Nimitz High School Theatre Arts

GREASE REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

***SUBJECT TO CHANGE

Tues 8/19 3pm-6pm - Entire Cast - Choreography with  Ms. Karen - "We Go Together", "Greased Lighting", "Hand Jive"

Wed 8/20 3pm-6pm - Entire Cast - Choreography with Ms. Karen - "We Go Together", "Hand Jive", "Summer Nights", "Greased Lighting"

Thurs 8/21 4pm-630pm Blocking with Mr. Wilson - Principals only (Jan, Marty, Rizzo, Doody, Roger, Kenickie, Sonny, Frenchy, Sandy, Danny)

Friday 8/22 - No Rehearsal - Memorize Lines

Sat 8/23 9am - Fundraiser and Picnic - Entire Cast - ***Details To Be Announced

Sun 8/24 - No Rehearsal - Memorize Lines

Mon 8/25 - First Day Of School!!!! - Immediately after school-630pm - Blocking with Mr. Wilson -  Principals only (Jan, Marty, Rizzo, Doody, Roger, Kenickie, Sonny, Frenchy, Sandy, Danny)

Tues 8/26 - Immediately after school-630pm - Run Act I with music, singing, choreography and blocking

Wed 8/27 - Immediately after school-630pm - TBD - Ms. Karen to work Choreography as needed

Thurs 8/28 - Immediately after school-630pm - Blocking with Mr. Wilson -  Principals only (Jan, Marty, Rizzo, Doody, Roger, Kenickie, Sonny, Frenchy, Sandy, Danny)

Fri/Sat/Sun/Mon 8/29, 30, 31, 9/1 - No Rehearsal - Have a great Labor Day weekend - Come back OFF BOOK!!!!

Tues 9/2 - Immediately after school-630pm - Run Act II **OFF BOOK

Wed 9/3 - Immediately after school-630pm - Run Act I **OFF BOOK

Thurs 9/4 - Immediately after school-630pm - Run Act

Fri 9/5 - No Rehearsal

Sat 9/6 - 9am-1pm - Run Show

Sun 9/7 - No Rehearsal

***REMAINING SCHEDULE TBD

Friday March 28th

The Nimitz Theatre One-Act  cast and crew of  “Cinderella Waltz” competed at the district-level contest on Thursday. The troupe earned 6 of 18 acting awards including the best actor award.

But in spite of this incredibly strong showing among the four competing schools, Nimitz was not chosen by the Oklahoma judge to advance to the Area level competition. Thus ending a run for the State-level event that we all thought would happen with this wonderfully creative show.

 

Earning individual awards for Nimitz were:

Honorable Mention Cast:

Chris Ramirez

Sammy Partida

Stephanie Stockton

 

All-Star Cast:

Joe Morrel

Kaycee Reiniger

 

Best Actor of the event:

J.P Zavala

 

Tech Award:

Brooke Anderson

 

Amanda Brackman from Trinity HS was named  Best Actress

 

The Nimitz Theatre group thanks all of our teachers and administrators for their wonderful support in our quest for excellence!  

 

Thursday March 20th

Nimitz HS One-Act "Cinderella Waltz" to move on to the 'District' level compitition.

Zone 1 advanced Trinity and LD Bell, while Zone 2 advanced Nimitz along with South Grand Prairie.

The Nimitz Theatre ensemble was in prime form as everyone played a vital role in this challenging and witty show.

Seven actors and actresses won individual awards and the group took home one of the two advancing show trophies.

The cast and crew was excited and honored to be choosen to compete in next week's district round.

Nimitz will perform "Cinderella Waltz" for the district event on Thursday March 27th at 7pm in the Nimitz auditorium.

The public is welcome and admission to the event is free!

STATE TFA RESULTS:

 

Nimitz Students Chris Ramirez and Kaycee Reininger represented Nimitz at the Texas Forensic Association State meet this past weekend.

Chris and Kaycee earned their way to state by placing between 1^st and 6^th in five separate TFA regional tournaments this year. Making the state meet is incredibly difficult in and of itself!   At the state meet they they did not disappoint and made it all the way into the semi-final round out of 72 other teams. This means they finished among the top 18 duet teams in the state of Texas for the

2007 – 2008 year!   Chris also made the state meet with his Humorous Interpretation scene and placed into the quarter finals eventually placing among the top 24 in the state of Texas.

Congratulations to Chris,  Kaycee, and the whole Speech/Debate team for a fine season!

Nimitz Speech/Debate interp participants finished the fall with three tournaments. The first at Keller Fosil Ridge  right before Thanksgiving break, and the second at Coppell, and the final one at the very tough 45 team tournament at Plano Senior High the weekend of Dec. 14th-15th.  Stephanie Stockton led the team at Keller by winning the DI event in which over 40 participants were entered. Stephanie's hard work and never quit attitiude paid off in a big way! The team came to it's feet to cheer for their senior leader when her victory was announced!  Way to go Stephanie!

At Plano Sr. High, the team of ten participating students was joined by twenty freshmen and sophomores who came to observe and learn what this competition thing was all about. They did not disappoint as six entries broke into the semi finals and Chris Ramirez once again made it to finals with his HI entry. With a strong 3rd place finish among the 45+ entries in the HI category, Chris has now earned his way to State!  Chris is the first Nimitz Viking to earn his way to state in many, many years! Other students breaking into semi's included: Joe Morrel, Natalie Bennet, Kaycee Reininger, Paul Castilleja, and Brooke Anderson. The team is very determined to have more students join Chris on the way to State during our final month of competition in January!

Nimitz HS Speech & Debate team proves it's metal at the Hockaday School Tournament Nov. 9th & 10th.     

                                          

Leading the way for the team were Anna Schuessler, Chris Ramirez and Kaycee Reininger.  

In the end the final standings proved that hard work and determination pays off as many of

our students placed very high in their events. The Final Standings were as follows:

 

Kaycee Reininger placed 1^st in Dramatic Interpretation

Anna Schuessler  placed 2^nd in Poetry.

Chris Ramirez and Kaycee Reininger placed 3^rd in Duet

Chris Ramirez placed 5^th in Humorous Interpretation

Joe Morrell and Tamara Fischer placed 6^th in Duet.

 

Congratulations to all participants: Sarah Steel, Paul Castilleja, Taylor Ellis, Jacob Corona, Jaclyn Estes,

Amber Hertzog, Mark Jenkins, Rachel Pullum, and Stephanie Stockton. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!!!!

 

                                                   

The Nimitz Speech/Debate team took ten competitors to the Mansfield "Monster Mash" tournament on Saturday Oct. 27th. The team showed very well against thirty other teams from around the metroplex, including power house schools; Southlake Carroll, Denton Ryan, and Creekview. The team was lead by JP Zavala and Chris Ramirez who advanced in the Humorous Interpretation catagory. The day ended in dramatic fashion with Chris Ramirez being crowned champion and bringing home the first place trophy for his Humorous Interp piece in his first competion of the year..... way to go Chris!!!    Mr. Hermans and Ms. Cowen were very proud of the group and felt confident that many more trophies were on their way to Nimitz by the end of the year. Way to go team!!!

Summer Camp #3  (Creekview two-week workshop) July 9th to 21st

  Six Nimitz students attended a prestigious two-week long summer interp camp at Creekview HS.   Kaycee Reininger, Chris Ramirez, Brook Anderson, Joe Morrel, Celeste Martinez, and Taylor Ellis were blessed to be taught by some of Texas finest high school and college acting teachers. Demond Wilson led the workshop but was also joined by a staff of 5 other teachers including Professor Kelly Russell from the University of Texas A&M Corpus Christi. Our group, along with about 40 other students from North Texas prepared and rehearsed two interp peices while learning more about the craft of acting. The camp concluded on Saturday the 21st with a competition in which all participants competed against one another with the pieces they had prepared. We are very proud of this committed group of students and look forward to the leadership they will provide the rest of our students with the knowledge and experience they gained from this workshop!

Summer Workshop #2 (Upperclassmen)  June 21st to 23rd

   Mr. Demond Wilson from "The Perfect Performance",  led a wonderful three day camp for 17 upperclassmen. The group each received two pieces for competition. Over the last two days of the camp, they focused on duets and duo work and made great progress toward preparing these pieces for competition. Both Mr. Hermans and Mr. Stone assisted Demond and helped him to challenge everyone to take it a step higher. There is no doubt that we have many scenes that will be capable of not only competing but battling in the finals for the top six spots at every tournament we attend. Some of the students definately need to set a goal of making it to the Texas State Forensics tournament in May and Nationals during the summer of 2008. The journey will begin at Grapevine HS where the first tournament will be hosted on September 8th and 9th. Ms. Cowen plans to take the team to 8 TFA tournaments while also leading the charge as Nimitz host the year's final DFW tournament in early February. Everyone will need to work that tournament as the turnout is expected to be huge!

Summer Workshop #1 (Freshmen)  June 18th & 19th 

    The first camp session has been a huge success with all 18 scheduled students attending. Our guest artist Jordon Williams has been a great teacher and is already instilling, in a very practical way, the principals of acting that we strive to put into practice during our work at Nimitz!  Mr. Williams has expressed on numerous occasions how lucky these students are to be at a camp like this as freshmen. Mr. Hermans, Ms. Cowen, and Mr. Stone and Jordon's wife Keisha, have all aided Mr. Williams at the workshop. It is very obvious that we have an eager group of incoming freshmen who love the theatre, and will do wonderful things over the next four years!              A special thank you to all of our parents for helping these kids be a part of this special camp!

Nimitz High School held their annual Sr. Walk Awards ceremony on Tuesday May 23
Many awards were presented to the graduating class of 2007. Mr. Hermans presented Josh Childs the coveted distinction
of being named the Who's Who winner in Theatre Arts. This award is reserved for the outstanding graduating Senior
in the Theatre Department. Congratulations Josh!

On Monday May 22nd Nimitz hosted the annual underclassmen awards. Mr. Hermans presented the fine arts awards
to thirty six students from the Theatre, Band, Choir, Orchestra, Art, and Dance programs at Nimitz.
The Fine Art Award winners who were very involved in the Theatre Department included:
Kaycee Reininger           Chris Ramirez             Cory Jones              Morgan Moore
Lexy Cruz                      Anna Schuessler         Amber Herzog         Jackie Estes
Sammy Partida               Arix Jarmilleo             Sairah McMinn       

Other Theatre students winning Academic awards included:
Joe Morrel - History                      Laura Masterson - Science
Katherine Smart - English              Amanda Peralta - English
Brooke Anderson -English            

The Nimitz High School Thespian Troupe #280 held their annual Banquet on Monday May 14th. The event was held at The Magic Time Machine in Addison. Great food, a video tribute and numerous awards were given out at the ceremony. Mr. Hermans presented the troupe with the ICE award they won for last year's musical "WORKING", and also inspired the group by briefly remembering the outstanding work they had achieved this past year.  Award winners were announced and presented with trophies. The winners were:
                Best Actor: Chris Ramirez                                             
                Best Actress:  Kaycee Reininger              
                Most Improved Actress:  Brooke Anderson 
                Most Improved Actor:  JP Zavala     
                Supporting Actor:  Joe Morrel                 
                Supporting Actress:  Amber Hertzog
                Best Tech Award:  Katherine Smart       
                Best Show:  The musical "WORKING"
                Top Male Speech/Debate:  Joe Morrel     
                Top Female Speech/Debate: Kaycee Reininger