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
Middle School One-Act Play Contest moved to April 10 and 12
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
Three schools advance to Bi-District Contest
March 15-19 = Spring Break
Thursday, 3/25 = UIL One-Act Play Bi-District Contest, Waxahachie ISD PAC
Adjudicators: Phillip Taylor, Joe Brown, Bronwyn Sullenberger
Two schools advance directly to Region Contest
Friday, 4/2 = Good Friday
Friday, 4/2 = UIL One-Act Play Area Contest, Midway PAC
Adjudicators: Terri Castleberry, Melissa Green, Allan Otto
The UIL has cancelled the Area level of the contest
Saturday, 4/10 = Middle School One-Act Play Contest (originally 2/27)
Monday, 4/12 = Middle School One-Act Play Performances (originally 3/01)
April 16 or 17 = UIL One-Act Play Region Contest, University High, Waco
Adjudicators: Allana Patterson, Eric Vera, Jim Rambo
Wednesday, 4/28 = UIL Theatrical Design State Finals
Friday & Saturday, 4/30 & 5/1 = UIL One-Act Play State Finals 6A, Waxahachie ISD PAC
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
Office 254-215-7278
natasha.tolleson@tisd.org
Theatre Instructor,
Lights & Sound Teacher
Kayla Stewart
kayla.stewart@tisd.org
Technical Director
Brad LaMotte
bradlee.lamotte@tisd.org
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TWITTER Account
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 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