Killeen ISD high school theater students earned state and national honors, callbacks and scholarship offers during a state thespian festival during the Thanksgiving break.
Chaparral High School Bobcat Drama continued its record-breaking ways at the Texas Thespian State Festival with more than $1 million in college scholarship offers and numerous state and national awards.
Bobcat Drama recorded 12 National Qualifying Student Performers and Technicians, two All-State Company Members, an Improv Challenge All-Star, a Disney Callback, a Main Stage Callback (a National Qualifier with a perfect score), 258 college callbacks and over $1 million in college scholarship offers.
Eight theater students from Ellison attended and five of them earned national qualifier status in their individual events.
Ellison theater honors:
Tatiana White, solo musical, “Alyssa Greene” from The Prom
Tavin Bunes, sound design, “Yellow Wallpaper”
Justin Mages, scenic design, “Epic Proportions”
Sasha Lauderdale, Makeup Design, Little Shop Of Horrors
Camilla Olivas, contrasting monologues, Monologue 1: Daddy's Girl by Gary Ray Stapp. Monologue 2: A Forgetful Remembrance By Bobby Keniston
Chaparral Bobcat Drama honors:
Improv Challenge All-Star Kaitlyn Dooley
Scholarship Finalist Hannah Newson, Hadassah Moon, Ava Morgan and Armie Melton
Disney Callback Hannah Newson
Main Stage Callback Marlee Luther
Monologue National Qualifier Marlee Luther, Ava Morgan and Riley Yurush
Solo Musical National Qualifier Armie Melton, Sha’ve Dotson, Zachary Repine, Alexandra Madera, Anaiah Chamberlain and Hadassah Moon
Stage Management National Qualifier Saturn Boulding
Duet Acting National Qualifiers Kayoni Harrell and Kaitlyn Dooley
All-State Company Hadassah Moon and Saturn Boulding
Killeen HS Roo Drama:
Killeen High School senior Eliel Santiago submitted a college audition and received 10 callbacks for college musical theatre programs. He also competed in a Thespy for Solo Musical, and his performance received a superior score. He is a national qualifier for Solo Musical.
See photos from the festival here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/killeenisd/albums/72177720330549684