Temple High Theatre's murder mystery dinner theatre, Murder, Actually, will perform Thursday, November 7 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, November 10 at 1 p.m. in the high school main cafeteria. A listing of the cast and production staff is available on the show's Information Page (click here). Tickets include the meal and are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Tickets are available from students or from CentralTexasTickets.com
It's the fall of 1908 at the stately Withering Heights Estate. It’s the weekend of Catherine (Kerynn Eckenrode) and Algernon’s (Cameron Hooper) wedding, and no one is happy about it — not the bride and bridegroom, not the family, not the neighbors, not the servants, not even the entertainment — the Roving Society of Poets and Yoemen. But especially not Algernon’s brother, Heathcliff (Austin Madsen), and his friend, Lady Virginia (Genevieve Myers), who have raced home from their world travels to be at the wedding. Strange things start happening, and it appears the wedding is off. But maybe all is not what it seems?
Below are photos by Mimansha Shrestha taken at a rehearsal on Tuesday, November 5, 2019
More rehearsal photos are posted for the troupe's Facebook page.
The following article by Melany Cox appeared in the Temple Daily Telegram on November 7, 2019:
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
YouTube (thespiansrus)
TWITTER Account
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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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)