As the beginning of autumn creeps in, the time for one of Clear Springs’ theatre department’s highly celebrated “Coffeehouse” comes. Coffeehouse is a performance designed to showcase Charger talent. Acts include musical acts, dance performances and stand-up comedy.

The beginning of the shows start off with an auctioning: the students try to raise money for the theatre department by offering up couch and chair seats in the front of the stage. As soon as the auctioning is over, the acts begin.

The show’s openers, Hannah Hayes and Noah Carlin (you may remember them as the leads of last year’s musical, Big Fish), performed a rendition of “Right Hand-Man” from the musical, Something Rotten. Hannah’s voice seems to get stronger the more she performs, and tonight was no exception. The performance was short and sweet with Noah’s accompaniment adding to the theatrical feel of the piece.

Considering how difficult stand-up comedy is, Dane Wyble killed it. He has a natural wit and humor that even in between jokes when there seemed to be a moment of hesitation, he reacted in ways funnier than he planned. The audience erupted during his humble, extremely funny act. Wyble, a natural performer, has also been a member of Comedy Cabaret which explains his ease with improvisation.

The musical talent of the students at our school, however, continues to steal the show. Hayley Dougherty’s performance of “What Do You Do with Your Arms” was as equally amusing as impressive due to the wit and humor in the song itself, and the impressive vocal performance Hayley has. Another great musical performance was the acoustic cover of SZA’s song “Drew Barrymore,” performed by Skye Powell. Skye’s voice was made for alternative music, and she did an excellent job of covering a very current artist with much success.

Charger’s Got Talent wasn’t the only show to witness Mr. Stonebarger’s singing capabilities. One of the performers was sick, so he filled in with a cover of his go-to song, Mustang Sally. Always a fan-favorite, the crowd was very much into the theatre production teacher’s performance. In fact, everyone seems to love Coffeehouse. As opposed to a talent show, there is no pressure on winning. It’s just a good-natured, entertaining show where the performers and audience members alike have a blast.

“I wish they had Coffeehouse monthly. It was more fun than I thought it’d be,” Alee Ontiveros (9) said.