Parents, students and teachers packed the Benicia High School Performing Arts Building for an informational meeting Monday night about the new school board-approved graduation requirements where they voiced their concerns about their potential impact on art and elective courses. At the March 16 school board meeting, the board held a discussion and first reading of […]
Benicia High School casts a ‘spell’: Spring musical opens tonight
Benicia High School’s newest Panther Production aims to put audiences under a spell— figuratively speaking, of course. The spring musical this year is “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” based on the 2005 Broadway production about a group of quirky middle schoolers and their quest to win in a local spelling competition. The play, […]
Benicia High gets ‘angry’ in fall play
’12 Angry Men’ is school year’s first production Benicia High School will be going back to the ‘50s for its fall play, but the themes touched upon in it are relevant to any era— especially right now. That play would be “12 Angry Men,” which has had a long performance history. Reginald Rose wrote the […]
A new Day begins for Benicia High School’s drama department: Former Rodriguez High School drama teacher Nathan Day to run program
As one player exits the stage of Benicia High School’s drama department, a new one emerges. Nathan Day is ready to demonstrate that the show must go on. Day is the new head of Benicia High’s theater department, and he is taking the reins from Christine Mani, who recently left Benicia High to become a […]
New act begins for longtime Benicia High drama teacher
Christine Mani takes new gig as Solano theater instructor After 17 years, Christine Mani has taken her final bow as Benicia High School’s drama teacher. However, she will have a new role as a full-time theater instructor at Solano Community College. Mani cites the need to help Solano’s theater department— which suffered drastic budget cuts […]