2 Aldine ISD High School Theater Troupes Advance to Bi-District UIL One-Act Play Contest

Due to coronavirus concerns, the Bi-District Contest has been postponed.

Nimitz HS for the first time in 17 years advances to the UIL One-Act Play Bi-District Contest.

Congratulations to Carver High School, and Nimitz High School for winning awards at the 2020 UIL One-Act Play District Meet. Their wins advanced them to the Bi-District Meet, which currently has been postponed due to coronavirus concerns.

To advance to the District Meet based on Zone Meet results. The thespians are vying for a chance to advance to the Area Meet.

Carver HS’ One-Act Play members show-off their medals.

The Carver Theater Department competed in the Zone and District One Act-Play contest with Holy Ghosts by Romulus Linney, which centers on Coleman Shedman. He arrives at the rural meeting house of a southern pentecostal sect with a lawyer in tow. Coleman is seeking to retrieve his runaway wife (and the possessions she has taken with her). But his wife, Nancy, is unwilling to forsake the love and protection of her new “husband,” the Reverend Obediah Buckhorn, and return to the brutal Coleman. And when the strapping Reverend Buckhorn himself arrives, it is quickly evident that Coleman will not be able to take her back by force. Holy Ghosts is rich with the atmosphere and the feel of southern rural life. The play blends humor and poignancy as it probes into the circumstances and stories of the various cult members. The story culminates in a gripping snake-handling scene in which the cynical Coleman, to his amazement, is himself converted to a true believer.

Roshunda Jones, theater director at Carver HS, shared that the Bi-District Contest has been around for six years. Before then, competing schools would advance from District straight to Area. Carver HS for Engineering, Applied Technology and the Arts has been District champs nine out of the past 10 years. The magnet campus was the alternate last year. Carver has advanced to the Bi-District Contest five times out of the last six years.

Nimitz High School’s Theater Department competed in UIL One-Act Play with its interpretation of the Greek tragedy, Medea. The story centers on its titular character, Medea, a woman who is “larger than life.” She is madly in love with another of the characters, Jason. Throughout the play, these feelings result in some extreme actions. The condensed adaptation of the classic tragedy effectively explores Medea’s disjointed psyche within the context of ancient Greek values.

Nimitz HS’ theater troupe made history. For the first time in 17 years, Nimitz advanced out of the Zone Meet, and the District Meet to make it to the Bi-District Contest.

Carver HS Zone A Results

Advancing Play: Holy Ghosts
Best Performer: Cody Dixon
All-Star Cast: Jocelyn Dorsey
All-Star Cast: Trysten Williams
Honorable Mention: Yasaar Ellis
Honorable Mention: Kaleb Womack
Best Technical: Imani Titus
Best Technical Crew: Zavion Milburn, Ericah Rhodes, Jordan Smith, Imani Titus, and Alyssa Vincent

Carver HS District Results

Advancing Play: Holy Ghosts
All-Star Cast: Cody Dixon
Honorable Mention: Jocelyn Dorsey
Honorable Mention: Colby Ester
Best Technical: Ericah Rhodes

Carver HS One-Act Play Company Members: Alton Nealey, Alyssa Vincent, Amare’on Reyna, Armani Brown, Brielle Johnson, Caleb Carter, Cody Dixon, Colby Ester, Courtney Neal, Ericah Rhodes, Francean Houngbo, Imani Titus, Jason Chavez, Jocelyn Dorsey, Jordan Smith, Joshua Cruise, Kaleb Womack, Kneesty Masinya, Megan Mottu, Nadia Noble, Oscar Villagran, Ryan Randolph, Trysten Williams, Yasaar Ellis, and Zavion Milburn

Carver HS Directors: Theater Director Roshunda Jones and Technical Theater Director Jabari Collins 

Nimitz HS Zone B Results

Advancing Play: Medea
Best Technical Crew: Alyssa-Marie Palacios, Teris Haynes, Carlos Gonzales, Emily Márquez, Vivian Sena Barrón, and Connie Sihrath
Outstanding Technician (bestowed to only one school): Alyssa-Marie Palacios
All-Star Cast: Leanne Duckette
Honorable Mention: Ashley Wood
Honorable Mention: Jocelyn Tchety
Honorable Mention: Tionce Jenkins
Honorable Mention: Jada Sawyer

Nimitz HS District Results

Advancing Play: Medea
Best Technical Crew: Alyssa-Marie Palacios, Teris Haynes, Carlos Gonzales, Emily Márquez, Vivian Sena Barrón, and Connie Sihrath
Outstanding Technician: Alyssa-Marie Palacios
All-Star Cast: Leanne Duckette
All-Star Cast: Ashley Wood
Honorable Mention: Pomare Teo

Nimitz HS UIL One-Act Play Company Members: Leanne Duckette, Ashley Wood, Pomare Teo, Patrick Carter, José Rodríguez, Darrell Watson, Kaidon Jones, Itzel Romero, Emily Márquez, Jocelyn Tchety, Tionce Jenkins, Jada Sawyer, Symone Williams, Eric Milton, Erik Colbert, Alyssa-Marie Palacios, Connie Sihrath, Teris Haynes, José Gonzales, and Vivian Sena-Barron

Nimitz HS Directors: Head Theater Director Clayton Younkin and Assistant Theater Director Kimberly J. Ardison