Students Prepare for Texas Thespian Convention

Temple theatre students are preparing to attend the 2017 Texas Thespian Festival November 15-18 in Grapevine.

Marathon Play: Temple's troupe will present Wonder of the World by David Lindsey-Abaire on Thursday, November 16 at 4:30 p.m. in Texas Ballroom C.

National Individual Events: Several students are competing in individual events, with the possibility of advancing to the national competition in Lincoln, Nebraska, next summer. Performance events include 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). Technical entries include scenic design (Izzy Poehlmann), lighting design (Ricardo Fontanez), costume design (Brianna Alexander), sound design (Michael Jones) and theatre marketing (Seth Little).

Scholarship & College Auditions: Adara Felix and Robert Solar

Texas Only Events: These entries include tech team hair and makeup design (Bailee Poelker, Jonathan Equels, Baylee Black, Anaiya Harris), tech team costume design (Brianna Alexander, Lauren Bruckbauer, Kaiya Fowler, Morgan Madsen), tech team mask making (Grace Mellette, Adara Felix, Callie Ortega, Olivia Cabrera), tech team set design (Robert Solar, Izzy Poehlmann, Rachel Wallace, Rebecca Alley) and tech challenge (Robert Solar, Michael Jones, Torrie Culp, Simon Juarez, Kaitlyn Horton, Ricardo Fontanez, Keziah Fields).