CYPRESS RANCH THEATRE AWARDS & ACCOLADES 2014-2015
31 State Texas Thespian 1st and 2nd Place Winners who qualified for Nationals
2nd Place National Qualifiers
Group Musical: “Raise the Roof” – Wild Party Andrew Lippa
Company: Meghan Gwinn, Kerensa McMurphy, Kylie Snyder, Kyilie Hidalgo, Christina Gibson, Cat Reynolds, Dani Dinderman, Grace Whaley, Kelsey Giallanza, Mallory Fondren, Sarah Barth
Duet Musical: “Three Bedroom House” – Bat Boy The Musical - Lawrence O’Keefe, Emily Deragon & Abby Weeks
Scenic Design: The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa, Cole Yates
Stage Management: The Addams Family - Andrew Lippa, Sarah Rasing
National Thespian 1st Place Winners
Monologue: Blue Stockings Jessica Swale
Taylor Needham *Mainstage Performer – Taming the Shrew William Shakespeare
Solo Musical: “I’m Not Alone – Carrie, The Musical - Rebecca Stanley
Group Musical: “T’Aint Nobodies Bizness” – Bullets Over Broadway Everet Robins & Porter Granger
Company: Tyler Hardin, Michael Pham, Jose Monogollon, Corey Jennings, Chance Jarvis, Max Foster, Liam McGarrity, Carson Leonard, Brendan Morrow, Ryan Simon
Costume Design: Tartuffe – Molliere, Rachael Stewart
Tech Challenge Team
Cole Andrews, Cole Yates, Sarah Rasing, Megan Sizemore, Mike Gudilj, Thomas Kim, Rachael Stewart
Music Works Contest
Cat Reynolds – “The Session” *Mainstage Performance
6 Tommy Tune Nominations – ADDAM’S FAMILY
Best Female Lead: Rebekah Stanley as “Wednesday”
Best Ensemble/Chorus
Best Featured Performer
Best Costume Design
Best Choreography
Best Musical Direction
2015 UIL FILM Contest
Cypress Ranch 2nd Round Films and categories are listed below:
BAD MIME – Narrative Film
MORQUIO KID – Documentary Film
ALL IS FAIR – Animation Film
“All is Fair” – Animation *Advanced to Round 2 in UIL Film
Written and Directed by Michael Pham; Director, Editor & Cinematography: Kieran Pilling; Projection Specialist: Jose Mogollon; Actors: Brett Bellamy and Lexie Martin
“Morquio Kid” – Documentary *Advanced to UIL State Semi Finals
Written, Produced, Directed and Cinematography by: Tyler Hardin and Miguel Lira
Actor: Doyle Waller, as himself
“Bad Mime” – Narrative *Advanced to Round 2 in UIL Film
Written by Miguel Lira; Produced by Jacob Carter and Cat Reynolds; Directed by Audrey Kohler; Actors: Cameron Bishop and Taylor Needham
Cypress Ranch 3rd Round, 2015 UIL Film Sem-Finals!
MORQUIO KID – Documentary Film
MORQUIO KID was written, directed, edited and produced by seniors Tyler Hardin and Miguel Lara. The subject and star of this film is Cypress Ranch’s own Doyle Waller.
2014 UIL One Act Play – BLUE STOCKINGS – Region Finalists
ZONE – 1st Place
Rebekah Stanley.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Actress
Michael Pham........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ All Star Cast
Mark Waddell......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Brett Bellamy............................................................................................................................................................................................ Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Meghan Gwinn.......................................................................................................................................................................................... Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Asia Kreitz................................................................................................................................................................................................. Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Cole Andrews.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Technician
Cole Andrews, Blake Dalton, Jose Mogollon, John Schmitt, Cole Yates................................................................................................................. Best Overall Technical Crew
DISTRICT – 1st Place
Taylor Needham.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Actress
Michael Pham............................................................................................................................................................................................................... Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Meghan Gwinn....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Josh Edwards......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Cole Yates........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Best Technician
BI-DISTRICT Awards:
Michael Pham............................................................................................................................................................................................ Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Mark Waddell............................................................................................................................................................................................ Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Rebekah Stanley.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Josh Edwards......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Jose Mogollon................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Technician
AREA Finalists
Rebekah Stanley.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Actress
Amber Grant.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
Cab Wyrick................................................................................................................................................................................................ Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Asia Kreitz................................................................................................................................................................................................. Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Blake Dalton..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... Best Technician
UIL One Act Play REGION Awards:
Brett Bellamy............................................................................................................................................................................................................... Honorable Mention All Star Cast
Rebekah Stanley................................................................................................................................................................................................................... All Star Cast
John Schmitt III................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Best Technician
2015 Nationals MusicWorks Winner
1st Place – Cat Reynolds for her Original Musical, GROUP
2015 USITT SW Regional Symposium
2nd Place – Rachel Stewart for Costume Design
2015 Theatre Scholarship Recipients:
Tyler Hardin – 4 year Partial Scholarship for Film to Baylor University
Rebekah Stanley – 4 year partial scholarship for Musical Theatre to Webster University
Taylor Needham – 4 year Partial Scholarship for Theatre to DePaul University
Amber Grant – partial scholarship for Theatre & Honors College to Sam Houston State University