POINT LOMA – Point Loma High’s Thespian Society is raising the bar in performing the Broadway-style “Legally Blonde: The Musical,” starting Wednesday on campus in the Larry Zeiger Performing Arts Center.
The production, which continues through April 11, stars sophomore Clara Kelly as UCLA sorority girl Elle Woods, who travels to Harvard Law School to win back her boyfriend, embarking on a heartwarming and hilarious story of love, empowerment and self-discovery.
“Since COVID, the thespian society has primarily done plays,” said Maggie McAteer, co-editor of the Pointer Press, who’s playing saxophones in the pit orchestra for the show. Although they recently did their first rights-bought musical in December with “VHS Christmas Carol,” “Legally Blonde” marks a full return to form.
Created to accommodate students whose schedules did not permit them to take a musical theater class, the PLHS theater club aims to promote the dramatic arts at Point Loma by providing members with a fun and supportive environment to develop and showcase their love of theater.
In 2024, the first student show with Annika Wells, who is co-directing the musical with Joshua Anderson, the school’s choir and guitar teacher, “Little Women,” only had 10 people audition. They needed one more.
“We had to ask around campus to find our 11th member to complete our cast,” pointed out co-director Wells, adding that many things have changed in the two years since. “This year, we have 31 students in our cast for ‘Legally Blonde,’ in addition to a large and growing tech and crew.
“It has been so rewarding to see the club grow. We get new faces in the meetings every week, friends and siblings of current members who are interested in being a part of our shows. It’s reminded me that even though theater programs have been shutting down, the desire for the performing arts is alive and well; they just needed an opportunity to get involved.”
Play co-director Anderson concurred that “Legally Blonde” is a big step in the right direction for theater students.
“This first big Broadway musical since COVID, I call part of the Theatre Revitalization Project,” he noted, crediting Wells with being a “big part” of that project. “This show was selected by the theatre club, then it was my role to just support it in any way I could.”
Of the new play’s impact on students, Anderson said, “It’s been a big learning curve for the students and the coaches, who are all heavily invested in the project and passionate about the work they’re doing. It was a challenge to get them (students) started. Now they’re all in.”
Point Loma students involved in the play agreed that the school’s thespian society is benefiting in a big way by taking on the challenge of performing “Legally Blonde.”
“I joined this theater club two years ago when I was a freshman,” said the play’s spotlight and prop master, Ochre McKinney. “The members of the theater club are all truly amazing, and they have stood by me through thick and thin. I have learned so much from them all. This cast and crew are amazing, and I hope that they all stick around for the shows we do after this.”
The play’s stage manager, Cadence Pablo, concurred.
“This is only my first year doing theater, but this club has been the highlight of my year, and I can’t imagine where I’d be without it,” she said. “‘Legally Blonde’ has been such a trip for everyone, and it’s created an environment I look forward to every day. Cast, crew and directors have been putting their all into this production, and I’m so glad we were all able to make this show possible.”
“Legally Blonde,” tickets – adults $15, students $10, at plhs-theater.square.site; showtimes: April 8, 9, 10, and 11 at 6:30 p.m., April 11 matinee at 1 p.m.
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