Guys and Dolls District 5A Best Actor in Texas 5A, 2007 Inherit the Wind Best Actress ENTS in Texas 5A, 2007 FORMER STUD Samuel S French ODUCTION Former students have furthered their Acting Award SOME PAST PR theatre education at New York Uni- Texas 5A, 2007 versity, Emerson, UCLA, University of Ruthless! Medea North Carolina, Julliard, Duke, Webster, Tartuffe Marat / Sade Marymount Manhattan, University of Temple High School Suddenly Last Summer Hamlet Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University, All My Sons Of Mice and Men University of Texas, Texas State Univer- Theatre Department The Crucible The Miracle Worker sity, Sam Houston, American Academy of 5A High School • Temple Texas A Piece of My Heart Romeo and Juliet Dramatic Art New York, Brigham Young Baby with the Bathwater The Little Foxes University and many others. Waiting for Godot On the Verge Temple High School graduates are Alice In Wonderland Vanities working professionally in New York, Chi- Alice in Dylan Playing for Time cago, Boston and Los Angeles. Birdie Wonder- The Laramie Project Antigone land Dracula After The Fall Our Town Twelfth Night he program that Mrs. Tolleson runs at Temple is among the The Elephant Man The Dairy of Anne Frank Tbest high school theatre programs in the country. I didn’t The Children’s Hour The Caucasian Chalk Circle realize this until I was a theatre student at UCLA and found The Marriage of Bette And Boo myself to be ahead of my peers in knowledge, experience and The Importance of Being Earnest work ethic as a result of what I gained in high school. She A Midsummer Night’s Dream works harder than any teacher I’ve ever had at any level and Les Liaisons Dangereuses truly cares not only about how her students succeed in theatre The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (and they do), but also about how they develop as people and individuals. I’m now a professional actor in New York and still Anything Goes ALS find myself relying on the foundation of knowledge and skills I MUSIC gained in high school, and don’t doubt for a second that Mrs. West Side Story Camelot The Music Man Tolleson is the number one reason for my successes, both as a Seussical the Musical Guys and Dolls professional and as a person. Li’l Abner A Christmas Carol — Robert Bastron Anything Goes The Wiz Little Shop of Horrors Bye, Bye Birdie Natasha Tolleson Schoolhouse Rock Hello, Dolly! Temple High School Theatre Department Oklahoma! Bat Boy: The Musical 415 North 31st Street • Temple, TX 76504 The Music Man Zombie Prom Office 254-215-7036 • [email protected] Grease How to Succeed JANUARY 2008 Thespian Troupe website — www.ThespiansR.us Tartuffe

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ERED ROUPE COURSES OFF THE FACILITY THESPIAN T Introduction to Theatre Children’s Theatre 1-3 The facility, which includes a 52’×40’ proscenium stage Troupe #1966 International Thespian Society Acting 1-3 Dramatic Literature World Survey with a 1600-seat house, is being renovated during 2008-09 Invited to perform for International Festival, 2004 & 2007 Directing 1-3 Dramatic Literature 20th Century thanks to a voter-approved $3.7 million bond package. Dramatic Design 1-4 Theatre Production 1-4 The renovation includes seating, stage rigging, draper- Named Texas All-Star Thespian Troupe 2003, 2005, Stagecraft 1-4 ies, lighting system, lighting instruments, automated light- 2005, 2006, 2007 ing instruments and digital sound system. Plans also include Advanced to International Festival with LAY Seussical an electroacoustic architecture system to provide optimal • Duet Acting 2003, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08 ONE-ACT P the Musical acoustics for any performance in the facility. • Set Design 2003, 04, 05, 07, 08 U.I.L. Annual Competition Additions to the building include a new scene shop, new • Publicity 2004, 05, 06, 07, 08 District Advancement 1993-2007 dressing and make-up rooms and increased storage. • Costume Design 2005, 06, 07, 08 Area Advancement 1999-2004, 2007 • Duet Musical 2005, 06, 07 State Alternate 2004 Li’l Abner • Solo Musical 2005, 06, 07 2nd Place 5A State 2000 Students have received several Thespian Scholarships State Champion Division 5A 2007 International Winner Set Design 2004 fter performing in my first show at Temple High, I got what is Acommonly known as the “acting bug,” but what I never antici- pated was the knowledge and appreciation I would have for all forms aving retired from teaching theatre for many years, I couldn’t of theatre when I graduated. By the time I went to Emerson College in Hhave picked a better place to settle than Temple because it’s Boston, I was surprised to find how my high school training had given here that Natasha Tolleson teaches and directs the best high school me such a huge head start over many other theatre majors. theatre around. Her students are exposed to more theatre that those Natasha Tolleson and her program are the reasons I am a working he Temple High Theatre Department instilled within me a in most colleges, and graduate on to some of the best colleges in actor today. It is the one gem that sets Temple High apart from other Tpassion for theatre. I learned what it was to work on and perform America. Anyone not afraid of hard work won’t find a better place schools, and it is the reason I have a passion and a life today! something that is true, real and important. or a more knowledgeable and helpful colleague. — Anne Adams, Steppenwolf Theatre Company — Paul Brindley, Emerson College Graduate — Ray von Rosenberg

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