08/25/2021
TTC is excited to display the excellence of our program for all to see in our new trophy case! Thank you Boosters and all who helped make this dream come true!
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Operating as usual
08/19/2021
Looking for THS Drama history... next year marks the 100th year of drama at THS, and we are looking to create a digital archive of programs, pictures, cast lists, info about what shows were done in what years, etc... whatever info you may have about your time (or your parent's time) here in the drama department at Texas High. If you would, please take a photo of whatever documents you have that might help us create a more complete picture of the first 100 years, and share it with us. You can email it to me at [email protected] You can also reply to this post if you just have some text-able info. We have a pretty good grip on the shows performed since the Sullivan PAC / John Thomas Theatre opened. Mainly looking for pre-2009 info. Thanks so much!
08/16/2021
Anybody know where we can find an old wheelchair for our production of Annie? Only President Roosevelt (Mr. Folse ) should ever be sitting in it... Does not have to be this chair exactly, but something period appropriate. Thanks for any leads!
Anybody know where we can find an old wheelchair for our production of Annie? Only President Roosevelt (Mr. Folse ) should ever be sitting in it... Does not have to be this chair exactly, but something period appropriate. Thanks for any leads!
05/29/2021
Senior spotlights for the class of 2021! Way to go! In a year full of challenges and celebrations, you filled the stage with wonderful stories and extraordinary talent!
05/29/2021
Tigger Theatre Company Seniors! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished.
Tigger Theatre Company Seniors! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished.
05/25/2021
Tiger Theatre Company Cast List...
*Lead Cast, Supporting Cast and Orphan Leads will meet tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26 at 4:00 PM in the PAC rehearsal room*
Congratulations to the cast of Annie, and thank you to all who auditioned!
Tech Crew will be announced in August.
Dance and Vocal Ensemble will Audition on August 17!
05/05/2021
Tiger Theatre Company will have Annie Auditions on May 17 for Annie and Orphans and May 18 for all other parts. Email Mrs. Newton at [email protected] for an audition package.
Tiger Theatre Company will have Annie Auditions on May 17 for Annie and Orphans and May 18 for all other parts. Email Mrs. Newton at [email protected] for an audition package.
04/16/2021
Tonight our journey has come to a beautiful conclusion with earning an outstanding technician, honorable mention all star cast, and all star cast award. This troupe took written text and created a breathtakingly beautiful show that highlighted how theatre can bring all of us together which in this year of unknown we need. These students have taught us how to measure everything in light. Continue to shine bright into all your endeavors!
Tonight our journey has come to a beautiful conclusion with earning an outstanding technician, honorable mention all star cast, and all star cast award. This troupe took written text and created a breathtakingly beautiful show that highlighted how theatre can bring all of us together which in this year of unknown we need. These students have taught us how to measure everything in light. Continue to shine bright into all your endeavors!
03/09/2021
Troupe 2526 President, Lia Graham, attends a city council meeting to be presented the Theatre in Our Schools Month Proclamation for Texarkana. We are excited to kick off this celebration of theatre with the city of Texarkana.
03/07/2021
Join Tiger Theatre Company tomorrow, March 7, for a public performance of Silent Sky at 4 pm. Contact [email protected] for tickets. Admission is free.
Join Tiger Theatre Company tomorrow, March 7, for a public performance of Silent Sky at 4 pm. Contact [email protected] for tickets. Admission is free.
03/05/2021
Congratulations to Tiger Theatre Company's UIL OAP 20-21 Company. They competed at District 15 on March 4 at Sulphur Springs High School. They advanced to Bi-District on March 24 at Texas High School. Stephanie Jumper and Sydney Watts, Tech Honor Crew; Tiger Theatre Company under the stage-management of Salem Karr, Best Overall Tech Crew; Lia Graham, Honorable Mention All Star Cast; Jeremy Creek, All Star Cast; Maddie Frost, Best Performer at District 15. Our Public Performance of Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson is this Sunday at 4 pm. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Contact Mrs. Newton at [email protected] for ticket information.
03/02/2021
03/01/2021
March 1 kicks off Theatre in Our Schools month. Help Tiger Theatre promote the importance of theatre by sharing our theatre info. posts this month and by supporting your local theatres.
March 1 kicks off Theatre in Our Schools month. Help Tiger Theatre promote the importance of theatre by sharing our theatre info. posts this month and by supporting your local theatres.
02/11/2021
His smile lit the PAC hallways and his joy was contagious. From working in the scene shop to performing on stage, Drew Martindale left a lasting impact on Tiger Theater Company. Gone too soon from us, Drew now lives sweetly in our memories and dearly in out hearts. We love you Drew.
01/25/2021
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01/14/2021
Congratulations Brooke Knight, January 2021 Thespian of the Month! Each Thespian of the Month is selected by grade level representatives.
Congratulations Brooke Knight, January 2021 Thespian of the Month! Each Thespian of the Month is selected by grade level representatives.
01/12/2021
Tiger Theatre Company is a 2020 Texas Thespian Honor Troupe. During this crazy year, the troupe has come together for numerous community service projects, arts advocacy initiatives, shows and troupe building activities. It hasn't been perfect or smooth; we have had to put some traditions on pause this year, but nothing has held them back or kept them down for long. Thank you to the Troupe Officers and Members and the entire Tiger Theatre Company. As we look forward to 2021, we are ready to continue to lead, grow, advocate, and perform. Texas Thespians @troupe2526
Tiger Theatre Company is a 2020 Texas Thespian Honor Troupe. During this crazy year, the troupe has come together for numerous community service projects, arts advocacy initiatives, shows and troupe building activities. It hasn't been perfect or smooth; we have had to put some traditions on pause this year, but nothing has held them back or kept them down for long. Thank you to the Troupe Officers and Members and the entire Tiger Theatre Company. As we look forward to 2021, we are ready to continue to lead, grow, advocate, and perform. Texas Thespians @troupe2526
12/20/2020
Come away with Tiger Theatre Company to the Appalachian Mountains and enjoy our production of Brightstar with music written by Steve Martin.
12/19/2020
Troupe 2526 Thespians of the Month: Jessie Garren, November and Tyler Unger, December! Our future is bright!
12/19/2020
Tiger Theatre is looking for help finding the following props:
full size mattress
ladder back chairs (4-6)
Old cash register (1940's)
small wire magazine rack
army duffle bag
doctor's office screen (1940's)
2 Nehi bottles
We are producing Brightstar which is set in the 1940's with flashbacks to the 1920's.
12/18/2020
Congratulations to our Texas Thespian Festival National Individual Event Qualifiers: Jeremy Creek, Maddie Frost, Beth Dietze! Way to go Troupe 2526!
11/13/2020
Break a leg! TTC is proud of you.
Ok, look at these beautiful people! Today is their first audition day and we can’t wait to see each one of these unique and brilliant artist shine. Please help us in wishing them all a beautiful and joyous audition day!!
#virtualcapua20
11/06/2020
Tiger thespians do a Potteresque tale with 'Puffs'
Tiger thespians do a Potteresque tale with 'Puffs'
TEXARKANA, Texas — Taking a spin on the Harry Potter world, Texas High School's Tiger Theatre Co. presents a production of
11/05/2020
Daily Shows
Thanks TigerVision for the great interview and story of Puffs. Check out the link
https://www.tigervision.org/daily-shows
11/05/2020
Puffs is almost here - go to ttcths.booktix.com for live and streaming tickets!
11/04/2020
Puffs opens in 4 days! Get your tickets now! Email [email protected] or buy a livestream ticket at ttcths.booktix.com
11/02/2020
11/02/2020
What an October: Puffs rehearsals, our annual Halloween party, a TOTS Eat canned food sculpture contest, the first Virtual Texas Thespians Saturday, helping at a local haunted trail, letters for arts advocacy, working with our middle schoolers on learning lights! Whew! November here we come.
10/18/2020
THS Student Media
Student Director Cate Rounds and Stage Manager Salem Karr, lead theatre practice this afternoon. Students practiced in the Sullivan Performing Arts Center in preparation for the fall show “Puffs or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic.” Photos by Teresa Sanchez. #txhigh #theatre
10/14/2020
Way to go Zane! We are proud of you!
TIGER SHOUT OUT to ZANE JOHNSTON, Texas High Senior who has been named a COMMENDED STUDENT in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. He is one of 34,000 in the nation that is being recognized for their exceptional academics. CONGRATULATIONS, ZANE! Job Well Done!
Read details in link: http://www.txkisd.net/headlines/news.asp?id=91
10/13/2020
10/09/2020
Cate Rounds, Texas High Homecoming Court and Tiger Theatre Star. We love you!
Photo from THS Student Media by Abby Elliott, Peyton Sims and Teresa Sanchez #txhigh #homecoming
10/01/2020
Congratulations Cate!
10/01/2020
Today is a good day! All week long Tiger Theatre students have had individual triumphs and good news- college acceptances, honors bestowed, and a first six weeks behind them. We laugh; we play; we grow; we live!
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Peter Pan dance audition video!
Before the awards ceremony... still cheering on Beth and Jeremy
Freaky Friday Dance Audition Rountine
Learn this routine to prepare for your upcoming Freaky Friday Audition
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Choreography for Oklahoma! audition
Attention those auditioning for Oklahoma! This is the choreography you will need to learn before your audition.
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Since our kids are being asked to choose between attending school in person and remote learning, is there any insight about whether the Tiger Theatre Company will have options for remote learners to still participate in theater? That's the only part about this that is making us waiver.
I got my tickets for Sunday and I am looking forward to it so much!!!
For over thirty years, Mr. John Thomas (affectionately known as “Mr. T” by his students) served as the Director of Drama at Texas High School. A consummate student of the craft himself, John was a one-man band, providing his students instruction into every facet of the theatre-from history and theory, to technical skills (such as lighting and set design), to makeup and costuming, and of course acting.
Whether he was providing gentle, constructive direction to his student actors, keeping them in their place with zinging one-liners when they got too cocky, or gathering his cast in a circle behind the little theatre for the traditional 1-2-3 “BREAK A LEG!”, John was more than just a teacher to most-he was mentor, counselor and a very positive role model.
After every production closed its run, John and his wife Linda opened their home to the entire company and hosted a cast party for all involved, regardless of the number. Even after being without her husband’s company for weeks on end during rehearsals, Linda was always happy to share him, for just one more evening.
In early Spring of 1981, Mr. T provided THS students as ushers for the very first public theatre performance in the newly renovated Perot Theatre- a practice he continued until 2009 - some 28 years. During this time, John and Linda were also very involved with a community theatre group, known as Texarkana Regional Theatre (TRT), and performed a myriad of tasks in support of that organization.
When TexRep (Texarkana Repertory Theatre) was established in the early 90s, once again, John and Linda got involved. The Thomases were amongst the first sustaining members of TexRep and John has frequently been on the other side of the director’s chair as a cast member in many productions through the years, always giving very memorable performances. In addition, John and Linda took on the task of serving as TexRep’s box office, setting up a dedicated phone line in their home, taking reservations and working the ticket booth, a job they performed for many seasons.
Most recently, John and Linda are working with the Arkansas Municipal Auditorium Commission, a group dedicated to restoring another historic performance venue in Texarkana. The Arkansas Municipal Auditorium hosted one of the first concerts Elvis Presley ever performed, hosted performances from the jazz age through the 70’s, with countless other legendary musicians gracing the stage in its heyday.
Backstage or onstage, John and Linda Thomas have given over 50 years of service to the performing arts here in Texarkana.
In honor of John and Linda's lifelong work in and committment to live theatre here in Texarkana, TISD and the Tiger Theatre Booster Club have established the John & Linda Thomas Endowed Scholarship Fund.
This Endowment, will help us award a scholarship worthy of the names John and Linda Thomas, and will also provide truly meaningful assistance to a college-bound Theatre major.
It is our initial goal to raise $75,000 to establish this Endowment, with plans to make the first award in May, 2018 at the Annual Tiger Theatre Awards Assembly.
All contributions are 100% tax-deductible as all gifts will be received and administered through the Texarkana Public Schools Foundation, a 501c3 organization. Please make your gift as soon as possible so that we may count you among our Founding Donors. In order to receive credit for your contribution this year, please remit your gift by December 31, 2017. Please make checks payable to:
Texarkana Public Schools Foundation
John & Linda Thomas Scholarship Fund
ATTN: Ms. Deidra Reeves, TISD Chief Financial Officer
4100 Summerhill Road
Texarkana, TX 75503
Credit card payments may be made by contacting Ms. Reeves' office at 903.794.3651.
You may even spread your donation over a period of years, if it will make it more comfortable for you to do so.
We want to thank the TIGER THEATRE BOOSTERS for their initial contribution of $5000 to help establish this fund, and also, the following individuals for their generous contributions:
Ms. Tonia Olsen
Dr. Phyllis Abel Deal
Mr. Bobby Abel
We hope you will please join us in honoring John and Linda with a Scholarship worthy of their names, as well as helping more deserving graduates realize their higher education dreams.