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Choir Performs First Concert

October 21, 2014

By Deemah Pulak The audience quieted, leaving the faintest sounds to be heard as Richardson's a cappella group Legacy took over the auditorium stage. On Monday night, the first choir concert of...

Theatre Magnet students act in Wunderland. Written by Theatre teacher Cliff McClelland, the play sets “Alice in Wonderland” in 1930s Germany. Photo by Miranda Moses

Theatre Magnet Puts On Homegrown Play

October 8, 2014

By Madeline Chalkley One week before the first day of school theatre teacher, and published playwright, Cliff McClelland wrote the first script for this fall’s play “Wünderland.” Last...

Teams Dance In Annual Show

April 18, 2014

By Haley Stubbs With performances by the Desperados, Hypematic and the Eaglettes, the 57th Eaglette Revue concluded the drill team's dancing events for the year. "I'm really happy it ended this...

Theatre Advances to UIL District

March 27, 2014

By Sarah Oprysk After hosting UIL Theatre for the first time, Richardson High School advanced to District after competing on Thursday and Friday. "Every year before, we've practiced and practiced,...

Talent Show Showcases Students

March 4, 2014

By Nate Beer As freshman Becca Nash took center stage and sang Idina Menzel's "Let It Go," the crowd's enthusiastic cheers were almost deafening. A yearly event, the Talent Show showcases some...

Theatre Magnet Performs for Elementary Students

March 2, 2014

By Sarah Oprysk The Richardson Theatre Magnet presented "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales" on February 25. The magnet's sophomore class was split by class periods so that students...

Theatre Magnet Puts On “Shrek the Musical”

February 6, 2014

When junior Griffin Camacho, who played the title role in "Shrek the Musical" didn't show up for school, people wondered whether or not the Thursday night opening would even happen. With the now-infamous...

The Semester in Pictures

The Semester in Pictures

December 30, 2013

From energetic school pep rallies to controversial global events, from old rivalries to new traditions, through renovations and additions to the staff, Richardson wasted no time in making memories in the...

Theatre Magnet Puts On Phobia House

Theatre Magnet Puts On Phobia House

October 31, 2013
The same apprehension of watching the first few minutes of a horror movie sifted through the people shuffling through the auditorium doors, towards the eerie music echoing screams. Friends clung to each other or nervously laughed off their fear as they entered the fog-filled void.
Theatre Magnet Presents Hallo Wonderland

Theatre Magnet Presents Hallo Wonderland

October 31, 2013
With sets painted in themes ranging from Dr. Seuss to "The Wind in the Willows," actors waited in various posts along the hall for their cues. At the other end of the hall, children waited each set of characters perform before reaching a jackpot of candy.
Theatre Magnet to Present The Tempest with Professional Director

Theatre Magnet to Present ‘The Tempest’ with Professional Director

October 16, 2013
The storm whirled, flinging the students from one side of the ship to the other as they recited the ancient lines of Shakespeare’s "The Tempest." The play, which opens October 17, will be the first theater play directed by a professionally paid outside director, Debbie Ruiz Esparaza.
Photo by Cheyenne Fortson.

School Prepares for Homecoming

October 4, 2013
Senior Brianna Edwards walked into her math class dressed in flag colors, blending into the blue, red and white covering most students in that first period class. That was ‘Merica Monday, the first Homecoming spirit day of the week.
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