Senior Aurelia Moulin, an up and coming theater student, recently won an audition for a technical theater scholarship at St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California.

     Moulin sought out the scholarship herself when researching college and decided to audition. The audition for the scholarship took place on January 21 and Moulin had to compete with 25-30 other high school seniors. Out of them, only seven would receive scholarships.  

     In order to receive the scholarship to St. Mary’s, Moulin had to prepare a portfolio consisting of her technical theater experience, go through an interview and perform two monologues all to be judged by a panel of seven judges, four of which were professors at St. Mary’s and one was the chairman of the technical theater department.

     “Technical theater is all the work that goes on behind the stage,” said Moulin.

     The scholarship will provide Moulin with $13,000 a year and will be able to be renewed each year via the same process, though she must maintain a minor in technical theater to have access to the funding.

     Drama director Stuart Smith aided in the entire process of preparing for the audition.

     “Holding onto a tradition of student run programs, the work she has accomplished was because she wanted it, and wanted to do good things,” said Smith.

     Smith helped to work out both of Moulin’s monologues as well as assisted in putting together her portfolio.

     Moulin’s friends supported her along the way.

     “Oh my gosh I’m so excited for her,” said senior Jenna Habiel.