Peter Pan, the Temple High School fall musical, will begin rehearsals on August 13, 2018. Here is the preliminary schedule (subject to revision):

UPDATE: Choreography: Check GroupMe for who is called at each rehearsal.
Mon 8/13: 2:00-7:00
Tues 8/14: 4:30-7:00
Wed 8/15: 2:00-7:00
Thu 8/16: 4:00-7:00
The first day of classes is Wednesday, August 22.

Music: 4:15-6:30 pm, Aug 22, 23, 27, 28, 28 and 30.
Blocking rehearsals begin Tuesday, September 4.
Saturday Workdays begin September 8.
Performances are October 25-28, 2018.

CLICK HERE for the Information Page showing cast, production staff, and other information.

Because of construction in the Fine Arts area of Temple High, there will be differences from past years in classroom locations and when shows are normally produced.

October 25-29, 2018 — Performances of the musical Peter Pan. We won't be able to access the seating area of the auditorium after November 1. The band will start holding classes on the stage during the morning periods and will be storing equipment out in the seating area.

December 8 and 9, 2018 — Christmas Dessert Theatre in the cafeteria. Plans are to perform the musical A Charlie Brown Christmas.

January 24-27, 2019 — Theatre in the Round on the stage. Because of construction, audience members will have to enter through the doors on the front of the school, just to the right of the shop door and loading dock. Title of the play has yet to be determined.

Spring 2019 — Competition in the annual UIL One-Act Play contest.

Temple High Thespians assisted with "Fish Camp" (for incoming freshmen) on Thursday, August 2, 2018. The camp lasted from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with parents attending at 4 p.m. Thespians set-up a troupe display showing various theatre activities from last year. Sierra Amalbert is serving as Thespians President for 2018-19.

Fifteen Temple Hiigh School Thespians traveled to Lincoln, Nebraska, in June 2018 to compete at the annual International Thespian Society Convention. Twelve of the 15 students received medals and a Superior rating in the competitions. Superior is the highest score a student can receive. Temple had more entries advance from state to the national competition than any other troupe in Texas. Temple competed in group musical, duet acting, solo musical, scenic design, costume design, sound design and theatre marketing.

Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, Temple will return to the UIL Conference 6A in the nine-member District 12. Teams will include Belton High, Copperas Cove High, Killeen High, Killeen Ellison, Killeen Harker Heights, Killeen Shoemaker, Temple High, Waco High and Waco Midway. Temple's new district will be in Region 2, having previously been in Region 3.

Out of the 260 schools that started the one-act season in the 5A classification, Temple came in 4th at the state meet on April 24, 2018 in Round Rock. Sierra Amalbert was named to the State All-Star Cast. Gabriel Salazar was named to the State Honorable Mention All-Star Cast.

The state champion was Tuloso-Midway HS, Corpus Christi, with Moon Over Buffalo. First runner-up was Austin HS with The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Second runner-up was Waxahachie HS with The Curious Incident of theDog in the Night-Time.

FINAL PERFORMANCE: Temple's final performance will be Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. in the Temple High School Auditorium. Admission $5.

Here is Director Natasha Tolleson pictured with members of the One-Act Play team and State Theatrical Design students who are Seniors and will be graduating in June.

Front Row: Arreyon Blocker, Callie Ortega, Adara Felix, Gabriel Salazar and Bianca Gutierrez.
Back Row: Bailee Poelker, Alante Anderson, Natasha Tolleson, Grace Mellette, Robert Solar and Aaron Flores.

Temple High theatre students had great success at the Texas State Thespian Festival held November 15-18 in Grapevine. The convention had 7892 people in attendance (students, teachers, and chaperones).

Out of the 280 troupes at convention, Temple was one of 10 schools named an All-Star Troupe. Temple was also named one of the three finalists for the 2016-17 Outstanding Troupe award. The group performed the comedy Wonder of the World in front of a standing-room-only audience, with Adara Felix being named Outstanding Supporting Actress for all marathon plays. Adara and Robert Solar both received $1000 Texas Thespian Scholarhips.

All 10 Temple individual events received superior ratings and advanced to the national competition held June 25-30, 2018 in Lincoln, Nebraska. No other troupe in the entire state had that many entries advance. These events included group musical (Sierra Amalbert, Callie Ortega, Adara Felix, Rebecca Alley, Olivia Cabrera, Allison Quiroz and Alante Anderson), duet acting (Morgan Madsen, Kerynn Eckenrode), duet acting (Gabe Salazar, D’Andre Wright), solo musical (Kaiya Fowler), solo musical (Arreyon Blocker). scenic design (Izzy Poehlmann), lighting design (Ricardo Fontanez), costume design (Brianna Alexander), sound design (Michael Jones) and theatre marketing (Seth Little).

In the Texas Team events, Temple won first place in the state for team mask making. The team included Grace Mellette, Adara Felix, Callie Ortega, and Olivia Cabrera.

Pictured at left are Anaiya Harris and Bailee Poelker with their Team Make-Up and Hair Design entries in the Texas team events. At right is a photo of the first place winner in Team Mask Making. At the top right is Sierra Amalbert, who found her doppelgänger on a poster at the convention.

The troupe made the front page of the Temple Daily Telegram on November 28, 2017: