IT’S NOT A REGULAR MUSICAL. IT’S A COOL MUSICAL.

MEAN GIRLS is a ferociously funny new musical from an award-winning creative team, including director Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin, The Book of Mormon), composer Jeff Richmond (“30 Rock,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde), and book writer Tina Fey (“30 Rock,” Bossypants). Vogue cheers, “MEAN GIRLS is HILARIOUS! The cast is sensational – expert comedians with fierce voices and acting chops to match.”

Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung.

After an absence of ten years, Cordova High School re-started their Drama program in 2014-2015. That year, CHS participated in the Globe Education program appearing at UC Davis with 11 other High and Jr High Schools. CHS Drama also made its first appearance in over a decade at the Lenaea festival. In 2016, CHS Drama opened the new Performing Arts Center on campus with its first full production, A Midsummer's Jersey. Twenty actors took the stage with the majority making their acting debut. That same year CHS Drama  made a second trip to Lenaea and took home a Gold award in acting for one of the students. 

In the 2016-2017 school year, after only three years, CHS Drama mounted a full season. In the Fall we staged Neil Simon's, The Odd Couple (female version), attended Lenaea and the Spring Production, A Piece of my Heart.

The following season we produced A Christmas Carol, adding performances and breaking attendance records, 

and produced our first musical in 20 years, Little shop of Horrors. This production was Supported in part by a generous grant from The American Theatre Wing and was an incredible experience for everyone.

The next Season we produced The Curious Savage and Romeo and Juliet as well as out annual visit to Lenaea. We also spent four days in Ashland at the Shakespeare Festival and attended a performance of Hamilton in SF. If that wasn't busy enough, we hosted a Masters Workshop and concert featuring TV and Broadway Performer Ciara Renee

Right before Covid shut our schools down, CHS Drama was one of the first schools in the Country to perform the play PUFFS. It was performed to sold out houses every night. We were heading in to tech week for Matilda the musical when schools closed. Last year, while dealing with COVID, we recorded a radio version of It's a Wonderful Life and did our first Live Stream of the play, The Night I died at the Palace Theatre. Covid could not stop CHS Drama from doing what we love. Last year we staged the Drama 12 Angry Jurors and the musical Xanadu.

This past October we staged Midsummer Jersey, the first production staged here at CHS. 

If you are interested in helping to support CHS Drama and its wonderful students, please contact Mark Cornfield at [email protected] or by calling (916) 294-2450 x810860