Mario Lomeli Scholarship

In partnership with the Drama Teachers of Southern California (DTASC), this scholarship has been created for an outstanding student participant of the CETA High School Theatre Festival and DTASC Festivals.

MARIO LOMELI (1931–1997) Mario Lomeli was a long-time, actively devoted member of CETA-South (then known as SCETA) and DTASC. He served on the SCETA Advisory Council and for many years served as treasurer of DTASC. He was noted for being an outstanding theatre educator; musicals were his specialty. He taught at Audubon Junior High School and University High School in Los Angeles. For several summers, he was director of the All-City Drama/Music Workshop which was held at Roosevelt High School. Upon retiring, he taught Readers Theatre at the Emeritus College at Santa Monica City College. Mario always had a ready smile and was a kind, gentle, loyal man, deeply loved, admired and respected by his colleagues, students, friends, and family. He loved musicals and cherished his time attending and producing theatre. In his memory a scholarship has been created for an outstanding student participant of the CETA-South and DTASC Festivals.