Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools Date: November 2016 To:
One Act Play Directors, Cast and Crew
From: TAPPS Executive Board Welcome to the 2016 One Act Play Championships. Congratulations to all our State Qualifiers represented in the Championship event at the Cailloux Theater. We extend our special thanks to the Playhouse 2000 staff and the Cailloux Theater for their hospitality and for hosting our Championship event. We would also like to thank Palco Specialties for building our unit set. As with all of our championship events, it is the desire of the TAPPS Executive Board that the contest foster a spirit of fair play, good fellowship, true sportsmanship and wholesome competition. We are certain that the casts and crews, directors and audience members will represent the TAPPS motto of “Competition with Honor”. Our best wishes on a successful school year.
TAPPS Executive Board James Johnson, President Dana Beal, Vice President Bob Gerhardt, Treasurer Rebecca Blauser Robert Huckabee Jon LeBrasseur Brenda Russell Roger Bemis Bryan Bunselmeyer, Executive Director Steve Prud’homme, Associate Director
Competition with Honor
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Division 3 Panel Phillip Taylor Phillip Taylor has a Master of Arts in Theatre Education from the University of Houston and a BS from The University of Texas at Austin. As a director, he advanced to the UIL One-Act Play State Meet in 2011, 2012, 2013, & 2015 winning the State Championships in 2012 and 2013. He taught high school and middle school in conferences 2A, 3A, and 4A (new 5A). He sponsored several other UIL Academic Events and coached students to the State Meet in Prose, Poetry, Persuasive Speaking, CX Debate, and the Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition. He has conducted various theatre/speech workshops and OAP clinics for middle school and high school programs around the state. He also served as a TAPPS One-Act Play Regional Adjudicator. He is an active member of TETA and has served on the convention staff in previous years. Currently, as the Coordinator of Fine Arts for Fort Bend ISD, he oversees various fine arts programs and initiatives on 45 campuses. Mandy Epley Mandy Epley holds a master’s degree in Education Administration from Lamar and a BFA in Acting and Directing from Sam Houston State University. She served as the Director of Fine Arts for Comal ISD and is now Executive Director of Human Resources and Customer Service. She taught high school theatre for 16 years. Her productions qualified for Region multiple times and her students performed at the state meet in 2009. In addition to acting and directing professionally, she has served as a Camp on the Coast director at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, and Artistic Director of Inception Theatre. In 2012, Mandy was named Texas Educational Theatre Association Educator of the Year, in 2009, Brandeis High School Educator of the Year, Northside ISD High School Educator of the Year, and KENS5/SACU Excel Award winner. She is one of the authors of the Maestro Theatre Publications, LLC. Teacher Resource for Theatre Education and is a guest instructor for workshops and clinics across the state. Bev Murray Bev is a proud 42-year veteran of Texas public education having retired from Eagle Mountain- Saginaw ISD. She has conducted theatre workshops at TETA & in several other states. She served as Leadership Coach & mentor for Educational Theatre Ass'n as well as years as an International Thespian Society sponsor. Bev is a member of the Hall of Fame for both Texas Thespians & Educational Theatre Ass'n & named Secondary Theatre Teacher of the year by TETA. She was fortunate to take many UIL shows to the state meet & also coached other UIL academics. She enjoys her 13 years of adjudication at all OAP levels including her past opportunities to judge at the state UIL OAP meet as well as the TAPPS and TCAF state OAP finals. Bev believes in the life-changing effects of educational theatre & totally supports the OAP process & the joy that participation brings to all who are touched by it. She counts herself fortunate to continue to be part of this miraculous process called UIL One-Act Play where lives are changed forever.
Concordia High School Round Rock Production You Can't Take It With You Author Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Publisher Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Time 1930s (or 38 minute cutting) Setting Living Room in New York City near Columbia Cast Avery Hammang So Penelope Sycamore Hannah Loesch Sr Essie Megan Stuewe So Rheba Nick Henson Sr Paul Sycamore Allie Shero So DePinna Liam Buckman Sr Ed David Hammond So Donald Marco Krause So Martin Vanderhof Kathleen Arbogast Sr Alice Nicholas Burkinshaw Sr Henderson, Government Official Daniel Winkler Sr Tony Kirby Anna Pouncey Jr Kolenkhov Jackson Schmidt Jr Mr. Kirby Anna Kerkow So Mrs. Kirby Angela Kennedy Sr Government Official, Olga Crew Logan Phillips Sr Stage Manager Jett Janssen Sr Sound Colter Young Jr Lights Alternates Ivy Prater Fr General Alternate Katherine Henson Fr General Alternate Director Lisa Fitzgerald
Head Admin David Mueller Principal Steve Glandorf
Concordia High School Round Rock
Families can be both embarrassing and hilarious. In some special households, friends are so welcomed that they are seamlessly adopted into the family life. Perhaps we think that the more simple and open our goals, the less success we can achieve. What if the opposite is true? How many of us would be willing to settle when we're young for what we eventually get? Please enjoy our interpretation of this play, an ode to the messy and creative communities that foster wisdom and acceptance.
Heritage Christian Academy Rockwall Production Doublewide, Texas Author Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, Jamie Wooten Publisher Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Time 40 minutes Setting Present Day Tugaloo, TX Cast Alyssa Struble Sr Georgia Dean Jessica Wallis Jr Lark Barken Wyatt Ashlock So Norwayne 'Baby' Crumpler Cole Walker Fr Haywood Sloggett Gabrielle Pirrone Fr Big Ethel Abbie Mayfield So Caprice Crumpler Madison Brown Sr Joveeta Crumpler Nelson Williamson Jr Lomax Tanner Bryanna Davis Sr Starla Pudney Crew Melinda White So Stage Manager Lindsey Beich So Sound Jack Swank Jr Lighting Emma Frank Fr Stage Crew Teagan Thomas Fr Stage Crew Director Lauren Patterson
Head Admin Brad Helmer Principal Robert Huckabee
Heritage Christian Academy Rockwall
In this hilarious, fastpaced comedy, the inhabitants of one of the smallest trailer parks in Texas are thrown for a loop when they realize the nearby town of Tugaloo is determined to annex them. So grab your Stetson and come on over to Doublewide, Texas where life is double the fun, double the joy, and where the audiences double over with laughter!
Legacy Christian Academy Beaumont Production Her Senior Year Author Cody Moree Publisher I.E. Clark Publications Cast Lauren Currie So Mavis Dainels Tyler Scott Jr Ami Snow Madelyn Baylor Fr Shelby Stevens Autumn Brown So Blaire Parker Madalyn Hancock Fr Kellie Parker Zachary Harris Jr Todd Grayson Cole McKinstry Sr Kyle Wilson William Young Fr Aaron Landry Sumone Adolph Fr Customer #1 Blake Dubois Fr Customer #2 Fallon Mainwaring Fr Customer #3 Anabel Stevens Fr Customer #5 Joanna Darbonne Sr Customer #4 Amelia Sims Fr Customer #6 Crew Kaley Breaux So Stage Manager Ethan Walter So Lights Haley McFarland So Sound Christopher Schaffer Fr Stage Crew Director Stephen Morgan
Head Admin Jon Cregor Principal Jon Cregor
Legacy Christian Academy Beaumont
Our Lady of the Hills Kerrville Production The Curious Savage Author John Patrick Publisher Dramatists Play Service Inc. Time 1950's Setting Massachusetts Sanitarium Cast Gillian Stieren Jr Florence Christopher Bowser Sr Hannibal Dana Stableford Fr Fairy May Chandlin Hale Jr Jeffrey Ashley Juenke So Miss Wilhelmina Mary Potter Sr Mrs. Paddy Emily Giedeman Sr Lily Belle Joseph Wagner So Titus John Luke Domingue Jr Samuel Jack Pautler Jr Dr. Emmett Madison Merryman Sr Ethel Savage John Tran Sr John Thomas Crew China Hale Sr Stage Manager Yolanda Calderon Sr Assistant to the Stage Manager Brooke Meismer Fr Light Lea Cantu So Sound Eva Neuman Jr Crew Alternates Eva Neuman Jr Female Roles Brooke Meismer Fr Female Roles Griffin Forti So Male Roles Director Sterline Marcum Head Admin Chris Ramirez Principal Asst. Director Freida Attaway Therese Schwarz Asst. Director Jeannie Hilsabeck
Our Lady of the Hills Kerrville
Presbyterian Pan American School Kingsville Production Bocon! Author Lisa Loomer Publisher Dramatic Publishing Company Time Anytime there is war and refugees Setting A judges chambers across the U.S. Border; a village in Central America; and a forest in between Beatriz Ortiz Miel Lee Leonardo Garza Ana Karen Santiago Leonardo Tremari Camila Arjona Jaime Chirinos Tabita Barakagwira Paulina Longoria Natasha Day Lizeth Mireles Fernando Ruiz Luis Martinez Fabiola Saldana Jesus Perez
Cast Jr Chorus/Cecelia Jr Chorus/Rosita Sr Chorus/Kiki Jr Chorus/Ana Sr Chorus/Voice Keeper So Chorus/Voice Picker Sr Chorus Jr Chorus Jr Chorus Fr Chorus Jr Chorus Sr Miguel Sr Judge/Calavera Sr La Llorona Sr Border Guard/Luis
Crew Arminda Ibarra So Stage Manager Aneida Flores Jr Stage Manager Ana Karen Campuzano Jr Light Operator Ana Cecilia Quiroga Jr Sound Operator Antonio Ruiz Jr Spotlight Operator Alternates Abiel CardenasBotello Sr Alternate Alondra Gutierrez So Alternate Sharis Del Carmen Jr Alternate Director Rick Saenz Head Admin Robert Dalglish Asst. Director Charles Lillie Principal Ellie Perez
Presbyterian Pan American School Kingsville
Rosehill Christian School Tomball Production No Fading Star Author Celeste Raspanti Publisher The Dramatic Publishing Company Time 1943 Setting A convent near Baden, Germany Cast Rachel Buckhoff Sr Mother Franziska Mackensey Doyle Fr Nun Heidi Wellman Jr Nun Sion Firew Sr Nun Maria Fussell Sr Nun Erin Venette Fr Nun Sarrah Estrella Jr Nun Paige Powers Jr Sister Klara Braeden Kobza So Klaas Hoeffler Jacob Filip So David Sachs Allison Strange So Miriam Sachs Mason Rios Sr Sergeant Heimlich Amanda Figueroa Sr Sister Monika Molly Fay Sr Lisl Moeller/Extra Soldier Austin Shaver Sr Colonel Lauber Crew Nasreen Khan Jr Stage Manager Blake Williams Sr Technical Director/Light Designer Ashley Alexander Sr Sound Engineer Lauren Chesshir Fr Spotlight Operator Ashley Shaver Fr Stage Crew Alternates Taylor Medina Jr CastNun Anna Alexander Fr CastNun Elissa Oeschler So Crew Elizabeth Carey Fr Crew Christopher Jackson Jr CastKlaas, Heimlich, Lauber Director Teri Clark Principal Lauren Dyal Asst. Director Shannon Strange
Rosehill Christian School Tomball
In the monastery of Maria Morgenstern, life seems to go on quite predictably, even in 1943 Germany. But behind the convent walls, there is an active underground working to hide and transport Jewish children through Germany to the border, even in the face of imminent threats. This story is based on documentary evidence in the testimony of Jews, who as children were saved from death through the efforts of religious women in the convents of Germany and other Nazioccupied countries. While rehearsing this show, our cast has learned so much about the risks and sacrifices of many nuns, priests, and townspeople who chose to defy the Nazi regime and demonstrate love to the Jewish people. We dedicate this play to these nameless women and the good people who worked with them to create a few bright moments in the dark history we know as the Holocaust.
The Covenant School Dallas Production A Wrinkle in Time Author Morgan Gould Publisher Stage Partners Cast Haley Hawkins Jr Meg Cameron Sharpless Jr Teacher, RedEyed Man Jacob Long Jr Postal Worker, Father Hogan Hurley So Bully Sammie Newcomer So Dennys Cole Harvey Jr Sandy Jackson Murray So Charles Wallace Stevie Michel Jr Mother Sally Shaw Jr Mrs. Whatsit Bennett Hurley Sr Calvin Jennie Lou Haughton Jr Mrs. Who, Camazotz Mother Scout Hodges Jr Mrs. Which Shaina Burgos Jr Ensemble Crew Anne Houk Sr Lights Wes Bender So Lights Director Stephen Miller Head Admin Jesse Olvera Asst. Director April Miller Principal Robert Woods
The Covenant School Dallas
Near the end of this play, Mrs. Who gives Meg some sage advice as she prepares for her final, frightening adventure. The stakes are high, for the life of her brother Charles Wallace hangs in the balance. The advice involves what might seem a bit illogical to us. As she encounters the frightening world in which her brother is imprisoned, she is encouraged to forge ahead not by sheer force, but with love, the only antidote to hate. As St. Paul states in I Corinthians, “The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.†As followers of Jesus Christ, we are called to recognize and live by this strange reversal of values. The hierarchy of the world is turned on its head in this economy of the Gospel. Things are not as they seem. Might does not make right. Innate genius does not win the day. And giving in is a precursor to victory.
Veritas Academy Austin Production Flight: The Rise and Fall of Charles Lindbergh Author Garth Wingfield Publisher Samuel French Time 40 m Setting multiple Cast Brendan Warner Sr Charles Lindbergh Emma Krone Jr Anne Lindbergh Zoe Clark So Nurse / Letter Sender #3 Braden Karley So Frank Borman / Herman Goring Samuel Pope So TV Reporter Travis Wolf Fr Adam / Letter Sender #2 / Graveyard John Anna Henselman Fr Police Detective John Burk Merryman Sr Reporter Jamie Marmor Sr Betty Gow Ashlyn Thompson Jr Young Fan / Translator Corinna Edgar Jr Valet / Photographer / Press Representative Alsten Okpisz Sr Letter Sender #1 / Agent Briggs Ellyson Fr Dr. John Condon / Radio Announcer Noah Stewart Jr Dr. Alexis Carrel Lily Wendt Jr Prisoner Crew Alric Okpisz So Sound Karsen Chalmers Jr Stage Manager Savannah Taylor Jr Lighting Director Lara Kennedy
Head Admin Jef Fowler Principal Troy Schuknecht
Veritas Academy Austin
Following Charles Lindbergh during 14 perilous years of his life from the journey to Paris through the kidnapping of his son and up to the beginning of World War II Flight is a rich examination of a singular American life... and a thoroughly fascinating theatrical experience.
