MISSION STATEMENT
Carlmont Drama is a welcoming and supportive community built on the idea that all students can achieve success in theatre arts. We explore creative, challenging work that inspires our students and our audiences. We strive to develop well-rounded artists and people, invest in student leadership, and provide all members of our “drama family” with tools and opportunities for excellence and growth.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Carlmont High School's award-winning drama program provides students with high-quality instruction in all areas of theatre arts. Our curricular and extracurricular offerings include:
Four levels of curricular drama classes
A full season of productions:
Fall Play: directed by the drama teacher; auditions are open to the whole student body
Winter Musical: performing arts department collaboration; directed by the drama teacher; auditions are open to the whole student body
Advanced Drama One-Act Festival: student-directed and student-produced; only open to students in the Advanced Drama class
Spring Play: directed by two seniors from the Advanced Drama class; auditions are open to the whole student body
A chartered troupe with the International Thespian Society, an honor society for high school theatre students
A student-run improv team
Carlmont also participates in our State Thespian Festival. Highlights from the last 3 years include 1st place in Scenic Design, 3rd place in Solo Acting, 3rd place in Group Acting, one play selected for the Playworks New Play Development Program, and 14 qualifications for the International Thespian Festival.
Questions? Contact the Drama Director, Elizabeth Berg (eberg@seq.org).
About the Drama Director
Ms. Elizabeth Berg joined the Carlmont faculty in 2022. A Bay Area native, she graduated from Saratoga High School and went on to earn a B.A. from Whitman College (magna cum laude) and an M.A. in Theatre Education from Emerson College. Ms. Berg has taught hundreds of students at all grade levels in both school and professional theatre settings. She previously led the drama programs at Mountain View High School and Ashland Middle School, and she has served as the Education Coordinator for California Theatre Center and a teaching artist for Portola Valley Theatre Conservatory, Dragon Productions Theatre Company, Starting Arts, StarStruck Theatre, and many others. Her 30+ directing credits include Once Upon a Mattress, A Wrinkle in Time, The Little Mermaid, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Legally Blonde, and Scenes From Metamorphoses (all at Carlmont), Macbeth, Radium Girls, Sense & Sensibility, The Wizard of Oz, and many more. As a performer with California Theatre Center's professional acting company, she performed on tour in 32 cities across three states. She is a member of the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA). Ms. Berg loves Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Classic Hollywood, and traveling. She believes that drama is for everyone and that the best learning environment is one in which all students feel supported, challenged, and successful.