By Jacklyn Backhaus
Temple High School's 2022 entry in the annual UIL One-Act Play Contest
District Contest = Thursday, March 10 at Harker Heights
Bi-District Contest = Thursday, March 24 at Temple
Area Contest = Saturday, April 2 at Midway
Region Contest = Saturday, April 23 at Waco University
State Contest = May 5-7, 2022
John Wesley Powell, our one-armed leader = Natalie Greenfield
William Dunn, hunter and trapper = Alivea Johnson
John Colton Sumner, former soldier, explorer = Saniyah Galbreath
Old Shady, Powell's older brother = Rochelle Lopez
Bradley, Lieutenant, maic with youth = Brinley Belson
O.G. Howland, hunter = Skyler Gordon
Seneca Howland, O.G.'s younger brother = Michelle Boyles
Frank Goodman, British, so excited = Hanna Prince
Hall, mapmaker = Ash Hauersperger
Hawkins, the cook = Emily Perkins
UIL Alternates = Avery Tarbet, Kyra Williams, Tanijah Cody, Macy Ziehr
Directors = Natasha Tolleson, Kayla Stewart, Spencer Tolleson, Nathaniel Keefer
Stage Manager = Kelsi Seiter
UIL Crew = Kelsi Seiter, Janice Cody, Mekena McVean, Holden Rounds,
Colin Fowler, Terry Austin, Alyssa Maggitt, Sydney Fisher,
Sophia Pacheco, Jayden Maiani
On-Site Crew = Danae Hardister, Aracely Placencia, Allisandria Randle,
Rania Ahmed, Angel Santiago, Alyssa Olivares, Bianca Rios,
Victoria Stanley, Thomas Painter, Hayden Korsmo,
Melody Oradesky, Antonio Gordon
(Updated March 3, 2022)
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)