Seven Temple High theatre students have advanced to the UIL State Theatrical Design. Results will be announced Thursday, April 26 at the Round Rock ISD Performing Arts Center. The students' work will on display during the state one-act play finals contest. Theatrical design critiques and master classes will be from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The awards ceremony will be at 3 p.m. (Times have been updated.) Temple competes in Division 2, which includes 5A and 6A schools.
Named State Finalists for costume design were Rebecca Alley and *Morgan Madsen. Hair and Make-Up Finalists included Olivia Cabrera. Marketing Finalists were Gabriel Salazar and Joseph Espinoza. Set Design Finalists included Bianca Gutierrez and *Isabel Poehlmann. (*Honorable mention entries.)
Last year, Temple won the State Championship in Hair and Make-Up Design and the group entry placed 5th in the state.
Thespian Troupe #1966
Temple High School
Theatre Arts Department
415 South 31st Street
Temple, TX 76504
Director
Natasha Tolleson
Office 254-215-7278
natasha.tolleson@tisd.org
Theatre Instructor,
Lights & Sound
Kayla Stewart
kayla.stewart@tisd.org
Technical Director
Alicia Green
alicia.green@tisd.org
YouTube (thespiansrus)
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Temple's UIL One-Act Play Team has been a District Champion for 29 years in a row (as of March 2021). No other UIL team at Temple High holds such a record.
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Texas Thespians:
18 Students Advance to
International Competition
State Champion:
Thespian Team Tech Design
Three Films Advance in
UIL Film Contest
Five State Qualifiers
in UIL Theatrical Design;
Group Wins Bronze Medal
District Speech: 10 of 15
Advancers were from Temple,
Two District Team Champs
UIL One-Act Play Student Body
Advances to State Meet
(5th Time in the last 6 Meets)
Final 8 out of 249 schools
State 2nd Runner-Up, UIL
Theatre Team Champions
Texas Thespian Convention
Six Events Advance to
International Competition
Named a Texas Thespian
Outstanding Troupe (1 of 6)
Named Texas Thespian
All-Star Troupe (1 of 23)
Second Place in Texas
Team Mask Making
Performed Marathon Play
Wilderness for 500 people
UIL One-Act Play Mac Beth
District Champion. Contests
after district were cancelled
Mrs. Tolleson Named a
TETA Educator of the Year
Texas Thespian Convention
All 8 Events Advance to
International Competition
STATE CHAMPION
Team Mask Making
STATE CHAMPION
Team Set Design
Nominee, Texas Thespian
Troupe of the Year (1 of 6)
5th Place
Baby with the Bathwater
Texas UIL 6A State Finals
One-Act Play Competition
(Out of 254 schools)
5th Place in Texas, Div. 2
UIL Dramatic Design Group
Texas Thespian Convention
All 10 Events Advance to
International Competition
(More than any other troupe)
Texas Thespian Performance
of Wonder of the World
Texas Thespian All-Star
Troupe (1 of 10 in Texas)
Nominee, Texas Thespian
Troupe of the Year (1 of 3)
4th Place On the Verge
Texas UIL 5A State Finals
One-Act Play Competition
(Out of over 250 schools)