Press and Recognition

We are very excited to announce that two of our students are the recipients of 2020 Desert Theatre League Scholarship! They are:
Saigo Iniguez
Charles Schnell
Congratulations! We are very proud of you the both of you!!

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Congratulations Kaiya!!

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Congratulations!!
Congratulations to this year’s winners and a Alumni of Green Room Theatre Company.

Charles Schnell
Palm Valley School, 11th Grade
Charles played the lead role in the 2018
GRTC Summer Conservatory Theatre Production of
"Annie Get Your Gun"


The playwrights will be working with Chuck Yates and David Youse of Coyote Stage Works to direct and produce their plays, which will be presented professionally in June 2019.
Thank you to all of the students/teachers who submitted.  We had a variety of fine work to choose from, and we hope that you will submit again next year!

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​Desert Theatre League 2018

Outstanding Lead Actress – Musical - Youth Theatre  

• Jacqueline Merritt - Pirates of Penzance - Green Room Theatre Company
• Kaiya Treash - Pirates of Penzance - Green Room Theatre Company

Outstanding Production - Staged Reading   

• 6 RMS RIV VU - Green Room Theatre Company
• The Merchant of Venice - Green Room Theatre Company
• Shakespeare: Villainy and Vengeance - Green Room Theatre Company

​Outstanding Director of a Staged Reading   

• John Alex Houlton - The Merchant of Venice - Green Room Theatre Company  
• Adina Lawson - Shakespeare: Villainy and Vengeance - Green Room Theatre Company
• Richard Marlow - 6 RMS RIV VU - Green Room Theatre Company

Outstanding Lead Male Performer in a Staged Reading  

• Richard Marlow - Shakespeare: Villainy and Vengeance - Green Room Theatre Company  

Outstanding Lead Female Performer in a Staged Reading  

• Adina Lawson - Shakespeare: Villainy and Vengeance - Green Room Theatre Company  

Outstanding Lead Female Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional  

• June August - The Merchant of Venice - Green Room Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Male Performer in a Staged Reading  

• Hal O'Connell - The Merchant of Venice - Green Room Theatre Company

Outstanding Supporting Male Performer in a Staged Reading - Professional  

• Barry Cutler - Shakespeare: Villainy and Vengeance - Green Room Theatre Company

Click here to see the full list of our nominations! Congratulations to all nominees.  We are proud of you!

Click here to see a stage review of ‘Annie Get Your Gun’
​in Coachella Valley Weekly!

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​from So Cal Mom Magazine's May 2018 issue (socalmommag.com).

Congratulations to our very own Ophelia Girl, recipient of  the 2018 Ophelia/PSWIFT/Green Room Theatre Company Scholarship.  Special Thanks to Patti Gribow from Palm Springs Women in Film & Television and Director Susan Francis from Ophelia Project.  We so appreciate your support. 

The Ophelia Project was a lovely event with Awards Ceremony followed by Silent Auction and beautiful luncheon. Congratulations to each one of the Ophelia Project winners! For more info visit: http://jfkfoundation.org and www.pswift.org.

Keana Garcia was a founding student of Green Room Conservatory at the age of nine. She has performed in more than thirteen Conservatory productions. She is now lead dancer of College of the Desert's Ballet Folklorico company and was recently elected Homecoming Queen at Palm Desert High School AND Queen of the Riverside County Date Festival. We are waiting to see which college will be lucky enough to enroll Keana in the fall!

​Desert Theatre League 2017

• Bill Groves Award for Outstanding Juvenile - Bennett Creighton,  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part One.
• Bill Groves Award for Outstanding Juvenile - Nick Wass (Green Room Theatre Co. Youth Board Member) for Expressions with Desert Theatre Ensemble.
• Outstanding Lead Actor - Youth Musical Theatre - Adrian Esqueda-Gonzalez, Mary Poppins.
• Outstanding Male Performer in a Staged Reading - John Alex Houlton (GRTC Board Member), Our American Cousin with Desert Theatre Works.

Click here to see the full list of our nominations.

Green Room Conservatory Lead Actress wins high praise in Desert Chorale show. Kaiya Treash, who played Mabel in Pirates of Penzance, is a standout once again!