This was a fantastic Texas State Thespian Festival! All the students have been working hard and having fun! Everyone is exhausted and still attending workshops and plays. Among the 8,000 students in attendance, here are the results of the Tompkins participants in the events eligible to qualify for the National competition and our awarded Texas-only state events:

National Events:

• Group Musical - Sam Mitchell, Dominique Ellis, Belyn McNamara - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Duet Musical - Amanda Matos D'Lacoste and Elisa Garcia - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Group Acting - River Tadlock, Abdelrahman Ahmed, Kayden Chella - Excellent

• Duet Acting - Rudy Aguilar, Annika Srivastava - Excellent

• Playwrighting - Abdelrahman Ahmed - Excellent

• Duet Acting - Jackson Armijo and Neal Krishna - Excellent

• Group Acting - London Atencio, Maura Gastgeb, Emma Showalter - Excellent

• Costume Construction - Arthi Bjavaraju - Excellent

• Playwrighting - Nikhila Chunduri - Excellent

• Marketing - Gabriel Colmenares - Superior (Mainstage, National Qualifier)

• Duet Acting - Katherine LeBlanc and Roxy Gutierrez Luna - Superior (Nation Qualifier)

• Duet Acting - Zach Herrmann and Ava Stone - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Stage Management - Claire Kim - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Stage Management - Pranav Kothur - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Short Film - Hazel Hunter and Katherine LeBlanc - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Sound Design - Caden Matthews - Superior (National Qualifier)

• Short Film - Precious Njoku, Mac Lopez, Ysabella Byers - Excellent

• Group Musical - Tanner Ray, Olivia Mackenzie, Ana Waiandt, Ryan Schmeil - Superior (National Qualifier)

Awarded Texas-Only Events:

• Team Hair and Makeup Design Challenge - Pranav Kothur, Claire Kim, Olivia Makenzie, Katherine LeBlanc - 35/35 points, 3rd Place

• All Star Troupe Display - Claire Kim, Pranav Kothur, Mac Lopez

• Improv Team Challenge Tournament - Finished among the top 8 out of 76 teams

• Improv Allstar - Elisa Garcia

Mrs. Morris and Mr. McManus are extremely proud of the drive and collaborative team spirit of these students. They represented Tompkins well!

Just a reminder from the directors that student attendance at rehearsals is imperative to the process. Rehearsals are not optional and should be attended from brief to debrief daily. Please work with your student actor or technician to manage their time, appointments and other commitments. Students that miss more than three times are subject to loss of thespian points, loss of stage time or being dropped from the show. If you or your child needs to review the expectation contract, you can find it here.

Performance Dates

Jan 24 at 7 pm

Jan 25 at 1 pm matinee *

Jan 25th at 7 pm

Jan 30 & 31 at 7 pm

Feb 1 at 7 pm

Muffins with Munchkins on Saturday, Jan 25th at 10 am

Our "Muffins with Munchkins" Character Breakfast is a great opportunity to volunteer and watch kiddos giggle with excitement when they meet the fabulous TTC Wizard of Oz characters and nibble on pastries as they follow the Yellow Brick road to Oz! Questions, please contact Carrie (csinosic@gmail.com).

Volunteer

There are 100 volunteer opportunities for Wizard of OZ!

Please Volunteer 1 shift per Family

Ticketing

Prices: $15 student & $20 adult tickets

Links for early bird tickets will be emailed to booster members on Dec 5th

Tickets will be made available to the public on Dec 15th - Tompkins Theatre Company

Production Fees

Why are they so important? We are so fortunate to have our students in a high school with so many opportunities. Our theater department strives to create professional-level productions. Your $250 production fee makes this possible and includes 4 meals, Show Shirt, yard sign, poster, playbill, script, rehearsal app. The fee also helps pay for the show. For Wizard of OZ, we anticipate spending $9300 for lighting and microphone rentals; $10,000 on royalties; $3000 on props; $15,000 on sets; $15,000 for costumes; and $3500 feeding our cast and crew.

We do work hard to economize. We have been working with Lowes to provide a 15% discount on our set materials. Our students are working hard to sew as many of the costumes as possible. We continue to welcome any corporate donations.

If you would like to lend your talents or skills, we welcome your help. Selling more tickets for Wizard of OZ would go a long way towards paying for these expenses and shoring up our account balance for future events. Royalties for play and music rights are paid for out of the previous year's budget, so part of our goal each year is to leave funds for future productions.

Please invite your family, friends and neighbors to enjoy this incredible production!

Wizard of Oz Parent Remind - Text @3368agg to 81010

Save the Date for Parent Build Day! December 14 from 9-12! See you there!

Theater students are invited to join us to see Mama Mia at the Hobby Center on April 8, 2025 at 7:30 pm. We have reserved a block of 58 tickets which are for sale on the Tompkins Theatre website in our store at https://www.tompkinstheatre.com/store-1

ComedySportz

If your child is on the team, payment fees are due now. Please follow the link here to pay for your jerseys, bag, etc.

Upcoming Matches:

Wed, Feb 6th at Katy High School

Thur, Feb 20th Home vs. Seven Lakes

We had a super fun Media Day with our team thanks to THE Photography . Parents that have players on the team, be looking out for an email from her to purchase the shots that were taken.

A HUGE Thank you to Joel Showalter & JD Fields & Company for the generous donation!

1. Become a Tompkins Theatre Company Booster Club Member.

2. Volunteer at least 1 shift this year.

3. Make a connection for a Corporate Sponsorship.

• Suggest a business that may be interested in supporting the arts by offering a tax deduction to our non-profit organization. Please email ttcbcfundraising@gmail.com

4. Join a committee or become a chair. Email ttcbcpresident@gmail.com for more info on:

• Spirit Night chair - organize 2 events in spring 2025
• Banquet chair - work with board to decorate and organize

5. Make a tax-deductible charitable contribution towards the purchase of technology equipment, such as stage microphones, computer and soundboard.

Please support the amazing productions we are performing this year by taking a look at our classroom and concessions wishlists! Any support would be greatly appreciated!

We are always looking to partner with our community and families! If you own a business or know a business that would like to become a sponsor for the TTC, please let us know or send them this link!

Our website is where all of our information, updates, forms, announcements are housed through out the year. Please make it a habit to check the calendar and the season page frequently! The information can also be found on our call board for students to check daily.