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Emerson Campbell as Blanche in the theater production of A Streetcar Named Desire.

Emerson Campbell: Navigating the spotlight on and off stage

By Nicole Rodil Suarez, Photo Editor January 24, 2024

Emerson Campbell's journey into the world of theater began in third grade at the Hits Theater in Houston. "It wasn't like I made decisions at that age. It was more like, 'Oh, do you want to do this...

Sophomore Cameron Carnes's International Thespian Society headshot on the Carnegie Theatre Company’s website.

The Face Behind the Curtain: Cameron Carnes leads CVHS Theatre Company to region

By Sasha Cabral, Editor-in-Chief April 24, 2023

This story contains a podcast that includes more quotes from Cameron Carnes. Scroll down below to listen to the podcast as you read. The vivid lights. The skillfully fashioned costumes. The meticulously...

Rowan Willard and Andr Escobedo carry a piece of wood used for the set as Kate Seabrook walks in the background.

CVHS theater department develops Native Son production

By Manizeh Rahman and Nicole Rodil Suarez September 23, 2022

The Carnegie Theatre Company is putting on a production of Native Son this fall. The play, written by Nambi E. Kelley and adapted from the original novel by Richard Wright, is set to open December...

Carnegie Theatre Company's One Act Play participants (Courtesy of Savannah Santibanez)

Carnegie Theatre Company advances to UIL One Act Play’s 6A Regionals

By Alex Samano and Brooke J Ferrell April 20, 2022

On Friday, April 1st, Carnegie Theatre Company advanced to UIL One-Act Play’s 6A Regionals following their most recent performance of Sally Abbott’s I Think We Are Alone, originally performed by Frantic...

How to escape a cult, or not

How to escape a cult, or not

By Brooke J Ferrell and Brooke Bushong March 31, 2022

Dark blood slips down my arm. It pricks between discomfort and pain, swirling sensations together until I can’t distinguish any thoughts besides a desire for more. I squeeze my fingers together, and...

Sophomore Joseph Mutagaya will play the character Gibson in Carnegie Vanguard Theater's production of Mr. Burns opening November 10.

Sophomore Joseph Mutagaya explores the complexity of his character in the CVHS production of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play

By Sasha Cabral, Editor-in-Chief October 24, 2021

It sounds like a choir. The voices reverberate across the room. Harmonious. The voice guiding these vocal warm-ups is meditative, coaxing the relaxation of muscles. Hands raise towards the ceiling. The...

The theater team gathers in a celebratory photo after advancing to Regionals

Carnegie theater make memoires off-stage while exploring memory-making on-stage

By Julian Namerow, Features Editor April 30, 2021

The Carnegie Theater Company advanced to UIL Regional and performed their award winning One Act Play, Describe the Night, on Saturday, April 17, at San Jacinto College. They did not advance to UIL State...

CVHS junior Brooke Ferrell, member for the Carnegie Theater Company, and film actress, just became TX State Thespian Officer.

Junior Brooke J Ferrell, Selected to be Carnegie’s First Texas State Thespian Officer

By My-Tran Vo, Managing and News Editor March 9, 2021

From Madame Butterfly's son, to an ice-cream fiend, to a victim of a shooting, CVHS junior, Carnegie Theater member, and film actress Brooke Ferrell has had many roles. Now Ferrell finds herself in a newly...

Senior Michael Lewinbuk is this year's Carnegie Theater Company's president and plays the lead actor in the company's upcoming production of 1984.

Senior Michael Lewinbuk- the New King of Carnegie Theatre

By Cameron Hart, Staff Writer November 12, 2020

1984- the connection of this Orwellian dystopia to today's politcal and social moment- the refusal to hand over power, the popular protests- resonates clearly with senior Michael Lewinbuk who plays...

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