Thespians

8-15-09

Thespians Honor Society is a Nationwide organization for High School theatre students. Since thespians is an honor society we do things similar to other organizations like, community service, and group activities but with a little more theatrical flair!      In order to be a thespian you must have 10 points from working with the shows; jobs like: props, make up, or costume crew, being on stage, assistant directing, etc. will all aid you in the process to become a thespian. There are so many jobs that go into making a high quality production and every job is rewarded. If you are not a member yet that is okay, Drama Club still works directly with Thespians but they don't receive that title until they are inducted. This past May we inducted nineteen new members into Thespians! If you wish to be a member it is very simple and all of the officers would be more than willing to help. from left to right: Mark Keith, Noah Reece, Albert Rubio, Josh Popa, Amanda Tutor, Katie Maddox, Gina Hughes, April Shortt      We have a group of officers that are nominated by our peers to lead the organization. Josh Popa is our Vice President, Gina Hughes and Katie Maddox are our Historians, Noah Reece is our Web Master, Albert Rubio is our Treasurer, April Shortt is our Secretary and I, Amanda Tutor, am the President! We work together with our sponsor Mr. Mark Keith to plan activities, community service opportunities, and liven the spirit of theatre in our school!      Last year our community service activities included Habitat for Humanity, a Blood Drive with Red Cross, Trick or Treat so Kids Can Eat, and writing letters to the troops. We have a lot of great ideas for this year, keep checking the website for more updates on dates for our events. Thespians/Drama Club is a lot of fun and I highly suggest that you join us this year! ~Amanda Tutor - President

Thespians Convention

8-15-09

A big event for Thespians Honor Society is the Thespian convention. Last year we went to Convention at the Dallas/Fort Worth Convention Center right before Thanksgiving break and had a great time. Not only is there a Texas Thespian convention, but there are many held in other states from Minnesota to California to Florida just to name a few. The Texas Festival welcomes troupes from all over the state of Texas to participate in play marathons, directing classes, acting for the stage, acting for the camera, singing classes, dance classes, puppeteer classes -- the possibilities are endless.      The play marathons are 30-45 minute plays put on by troupes from schools all over the state that apply to do their show early, and anyone with the convention can go see! They also produce three main stage shows that are auditioned at the end of the previous year and shown at a local large theatre!      There are also opportunities for competition. Last year we took competitors in Duet acting, solo acting, duet musical, solo musical, duet pantomime, solo pantomime, and we also competed in relays like, make up competition, "super techy", and "group techy"! We had great success last year and over half of our performance competitors qualified for the International Thespian Convention. Our Super Techy, April Shortt got fifth overall, and our Group Techy team (Zack Adair, Brad Brockman, Kayli Warmker, and Kaitlin Schneider) got 3rd overall out of 50. These competitors competed in relays that included many aspects of tech to complete!      Another very impressive opportunity is that many colleges come to the convention to see auditions. Two seniors from each school can participate in this and scholarships are awarded to a select few out of the hundreds. Last year our president Kara McDonald received one of these very prestigious scholarships!      Overall, convention is a great opportunity to have fun with your friends, and ultimately learn a lot about the arts and yourself! ~Amanda Tutor - President

Thespians Convention 2009 Results

11-23-09

Our thespians troupe, Troupe 6151, performed remarkably well at this year's Texas Thespians Convention in Corpus Chritsti. We were one of the five schools there out of about a hundred and fifty to receive the honor of being named an All-Star Troupe. This award was given based off of our troupe's display board, put together by our officers, which showed our scrapbook, our productions from this fall season, our community service projects, and our spin on this year's Thespian Convention theme: "Theatre is..."      We competed in all but one of the eight individual events this year. Katie Maddox competed in Monologue; Gina Hughes and Albert Rubio competed in Duet Acting; Brooke Bowman, Josh Popa, and Noah Reece competed in Group Acting; Storm Lineberger competed in Solo Musical; Sarah Brown and Wesley Hooper competed in Duet Musical; Storm Lineberger, Sarah Naumann, Albert Rubio, Drew Stier, Wesley Hooper, Noah Reece, and Amanda Tutor competed in Group Musical; and Jake Lozano competed in Solo Mime. We made it to finals in Duet Acting and Duet Musical, and Albert and Gina advanced to represent our school on the mainstage (in front of the entire convention) with their duet scene. We qualified to compete in Nationals in Monologue, Duet Acting, Group Acting, Solo Musical, Duet Musical, and Group Musical.      Our techies also performed well. We took first place in Make-Up, and placed third in the Texas Techie Relay. ~the Webmaster