Temple High School's UIL team will compete in the first round of 2019 UIL One-Act Play competition on Saturday, March 2 at the zone contest at Harker Heights High School, 1001 East FM-2410 Road, 76548. Performances begin at 2:30 p.m. and will run back-to-back. Competition order and estimated starting time will be:
(1) 2:30 p.m., Midway High, Violet Sharp
(2) 3:20 p.m., Temple High, Baby with the Bathwater
(3) 4:10 p.m., Harker Heights High, A Doll's House, Part 2
(4) 5:00 p.m., Waco High, Scotland Road
Three of the four schools will advance to the District Contest, which will be Friday, March 8, at Waco Midway High.
Critic judges include Dr. Rebecca Osborne of Austin, Dr. Bodhisattva (Bob) Chanda of Lubbock, and Cory Broom of Addison. Aimee Kasprzyk is serving as contest manager.
Temple's entry, Baby with the Bathwater by Christopher Durang, begins as Helen (Sierra Amalbert) and John (Seth Little) gaze proudly at their new offspring, a bit disappointed that is doesn't speak English and they are too polite to check its sex. So they decide that the child is a girl and name it Daisy — which leads to all manner of future emotional and personality problems when it turns out that Daisy (Anthony Williamson) is actually a boy. The play charts the saga of Daisy's struggle to establish his identity and introduces us to the many zany characters he meets along the way. Durang is an American playwright known for works of outrageous and often absurd comedy. CLICK HERE for the play information page.
For the past 26 years in a row, Temple's team has been a District Co-Champion. No other UIL team at Temple High holds such a record. Last year, Temple's entry (On the Verge) placed 4th in the state, out of over 250 5A schools. This year, Temple is in the 6A classification.
Pictured above are team members prior to attending a clinic to prepare for this competition.
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
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Temple's UIL One-Act Play Team has been a District Champion for 30 years in a row (as of March 2022). No other UIL team at Temple High holds such a record.
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International Competition
State Champion:
Thespian Team Tech Design
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Five State Qualifiers
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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
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UIL One-Act Play Mac Beth
District Champion. Contests
after district were cancelled
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Texas Thespian Convention
All 8 Events Advance to
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STATE CHAMPION
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5th Place
Baby with the Bathwater
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One-Act Play Competition
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5th Place in Texas, Div. 2
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Texas Thespian Convention
All 10 Events Advance to
International Competition
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