorium and Tower is an
excellent example of Lombard Romanesque
Revival architecture. The school site
was donated in 1908 to the five year old
Huntington Beach High School Union
District by the town developers, The
Huntington Beach Company. Designed by
Allison and Allison and built during the
local oil boom, this landmark building
continues to represent the spirit and
pride of the community.
Each
year a panel selects the talented
students who will attend the Academy
with opportunities to perform in a
variety of programs such as dance
concerts, plays, musicals and performing
arts events open to the public. In
addition, the school sometimes hosts
special events such as a prestigious
Youth America Grand Prix that talents
such as Quenby Hersh - pictured above
participated in. Completing her high
school studies abroad as a member of the
Royal Ballet in London, Hersh is the
first Academy student to be so honored.
Other students who've met recent success
include Amanda Bolten, one of 39 high
school actors invited to Washington by
the Critics and Awards Program for High
School Theater — the Cappies. An actress
since age 10, Bolten has performed in
about a half-dozen student-written
one-act plays at Huntington Beach
Academy for the Performing Arts. Bolten
went through a peer-critique selection
process, lengthy auditions and endless
12-hour rehearsals before stepping on
the Kennedy Center stage in the musical
comedy "Edit:Undo."
Prior
to the performances of "Edit:Undo," the
Cappies also staged "Starz!" and "Playz!"
— two compilations of short sketches,
monologues and plays that included the
work of student playwright, Taya Kenny
of the Huntington Beach Academy for the
Performing Arts.
Performing arts are an integral part of
educational opportunities for a
population of nearly 12 million that
surround Los Angeles and Hollywood, home
to the entertainment industry.
Nutcracker Performances
Throughout California
Performances at the Huntington Beach
Historic Theater
The Theater with the Bell Tower
1905 Main Street (cross streets Main &
Yorktown), Huntington Beach, California
Parking off HBHS Way in back of the
school or at City Hall in Public Parking
stalls
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