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Adrian Reyes

2026 Recipient

ONTARIO, Calif., April 16, 2026 – Chaffey High School 2026 graduating senior Adrian Reyes has won the Rapattoni Drama Scholarship and will receive a $2,500 dollar scholarship for Outstanding Performance and Dedication in Chaffey High School Theatre.

According to Nathaniel Brown, Choir Teacher, Aaron Anderson, Drama Teacher, and Brian Barnhart, Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts Department and Director of CHS Drama, “Adrian was selected for this scholarship recognition due to her theatrical talent, commitment, and dedication to the productions at Chaffey High School.” Adrian ranks 108^th of 772 seniors at Chaffey High School and has a 4.0 grade point average.

Brian continued by recalling Adrian’s journey with Chaffey Theatre Company that began with working backstage in the fall of 2023 for the show Happy Days. She then ran the lighting consolefor the spring 2024 show Sweeney Todd. Adrian’s first production as official Stage Manager was for the wild and cue-filled SpongeBob the Musical, earning the title of Stage Manager of the Year at the JRAY Awards. Adrian also called the first live rock musical at GWS in over 20 years for the spring 2025 show The Who’s Tommy. Adrian’s stage management skills helped get the audience on their feet to dance in the aisle for the fall 2025 production of Mamma Mia! And for her final production at Chaffey, Adrian will be training a new Stage Manager for the spring 2026 show All Shook Up.

Obtaining the rank of Thespian President in Chaffey’s International Thespian Society Troupe 5535, Miss Reyes is a well-seasoned Stage Manager, having supported the backstage crew in productions that over 19,103 patrons of Chaffey Theatre have enjoyed.

This is the 15^th annual scholarship provided by Niki Brown Rapattoni, CHS class of 1958, and her husband, the late Andy Rapattoni, CHS class of 1957.

The two of them met in the Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium in 1956 while attending the senior play. The high school sweethearts were married 57 years and have been avid supporters of the CHS Alumni Association and Chaffey Theatre Company. Andy was the 2010 CHS Alumni Tiger of the Year and spoke at that year’s Baccalaureate ceremony, and Niki was selected as the 2020 Tiger of the Year and was the first to video record her speech for graduates due to the Covid mandates preventing a live ceremony. When asked about the scholarship, co-benefactor Niki replied, “Our Rapattoni family are thrilled to provide this scholarship to Adrian Reyes, a deserving CHS graduating student who has excelled in Theater Arts and plans to continue her pursuits at CSU Fullerton.”

Brian Barnhart and CHS faculty are very grateful for the support and dedication the Rapattonis have gifted the program over the years, and Brian remarked, “They walked these grounds in the ‘50s, and began a lifetime of ‘paying it forward’ to our talented performers. Adrian is a most deserving recipient of the annual scholarship this year and I know she will repay it forward just as other benefactors have.”

Adrian is the daughter of proud parents Daisy Reyes and Joe Reyes of Ontario, CA, and has been accepted to California State University Fullerton where she will major in Stage Management. She has been added to the list of Rapattoni Drama Scholarship recipients: 2012-Gabriel Navarro; 2013-Vincent LaVigna; 2014-Jade Winter White; 2015-Jonathan Guevara; 2016-Adam Granados; 2017-Anthony Nelson; 2018-Ashley Flores; 2019-Jasmine Padilla; 2020-Zohary Gonzalez; 2021-Tiffany Silvas; 2022-Marcel Almirantearena; 2023-Kendra Barnhart; 2024-Emma Uribe; and 2025-Michael Gomez..

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