Things I Know To Be True, by Andrew Bovell, has been selected for Temple High School's 2023 entry in the UIL One-Act Play Contest. Temple is the defending district champion in the 6A conference. The play follows the story and the many struggles of the Price Family.

Read more: "Things I Know To Be True" SELECTED FOR 2023 ONE-ACT PLAY ENTRY

Temple High School's production of John Cariani's Almost, Maine opens this weekend. For more information, swing by the theatre.

Hairspray the Broadway Musical is being presented at Temple High School. Performance dates are Thursday-Saturday, October 27-29, 2022 at 7 p.m. with a Sunday matinee on October 30th at 2 p.m. Get your tickets to the biggest show of the season. Online tickets are available at https://bit.ly/3SU5rzX and are $10 in advance and $15 at the door. Reserved seat tickets (the first eight rows) cost $20. General admission seating opens 30 minutes before performance time. 

Big Music, Big Jokes, Big… Hair?

     Auditions for Temple High School's fall musical Hairspray were held Monday, August 29th in the high school auditorium.

     Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the musical follows teenage Tracy Turnblad's dream to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV dance program. When Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight, leading to social change as Tracy campaigns for the show's integration. Hairspray features songs that include 1960s-style dance music and "downtown" rhythm and blues with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters' 1988 film of the same name.

Performances:

October 27-28-29, 2022, at 7PM.

Sunday Matinee October 30th at 2PM.

Temple High School Auditorium.

Tickets: $10 in advance, $15 at the door.

Reserved seats available at an additional charge online.

Read more: Information Page for "Hairspray"

Natasha Tolleson has retired from Temple ISD as of May 27, 2022. She will become the Managing and Artistic Director of Temple Civic Theatre on July 5, 2022. Her new contact information will be:
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   Office Phone: 254-778-4751
   Office Mailing Address: 2413 South 13th Street, Temple TX 76504

Temple High School theatrical design students traveled to Houston on May 13, 2022, to The Museum of Fine Arts. The class is pictured in front of the portrait of President Barack Obama. Also on display was the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama. The paintings are on loan from the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and have been to Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and Atlanta. After Houston, the tour continues to San Francisco and Boston. The museum also contained a collection of the Art of M.C. Escher and many other exhibits.

Temple High Thespians assisted with the district-wide TISD Spring Carnival on May 7th, held at Jefferson and Raye-Allen Elementary Schools. The carnivals included student performances, food trucks, free games and more.

Kayla Stewart will become the head director of the Temple High Theatre Arts Department in the Fall 2022. She succeeds Natasha Tolleson, who retired after 31 years. Kayla has taught at Temple High for six years, where she was named Fine Arts Teacher of the Year for 2000-2001. She is pursuing her Master of Arts in Theatre from the University of Houston. She has appeared in shows at Temple Civic Theatre and the Cultural Activities Center, and also consults at TCT.

Kayla is the UIL informative, persuasive and debate coach. She also teaches theatrical lighting.