Texas State Thespian Festival Results
Alief ISD sweeps at the Texas State Thespian Festival held on November 18-20 in Wichita Falls, TX. Each of the four Alief ISD high schools qualified an event for the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska this coming June.
In order to qualify for the International Thespian Festival, students must receive three superior ratings from the judges at the Texas State Thespian Festival. The very top students in each category are then afforded the opportunity to perform in front of the entire festival, about three thousand peers (mainstage performance). This is the greatest honor and award afforded students by the Texas State Thespian Festival.
In addition to advancing to the International Thespian Festival, Alief had several students win college scholarships as well as the highly coveted Texas Thespian Scholarship.
AWARDS and SCHOLARSHIPS
NAME CATEGORY AWARD
Herbert Moore Monologue 3 superior ratings, qualified for Internationals. Herbert received
one of the highly coveted Texas Thespian Scholarships of
$1000.00. There were 89 competitors for this scholarship and
Texas Thespians only gave 9 scholarships. We are proud to
have one of the nine.
Michael Bishop and Duet Acting 3 superior ratings, qualified
Ogo Nwanonyiri for Internationals
Rasheeda Humphrey Technical Theatre 3 superior ratings, qualified Award for Costume for Internationals
Design
Michael Bishop, Sandy Texas Techie Set 1st place in the state!
Davila, Carolina Corona, Design Team
Stephen Rameriz
NAME CATEGORY AWARD
Joseph Melcher Monologue 3 superior ratings, qualified for Internationals
Monica Brown and Duet Musical 3 superior ratings, qualified
Nyseli Vega for Internationals
Andres Heredia and Duet Pantomime 3 superior ratings, qualified
Aelohim Balthrop for Internationals
Mark McManus Solo Pantomime 3 superior ratings, qualified for Internationals,
and performed on the main stage.
Mark is the #1 Solo Pantomime student in the state of Texas!
NAME CATEGORY AWARD
Christopher Wren and Duet Acting 3 superior ratings, qualified
Abraham Makany for Internationals
Stephanie Hall Technical Theatre 3 superior ratings, qualified
Award for Costume for Internationals Design
NAME CATEGORY AWARD
Bridget Paliwoda Technical Theatre 3 superior ratings, qualified
Award for Costume for Internationals Design
Please congratulate these students and their teachers for an incredible job!