Temple's Theatrical Design Group Team was awarded the Bronze Medal (3rd Place) at the UIL State Theatrical Design Championship. Results were announced May 10, 2021. Temple's team included Genevieve Myers (set design), Sereniti Patterson (hair and make-up), Hanna Prince (costumes) and Daniel Salazar (marketing).

Students were required to create a design for the musical Man of La Mancha in a way that it had not been produced before. Temple's team competed in Division 2, which included 5A and 6A schools. Temple has competed in the annual UIL contest since it started in 2008, and was the first group state champion.

     Although Temple High's One-Act Play team was not ranked in the Top 3 at the 2021 State Finals, the team had a great showing and received many wonderful audience comments about their production of Student Body. It was a huge honor to be in the Elite Eight out of the 249 schools that began the 6A contest. The contest was held April 30 and May 1, 2021, at Waxahachie High School. This was the 5th time in the last six state finals that Temple has participated.
     Three Temple team members received individual acting awards. Named to the State All-Star Cast was Genevieve Myers (in the role of Liz). Selected for the State Honorable Mention All-Star Cast were Sereniti Patterson (in the role of April) and Cameron Hooper (in the role of Rob).
     There was a delay in announcing results when the online tabulating software came up with different results when used on different computers. The rankings had to be sent to the state UIL office for them to compute and verify. They also had a technology problem with the virtual Zoom awards presentation because they didn't purchase the large meeting add-on for $50 to allow up to 500 people to watch the ceremony. Some participating schools could not sign-in to view the ceremony. Tickets had been $10 per person for each of the eight individual plays.
     Selected as the state champion was San Antonio Northwest Taft High with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. First runner-up was Deer Park High with Moon Over Buffalo. Second runner-up was Midland High with The Old Man and the Old Moon.

Here is a photo of Temple High's One-Act Play Team on Thursday prior to boarding the bus for the State Finals. The team performs Saturday at 3 p.m.

This year in the 6A classification, 249 schools entered the UIL One-Act Play competition. Now there are only eight schools remaining — and Temple High's team is one of the Elite Eight. The state meet will be Friday, April 30 and Saturday, May 1 at the Waxahachie High School Performing Arts Center, 3001 US Hwy 287 Bypass, Waxahachie TX 75167. Temple will be the 7th school to perform (Saturday at 3 p.m.)

Performance Times, Schools and Titles include:        (sf = Scenes from)  (FBk) = Facebook

FRIDAY, APRIL 30
   10:00 am Waxahachie High — sf Blue Stockings  (FBk)
   12:30 pm Midland High — sf The Old Man and the Old Moon  (FBk)
   3:00 pm Glenda Dawson High (Pearland) — sf 33 Variations  (FBk)
   5:30 pm Harlingen High South — sf Anatomy of Gray  (FBk)
SATURDAY, MAY 1
   10:00 am Taft High (San Antonio) — sf The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 
   12:30 pm Frenship High (Wolfforth, suburb of Lubbock) — sf Blue Stockings  (FBk)
   3:00 pm Temple High — sf Student Body
   5:30 pm Deer Park High — sf Moon Over Buffalo

The virtual awards ceremony will be about one hour after Deer Park's critique is completed.

Added 4/28 = CLICK HERE for the official UIL One-Act Play State Virtual Program (PDF).

Because there is no printed program at the state finals, CLICK HERE for a two-page PDF summary sheet showing the cast members of all eight competitors. You may want to print this out and bring with you since your phone can't be on during the plays.

TICKETS: http://tix.ThespiansR.Us Tickets are available ONLINE ONLY. (No onsite ticket sales.) The cost is $10 PER SHOW plus 50¢ per ticket fee. The facility has 604 seats. Face masks are required. Doors will open approximately 15 minutes prior to each performance. Audiences must leave after each performance and will have to exit the building. Guests may not congregate in the lobby. Tickets are non-refundable.

Adjudicators include Kim Frederick, Kelsey Kling and Kathy Harvey. Contest manager is Dr. Jerry Ivins.

  (Info page also contains a link to Facebook photos of the show.)

CLICK HERE to download a PDF of the "Send-Off" Program from April 23 & 24

Five Temple theatre students were named State Qualifiers in the annual UIL Theatrical Design contest. This year the students created designs for Man of La Mancha by Dale Wasserman. Results will be announced during a virtual ceremony on Monday, May 10. Students will be furnished with the judge's critiques from the preliminary round and are allowed to make revisions before the state finals.

Temple students include Genevieve Myers (set design), Sereniti Patterson (hair and make-up design), Hanna Prince (costume design), Daniel Salazar (theatrical marketing), and Kelsi Seiter (theatrical marketing). Temple competes in UIL Division 2, which includes only 5A and 6A schools.

At the District 12-6A Speech Academic Meet, held March 24 at Belton High, the five speech contests sent a total of 15 students to the regional competition. Out of those 15 advancers, 10 were from Temple High School.

Temple students advancing to regional include:
Informative Speaking = Smrutu Ramanathan, Kylie Burke, Mimansha Shrestha
Lincoln-Douglas Debate = Marc Wong
Persuasive Speaking = Marc Wong
Poetry Interpretation = Austin Madsen, Michael Rodriguez
Prose Interpretation = Sereniti Patterson, Genevieve Myers, Saniyah Galbreath

Temple also won the District Champion Team awards for Literary Criticism and Speech. Alivea Johnson was named the alternate advancing student in persuasive speaking.

Because of COVID, performances of Chicago: High School Edition will be postponed until June 24-27. 2021. We will post more information as it becomes available. The company is pictured above.

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