Rehearsal schedules for each show are listed on the show's Information Page
Tuesday, 10/20 = Auditions for Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play, 4 p.m. in the auditorium
Thursday, 10/22 and Saturday, 10/24 = Performances of This I Know,
an evening of original monologues
Saturday, 10/24 = 1st Saturday of Texas Thespians Virtual State Convention
Saturday, 11/7 = 2nd Saturday of Texas Thespians Virtual State Convention
Wednesday, 11/18 through Saturday, 11/21 = Performances of Vintage Hitchcock: A Live Radio Play
Saturday, 11/21 = 3rd Saturday of Texas Thespians Virtual State Convention
November 23-27 = Thanksgiving / Fall Break
Monday, 11/30 and Tuesday, 12/1 = Auditions for Chicago the musical (high school edition)
Saturday, 12/5 = 4th Saturday of Texas Thespians Virtual State Convention
December 21-January 4 = Christmas / Winter Break
Monday, 1/18 = Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, 2/8 = Temple High's Submission Deadline for UIL Theatrical Design
(Student deadline will be earlier)
Monday, 2/15 = President's Day
Saturday, 3/13 = UIL One-Act Play District Contest, Temple High School
(8 schools, performances begin at 12 noon)
Adjudicators: Rod Caspers, Susan Loughran, Karla Schumann
March 15-19 = Spring Break
Thursday, 3/25 = UIL One-Act Play Bi-District Contest, Waxahachie PAC
Adjudicators: Phillip Taylor, Susan Gainer, Joe Brown
Friday, 4/2 = Good Friday
Friday, 4/2 = UIL One-Act Play Area Contest, Midway PAC
Adjudicators: Terri Castleberry, Melissa Green, Allan Otto
April 16 or 17 = UIL One-Act Play Region Contest, University High, Waco
Adjudicators: Alanna Patterson, Eric Vera, John Ore
Wednesday, 4/28 = UIL Theatrical Design State Finals
Saturday, 5/1 = UIL One-Act Play State Finals
Adjudicators: Kim Frederick, Kelsey Kling, Kathy Harvey
May = Spring Spotlight, an evening of short plays
Monday, 5/31 = Memorial Day
Saturday 6/12 = Graduation
June 24 through 27 = Performances of Chicago the musical (high school edition)
Postponed from February because of COVID
Thespian Troupe #1966
Temple High School
Theatre Arts Department
415 South 31st Street
Temple, TX 76504
Director
Natasha Tolleson
natasha.tolleson@tisd.org
Theatre Instructor,
Lights & Sound Teacher
Kayla Stewart
kayla.stewart@tisd.org
Technical Director
Brad LaMotte
bradlee.lamotte@tisd.org
YouTube (thespiansrus)
TWITTER Account
Temple's UIL One-Act Play Team has been a District Champion for 28 years in a row (as of March 2020). No other UIL team at Temple High holds such a record.
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)
STATE CHAMPION
Texas UIL Hair & Make-Up
Design (Division 2)
5th Place in Texas, Div. 2
UIL Dramatic Design Group
14 Students Advance to
International Competition
Texas Thespian Mainstage
3 Performances of Cabaret
Temple High Thespians
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