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Welcome to the Manvel High School's Horseplay Theatre! We are a 5A high school theatre program in the heart of Alvin ISD. Any MHS student can join Theatre classes or our extracurricular program. We look forward to welcoming you! Please check out our Productions page for information about our coming 2022/2023 season, including our MHS Fine Arts produced performances of Elf the Musical! You can find information on our Texas Thespian Troupe 7075, Drama Club, and Open Mic Coffee talks, as well as our class schedule, on our CLASSES page. If you are interested in our extracurricular events, please peruse our calendar for fun opportunities to participate in a club event or celebration, or to see a production. Please follow us on all socials! |
PerformancesEvery year we present two main productions, our Fall Show or Musical prepared in the first semester, and our One Act Play competition production in the second semester. We also offer many performance opportunities within our Production and Musical Theatre classes. To learn more about each specific production and what shows we will be presenting this year, check out our PRODUCTIONS page! For information on Auditions, check out our calendar for audition dates and times, and our FORMS page for audition packets. |
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Horseplay Theatre Faculty
Leah Short is the Lead Teacher of the Manvel High School Theatre Department. Leah has a BFA from the University of Ozarks in Clarksville, AR and a Masters in Theatre Historiography and Dramaturgy from the University of Houston. She has professional credits in Houston, Texas from the Alley Theatre, Horse Head Theatre Co., Catastrophic Theatre, Wordsmyth Theater Co., and Black Lab Theatre. She has also done professional theatre in Arkansas, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, and New York. She has been with Alvin ISD for 9 years, and is excited to start a new season with the Horseplay Theatre Company!
If you need to contact MHS Theatre, please reach out to Ms. Short via the following methods. Thank you!
If you need to contact MHS Theatre, please reach out to Ms. Short via the following methods. Thank you!
Phone: (281) 245-2220
Tutoring Hours - Wednesdays 3:00 - 3:30 pm, or by appointment Classroom D151 Office Hours - 11:51 - 12:51 
lshort@alvinisd.net
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Madison Kiekel is the assistant director at MHS Horseplay Theatre. Madison graduated from University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas with a liberal arts degree focused in theatre and communications and a minor in education. This will be her third year in a classroom, but her second year as a theatre teacher. She started teaching as a super sub for Clear Creek ISD in 2020. She spent most of her time it Bay Elementary school teaching 2nd, and 3rd grade. The next year she was hired to teach theatre at Pearland Junior High East in Pearland ISD. She made lots of wonderful memories and will cherish her time there, but she is ecstatic to make new memories in Alvin ISD.
Madison Kiekel has been involved in theatre since she was 6 years old. In high school she found two new theatrical passions – Improv & Film. She hopes to instill these passions in her new students as well. When she’s not at school you can usually find her in one of these three locations: local theatres, the movie theatre, or an improv show.
Madison Kiekel has been involved in theatre since she was 6 years old. In high school she found two new theatrical passions – Improv & Film. She hopes to instill these passions in her new students as well. When she’s not at school you can usually find her in one of these three locations: local theatres, the movie theatre, or an improv show.
Phone: (281) 245-4645
Tutoring Hours - Wednesdays 3:00 - 3:30 pm, or by appointment Classroom D111 Office Hours - 10:18 - 11:12 
mkiekel@alvinisd.net
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