The Round Rock Thespians will return tomorrow from a terrifically successful trip to the Thespian State Festival in San Antonio. Ten of our performance events qualified for the National Thespian Festival, and all 37 of our great Thespians performed beautifully, representing Round Rock HS in the best possible way. Many thanks to Charles Hobby, Cesar Trevino, and student teacher Jacob Strayhorn for making this such a successful trip. Congrats to the following students:
National Qualifying Events, (receiving scores of Superior):
1. Group Acting — Selected for Mainstage Performance!! Eddy Carey, Nicholas Cooper, Thomas Miller, and Ward James in “Waiting for Godot”
2. Group Musical — Seoyeon Park, Ana Clark, Kendall Condon, Alex Hunsaker, Ruth Waiwaiole, and Sarah Collier in “Six”
3. Group Musical — Ava Herbrandson, Nilmary Padilla, and Peyton Nisbett in “Shrek”
4. Duet Acting — Joseph Gallegos and Chris Ramshaw in “Goose and Tomtom”
5. Duet Acting — Ryan Crosby and Anna Nelson in “The Boys Next Door”
6. Duet Acting — Kelsey Barnes and Brooke Amacher in “Parallel Lives”
7. Duet Musical — Walker Wallace and Ashley Yost in “Waitress”
8. Solo Musical — Gabe Beach in “The Theory of Relativity”
9. Solo Musical — Olivia Chapman in “Frozen”
10. Solo Dance — Reid O’Connell in “Funny Girl”
Recognized Events
1. Monologue — Sam Hoffman achieved a score of Excellent presenting two contrasting pieces.
2. Tech Challenge — Alexis Davidson, Richard Deweese, Brandon Royer, Paige McCleary, and Chloe Brown made up our stellar tech team!
3. Group Acting — Received a perfect score but is unable to advance on a technicality 🙁 — Sophia Sitran, Lily Podowski, Chloe Brown, Emma Peeples, Eason Sheidow, Loan Tran, Mint Geise, and Naomi Love in “Interview”