2023 OAP season comes to a close
Our fun ride that was Kimberly Akimbo came to an end tonight at the Area Contest at the Graham Memorial Auditorium. The company put it all out there in a beautiful space to perform and made us all proud. While we didn’t advance the following students received individual awards: Pearl Miles (All-Star Cast), Ava West (All-Star Cast), Samantha Carrillo (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast), and Alyssa Echaves (All-Star Tech)
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OAP Advances to the area contest
The one-act play company competed at the Bi-District contest at Hamilton High School on March 22 and advanced to the next round with Hamilton (You Can't Take It with You) and De Leon (On the Verge...) which will take place on March 29th at the Graham Memorial Auditorium. The is the second time in the last three years Rio Vista was able to advance past the Bi-District level.
FIVE STRAIGHT YEARS OF advancing to bi-district
The 2023 UIL One-Act Company has advanced out of the district contest on March 8th and will compete at the Bi-District Contest on March 22nd at Hamilton High School. The company placed second out of the four schools participating. To add to the district advancing streak they received a technical award and all five actors received an award. Receiving awards include Samantha Carrillo (Best Performer), Pearl Miles (All-Star Cast), Ava West (All-Star Cast), Blake Jones (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast), Brett Jones (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast), and Alyssa Echaves (All-Star Tech). Advancing with Rio Vista was Hamilton (You Can't Take It with You) and Itasca (These Shining Lives).
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2023 UIL ONE-aCT PLAY PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Set in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a hilarious and heartrending play about a teenager with a rare condition causing her body to age faster than it should. When she and her family flee Secaucus under dubious circumstances, Kimberly is forced to reevaluate her life while contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality and, most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love.
District Contest March 8, 2023 at Hamilton High School. More contest information available here. |
INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY
2022 OAP Season comes to a bittersweet end
Our 2022 OAP season has come to its end. Our company was named Alternate to Area. Individual awards again went to Aveon Esters - Best Performer, Emily Black - All-Star Cast, Pearl Miles - Honorable Mention All-Star Cast, and Blake Jones - All-Star Tech. Also, Aveon and Blake again claimed the title in the Spike Tape Race.
These kids are amazing and this show wouldn’t be what it was without their hard work and love of theatre.
These kids are amazing and this show wouldn’t be what it was without their hard work and love of theatre.
OAP ADVANCES TO BI-DISTRICT CONTEST FOR the 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
Competing at the District Contest at Hamilton High School on March 9th, the One-Act Play company placed second out of six schools and advanced to the Bi-District Contest held on March 24th at Hamilton High School. Along with advancing four members of the company received individual honors, including Aveon Esters (Best Performer), Emily Black (All-Star Cast), Pearl Miles (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast), and Blake Jones (All-Star Tech). Advancing with Rio Vista was Hamilton (Nell Gwynn) and Itasca (The Small World of Millie McIvor).
2022 UIL ONE-ACT PLAY
INTERNATIONAL THESPIAN SOCIETY
2021 UIL One-act play
The RVHS One-Act Play journey has come to an end. The company performed well at Region Contest, but came up just a bit short to advance to the State Contest. The performers left it all on the stage and the crew hit every cue to bring about a wonderful performance.
Individual award recipients were Sarah Carrillo (All-Star Cast), Macie Fergason (All-Star Cast), Pearl Miles (Honorable Mention All-Star Cast), and Andrea Weber (All-Star Tech. Advancing from the 2A Region II Contest were Lindsay High School (Sending Down the Sparrows) and Hico High School (A Company of Wayward Saints). Rivercrest High School (The Insanity of Mary Girard) was named alternate. We will perform one last time for the student body and then retire this production and turn our focus to planning for next year. |
***Bi-DISTRICT CHAMPIONS***
For the first time since 2004 the Rio Vista One-Act Play advances to the Region Contest, and they did it in style coming in first at the Bi-District contest held at Hamilton High School on March 24th. Advancing with Rio Vista was Hico (A Company of Wayward Saints). Hamilton (Reckless) being named alternate.
For the second straight contest all actresses in the company received acting awards. Macie Fergason (Olympe de Gouges) received one of the two Outstanding Performer awards. Sarah Carrillo (Marianne Angelle) and Pearl Miles (Marie-Antoinette) were named to the All-Star Cast. Emily Black (Charlotte Corday) was named to the Honorable Mention All-Star Cast. Named to Outstanding Crew was Andrea Weber (light board operator). The 2A Region 2 Contest will take place over two days, April 14-15, at Grayson College in Denison. The other schools advancing to this contest include Cisco (Leading Ladies), Haskell (Suite Surrender), Lindsay (Sending Down the Sparrows), Tom Bean (J.B.), Rivercrest (The Insanity of Mary Girard), and Cooper (The Shape of the Grave). |
ONE-ACT PLAY ADVANCES TO BI-DISTRICT CONTEST
Competing at the District Contest at Hamilton High School on March 2nd, the One-Act Play company placed second out of seven schools and advanced to the Bi-District Contest held on March 24th at Hamilton High School. Along with advancing five members of the company (including the entire cast) received individual honors.