Once again, KHS has had an excellent year of theatrical performances. The musical "Once Upon a Mattress" has been nominated for 10 awards by the Bettye Buckley Awards committee. These nominations include: Best Direction, Best Set Design, Best Costumes, Best Lighting Design, Best Actor (Colin Malone), Best Crew, Best Ensemble, Best Orchestra, Best Choreography, and Best Musical. Awards were presented at the Bass Hall on April 16th. As nominee for Best Musical, we had the chance to perform at the Bass before a near-full house. It was an incredible experience!!!!! Keller brought home three awards that evening.....Best Set Design, Best Lighting Design, and Best Costumes. (We tied for the most awards presented to any one school) Congratulations to an excellent cast of singers, dancers, actors, technicians, and directors!
Congratulations to the director and students involved in the 2001 UIL One-Act play. We performed "The Serpent Woman" by Gozzi. We placed 1st at the Zone 1 competition. All-Star Crew was Dianna Hitchcock. Honorable mention All-Star Cast members were Jeff Walters and Skyler Stuckey. All-Star Cast members were Derek Whitener and Nick Robinson. At the District 5-5a contest, we placed 1st again. All-Star Crew member was Ashley Parvin. Honorable mention All-Star Cast members were Skyler Stuckey, Megan Dotson, and Jeff Walters. All-Star Cast members were Rae Taylor and Kristen Cox. Best Actor was Derek Whitener. At the Area 3 contest, Honorable mention All-Star Cast members were Rae Taylor and Kristen Cox. All-Star Cast member was Skyler Stuckey. The play did not advance to the Regional competition, but the judge said that it was an excellent show that brought the characters alive exactly as he had imagined they should be. All shows at the area meet were phenominal. Congratulations to excellent work. We will be performing the play at Universal Studios in Hollywood in June 2001.
Congratulations to the director and students involved in the UIL One-Act play for the year 2000. We performed "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and placed 3rd at the District contest. Lloyd Matthews was named to All-Star Crew for his excellent work with the masks. Julianne Carson was named to Honorable Mention All-Star Cast as Titania. Skyler Stuckey (as Lysander) was named to All-Star Cast. The judge said that the play was visually entertaining and enchanting. "Pretty, pretty, pretty..."
Congratulations to the directors and students involved in the 1999 UIL One-Act play, "The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew." They advanced from the District contest all the way to the State meet. Individual award winners were Nick Willard, Megan Werner, Dustin Gooch, Kandace Gilbert, Chris Gaffney, Jennifer James and Emily Demars. We did not place in the top 3 at the state contest. (But being in the top 8 in state? - Wow!) By being at state, we placed higher than 210 other 4A schools in the state. Not bad for a children's show - huh?
Here are some of our past productions. We know we have forgotten some, but when we can think again, we will complete the list....
'95-'96 - "That Girl From Texas" "The Curious Savage" "Sometimes I Wake in the Middle of the Night" "Nathan the Nervous" "Cirque du Theatre" "My Gun is Pink" and "A Comedy of Errors"
'96-'97 - "Life with Father" "Plaza Suite" "Yours, Mime and Ours" "The Yellow Boat" "The Clown Prince of Wunderlust" "Makin' It" and "Lute Song." We won the Texas HIV/AIDS Theatre Award sponsored by the PTA for our productions of "The Yellow Boat."
'97-'98 - "The Mystery Maze" "The Crucible" "Magical Theatre" "The Music Man" "The View from Our Eyes" and "The Eumenides."
'98-'99 - "Cheaper by the Dozen" "Harvey" "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" "Snap Judgements" "Lunatics at Large" and "The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew."
'99-'00 - "You Can't Take It with You" "The History of Tom Jones" "Voices from Washington High" "A Midsummer Night's Dream" "Dark Deeds at Swan's Place"
'00-'01 - "Charley's Aunt" "Once Upon a Mattress" "Things I Learned From Kindergarten" "Theatre Magic" "Stories of Edgar Alan Poe" "Ipheginia Among the Taurians" "The Serpent Woman"
We are compiling pictures of some of these productions for your viewing pleasure and memory recalling.
Here are some pictures of our May 1998 reunion.
Please excuse our delay as we continue to construct this link. We are choosing pictures and learning to scan them. We are working on it - I promise!
