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Dec 1, 20232 min read

FBISD Students Advance to National Thespian Festival to be Held in June

FORT BEND ISD (Nov. 30, 2023) – Seventy-one Fort Bend ISD students, representing all 12 FBISD high schools, advanced to the National Thespian Festival.

The national competition will be held in Indiana in June.


Dozens of Fort Bend ISD theatre students attended the 2023 Texas Thespian Festival this year, held November 15-18 in Grapevine, Texas, which hosted more than 8,000 delegates from programs across the state and from other states. The Texas event is one of the largest festivals, and students compete annually for awards and scholarships.


The students advancing to national competition include, as listed by campus:


Austin High School

  • Anissa Gentry (Costume Design)

  • Caleb John (Monologue)

  • Mackenzie Keen (Monologue)

  • Christian Lema (Solo Musical)

  • Alondra Loya (Solo Musical)

  • Quinn Mannion (Monologue)

  • Taylor Nguyen (Solo Musical)

  • Viktor Payne (Monologue)

  • Isabel Salyers (Monologue)

  • Joy Santos (Monologue)

  • Zarya Smith (Monologue)

  • Kai Tinnin (Costume Construction)

  • Annika Trevino (Monologue)

Bush High School

  • Angel Ajoku (Sound Design)

  • Victoria Fuentes (Solo Musical)

  • Nevaeh Lewis (Solo Musical)

  • Adrianna Rivera (Duet Musical)

  • Angeliz Silvestre (Duet Musical)

  • Jasmine Stevens (Lighting Design)


Clements High School

  • Valerie Cupich (Scenic Design)

  • Sarah Gentle (Solo Musical)

  • Gretchen Gille (Theatrical Marketing)

  • Artem Kochkin (Short Film)

  • Christopher Pontiff (Lighting Design)

  • Alyssa Serrano (Solo Musical)

  • Tara Swasey (Duet Musical)

  • Maddie Teverovsky (Duet Musical)

  • Andy Wu (Monologue)

Crawford High School

  • Mikaela Taylor (Stage Management)

  • Jenova Tran (Solo Musical)

Dulles High School

  • Nelly Awad (Scenic Design)

  • Natalie Brunello (Stage Management)

  • Jayla Cork (Duet Musical)

  • Matt Cosby (Duet Musical)

  • Remi Asher Dancer (Costume Design)

  • Madeline Fletcher (Duet Musical)

  • Madison Hebert (Solo Dance)

  • Grace Morgan (Duet Musical)

  • Rogina Niroomand (Duet Musical)

  • Dorothy Warner (Duet Musical)

Elkins High School

  • Kira Holmon (Solo Musical)

  • Jonathan Hubbard (Duet Musical)

  • Diya Mantena (Playwriting)

  • Brandon Montgomery (Duet Musical)

  • Isabella Torres (Solo Musical)

  • Jacob Walker (Scenic Design)

Hightower High School

  • Teohn Bonaparte (Duet Acting)

  • A’Miyah Brown (Duet Acting)

  • Camille Dickerson (Duet Acting)

  • Zoe Jeter (Monologue)

  • Jerome Johnson (Solo Musical)

  • Gloria Mulebinge (Solo Musical)

  • Praise Nwanma (Duet Acting)

  • Oluwapoju Ogundare (Duet Acting)

  • Zoe Pierce (Duet Acting)

  • Olivia Wiley (Stage Management)

  • Christian Wilson (Short Film)

Kempner High School

  • Isabella Fish (Solo Musical)

  • Mariam Ibrahim (Solo Musical)

  • Lulani Maya (Solo Musical)

  • Jonah Negrin (Duet Acting)

  • Miles Tanner (Duet Acting)

Marshall High School

  • Joseph Akah (Monologue)

  • Brima Conteh (Monologue)

  • Clinise Hudson (Solo Musical)

  • Davine Wilkins (Monologue)

Ridge Point High School

  • Inky Abdulmasih (Solo Musical)

  • Erin Brogan (Solo Musical)

  • Patrick Cashion (Short Film)

  • Grayson Chilcote (Playwriting)

  • Alexandra Demaris (Duet Dance)

  • Meagan Edwards (Solo Musical)

  • Sedra Hakim (Playwriting)

  • Ameerah Jackson (Solo Musical)

  • Andie Jones (Duet Acting)

  • Reese McGrenera (Duet Dance)

  • Costantino Pizzuti (Monologue)

  • Moises Ramos (Solo Musical)

  • TJ Saenz (Duet Acting)

  • Toriana Smith (Short Film & Playwriting)

  • Grace Williamson (Solo Musical)

Travis High School

  • Gracen Barrett (Solo Musical)

Willowridge High School

  • Joy Olowogbade (Monologue)


FBISD students awarded scholarships include:


  • Katie Bland (Ridge Point High School) - $1,000

  • Madison Hebert (Dulles High School) - $5,000 Full Scholarship Musical Theatre Summer Program

  • Irma Leyva (Bush High School) - $1,000

  • Angeliz Silvestre (Bush High School) - $1,000

  • Kai Tinnin (Austin High School) - $1,000


Fort Bend ISD students were also honored among the other state awardees for their work during the festival. They include:


Mainstage Featured Performers

  • Gracen Barrett (Travis High School)

  • Jayla Cork (Dulles High School)

  • Matt Cosby (Dulles High School)

  • Victoria Fuentes (Bush High School)

Mainstage Featured Technicians

  • Gretchen Gille (Clements High School) – Marketing

  • Kia Tinnin (Austin High School) – Costume Design

All-State Musical Cast

  • Patrick Cashion (Ridge Point High School)

  • Isabella Fish (Kempner High School)

  • Kennedy Malveaux (Ridge Point High School)

  • Braylon McMorris (Ridge Point High School)

Short Film Winner

  • Patrick Cashion and Toriana Smith (Ridge Point High School)

Lip Sync Challenge – Mainstage Performers


  • 3rd Place - A’Miyah Brown, Jayton Carroll, Nellyeon Scott and Tayler Wallace (Hightower High School)

  • Honorable Mention – Abigail Anderson, Billy Fernandez, Gretchen Gille, Amelie Irvin, Alyssa Serrano, Tara Swasey, Maddie Teverovsky, Andy Wu and Elena Yepsen (Clements High School)


All-Star Troupe Display Winner

  • Erin Brogan (Ridge Point High School)

Improv Challenge All-Star

  • Hailey Wilmot (Ridge Point High School)

Texas Thespian Advocacy Network Student Ambassador

  • Carson White (Ridge Point High School)


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