Each was awarded a $500 scholarship and paired with a Houston-based playwright as a mentor as the plays moved into production. Two current students – Kaleigh Medlow (Theatre ’22) and Pearl Reagler (CW ’22) – were chosen by Dirt Dogs Theatre Company for their Student Playwright Festival.

For more than 25 years, Kevin has been the Director of Music at Manchester United Methodist Church in suburban St. Kevin McBeth (Vocal ’77) has been elected President-Elect of the Missouri Choral Directors Association. Rebecca Lembcke and Grant Eason (both Theatre ’22) were also nominated for their performances. Kinder HSPVA Theatre student Shannon Hoffman (’23) and Dance faculty Courtney Jones (Dance ’99) both won Tommy Tune Awards for their work on the fall All School Musical Hairspray - Hoffman for her role as “Penny,” and Jones for her choreography for the musical. You can learn more about it - and how her time at HSPVA influence the book - in the Houston Chronicle. Twelfth is a middle-grade mystery adventure story, and is available online.

Janet Thielke (Theatre ’06) published her first novel under the name Janet Key.

She was also recently nominated for an Olivier Award for her lighting design on the West End revival of Cabaret. Isabella Byrd’s (Theatre ’05) lighting design was covered by The New Yorker, specifically for two plays currently running in New York City. That really was the spark when I realized, man, I want to be like him.’” And then, he started playing, and it knocked my socks off. ‘The lights went down, and this little drummer got on stage,” Kaufman told the JHV from his New York studio. It was at a jazz concert at Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. ’05) was covered by the Jewish Herald Voice for his virtual teaching and service during the pandemic: “Dustin Kaufman knew when he was bitten by the bug to perform. You can listen to Jazz guitarist Mike Moreno (Jazz ’97) play with the Houston Jazz Collective from the 2021 Houston Jazz Festival on this episode of Encore Houston.Īllen Gilmore (Theatre ’76) was nominated for the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Yale Repertory Theatre’s Spring production of Choir Boy.ĭustin Kaufman (Inst.

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