department history
A Historical Perspective
Since the opening of James Martin High School in the fall of 1982, the Martin Theatre department has proven to be a strong part of the overall success of the school's 32 year history. Consistently keeping up with Martin's growing and expanding population of almost 3500 students, the theatre program is one of the largest in the State of Texas. We house two full time theatre directors/instructors who teach approximately 300 theatre students in various levels of theatre instruction.
In Martin's first year of existence, only three classes of theatre were offered to a student population consisting mostly of sophomore level students. We only performed two plays that year. We performed Neil Simon's THE GOOD DOCTOR and our UIL One Act Play entry that year was I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY by Celeste Raspanti.
In the years following, the program began to increase in size thus began the need to create addition performance opportunities. The theatre season now includes a Fall Main Stage production, a Fall Little Theatre production, A Black Box Series of original student-written, student-produced plays, the UIL One Act Play, and a Spring Musical in May. The musical is done in association with the award-winning MHS Choir, Band, and Orchestra programs.
Throughout our history, the Martin Theatre program has been very successful in UIL One Act Play competition. We have won the District and Bidistrict contest and advanced to the Area contest 29 times in 34 years. We have advanced to Regional competition 20 times and we have advanced to the State UIL One Act Play Contest 16 times. At the State contest we were selected First-Runner Up in 1990, 1999, 2012, and 2013. We won the State Championship in 1996 and 1998.
Since the opening of James Martin High School in the fall of 1982, the Martin Theatre department has proven to be a strong part of the overall success of the school's 32 year history. Consistently keeping up with Martin's growing and expanding population of almost 3500 students, the theatre program is one of the largest in the State of Texas. We house two full time theatre directors/instructors who teach approximately 300 theatre students in various levels of theatre instruction.
In Martin's first year of existence, only three classes of theatre were offered to a student population consisting mostly of sophomore level students. We only performed two plays that year. We performed Neil Simon's THE GOOD DOCTOR and our UIL One Act Play entry that year was I NEVER SAW ANOTHER BUTTERFLY by Celeste Raspanti.
In the years following, the program began to increase in size thus began the need to create addition performance opportunities. The theatre season now includes a Fall Main Stage production, a Fall Little Theatre production, A Black Box Series of original student-written, student-produced plays, the UIL One Act Play, and a Spring Musical in May. The musical is done in association with the award-winning MHS Choir, Band, and Orchestra programs.
Throughout our history, the Martin Theatre program has been very successful in UIL One Act Play competition. We have won the District and Bidistrict contest and advanced to the Area contest 29 times in 34 years. We have advanced to Regional competition 20 times and we have advanced to the State UIL One Act Play Contest 16 times. At the State contest we were selected First-Runner Up in 1990, 1999, 2012, and 2013. We won the State Championship in 1996 and 1998.
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State Advancing UIL One Act Plays
*=Selected First Runner Up at the State Contest **=Won the State Championship |
Martin Musicals Through the Years
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