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SAVE THE DATE! DECEMBER 2023
DECEMBER 14th at 7:00 PM
DECEMBER 15th at 10:30 AM and 7:00 PM
DECEMBER 16 at 7:00 PM

Save the date production
 
For questions and additional information, please contact: 
 
Ames Biskupiak
Performing Arts Program Coordinator
 

Steve Barbin
Auditorium Manager/Special Events Coordinator
[email protected]

For any questions related to renting the R. L. Davis Auditorium, please click on the link below for instructions: 

https://www.tsd.state.tx.us/apps/pages/facilities   

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Previous Shows:

The Seventh Blade Poster
 
Student Director: Peyton John Yevich
Co-Director: Ziggy Onion
Producer: Ames Biskupiak
 
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April 20, 2023 • 7:00 PM
April 21, 2023 • 10:30 AM & 7:00 PM
April 22, 2023 • 7:00 PM
At R.L. Davis Auditorium
 
Tickets:
Early Bird Discount $7 per Adult • $5 per Student
(until April 3, 2023)
 
After April 3, 2023:
$10 Adults • $5 Students
 
To purchase tickets: 
TSD Cashier Office: 512-256-4343 (Hours: 9 AM - 4 PM)
Tickets could also be purchased at the door on the day of the show.
 
ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE VOICE INTERPRETED

The Misfortunes of Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin
 
Directed by: Ames Biskupiak
Co-Director: Jacinda Gomez
 
November 10, 2022 • 7:00PM
November 11, 2022 • 10:30AM & 7:00PM
November 12, 2022 • 7:00PM
At R.L. Davis Auditorium
 
 
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Tickets:
$10 Adults • $5 Students
To purchase tickets:  TSD Cashier Office: 512-256-4343
 
Hey there, so you know how Charlie Chaplin's performances on screen have always been done in silence, right? Well, get this... Texas School for the Deaf's Theatre department, for the first time, will present in the same fashion as Charlie Chaplin! You will get to experience the live works of Charlie Chaplin and all of his misfortunes up and close on stage!  COME AND CHECK IT OUT!
 
ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE SILENT
 
More info contact: [email protected]
 

10 Ways to Survive Life in Quarantine  

Ten ways Poster
Written by: Don Zolidis
Directed by: Brian Cheslik
 
Available for On-Demand Streaming May 13th - May 15th.
 
Tickets are $5
 
If you're spending a long time at home, it can be a challenge to keep yourself occupied. Luckily, 10 Ways to Survive Life in a Quarantine is full of handy solutions, from putting on a musical with your dog to becoming an announcer for a made-up sport, to falling in love with an inanimate object. Hey, we promised handy solutions - we never said they wouldn't be strange. Whether or not you're inspired to take up origami and squirrel observation, this flexible new play written by Don Zolidis especially for actors to perform online is sure to bring a laugh to anyone who finds themselves unexpectedly indoors. 
TSD Performing Arts Program presented a Middle School Production: 
The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon
by Don Zolidis, a special arrangement with Playsripts, Inc.
 
Directed by Brian Cheslik
 
December 12, 2019 at 7:00pm
December 13, 2019 at 10:30am
TSD Performing Arts Program presented a Middle School Production: 
The Little Prince
By Rick Cummins and John Scoular
Based on the book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 
 
Originally produced off-Broadway by Chrysalis Productions at the John Houseman Theatre Complex. Earlier versions produced and directed by Michael Harron at Playhouse by the River, Mt. Bethel, PA.
© 1943 and renewed 1971 by Harcourt Brace & Co. 
 
Director Gabi Nocciolino
Co-Director Brian Cheslik
 

Thursday, December, and Friday, December 8th, 2018.
at R.L Davis Auditorium at Texas School for the Deaf

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Texas School for the Deaf Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Noises Off

By Michael Frayn
 
Director Gabi Nocciolino
Co-Director Brian Cheslik
 

Texas School for the Deaf Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Peter and the Star Catcher

The Neverland you Never Knew
A Play by Rick Elice 
Based on the Novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
 
Music by Wayne Barker
Originally produced on Broadway by Nancy Nagel Gibbs, Greg Schaffert, Eva Price, Tom Smeded and Disney Theatrical Productions.
Director Gabi Nocciolino
Co-Director Brian Cheslik
 

APRIL 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2017

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MIT). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MIT. www.MITShows.com
 

TSD Performing Arts Program presented a Middle School Production:
Hansel & Gretel

Story by Brothers Grimm adapted by Gabi Nocciolino.

Gabi Nocciolino, Director
Brian Cheslik, Co-Director

Thursday, December 8 and Friday, December 9
R.L. Davis Auditorium

 

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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Gabi Nocciolino, Director
Brian Cheslik, Co-Director
April 7th, 8th, and 9th, 2016.
 
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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a Middle School Production:

James and the Giant Peach

The second annual Middle School production, to the Austin community for a two- performance engagement December 10th and 11th, 2015. Originally conceived by Roald Dahl, James, and the Giant Peach is a wild and wonderful tale of a daring young boy and his most unusual friends, who together learn that, with a little magic, anything is possible. Showcasing their talent this year on stage were middle school students: Joel Pennington, Joe Cherichello, Wyatt George, Kennedy Toynes, Brody Vukmonich, Dylan Garrison, Cassidy Losh, Jadella Mitchem, and Heydon Davis. 

Gabi Nocciolino, Director
Brian Cheslik, Co-Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

December 10 & 11, 2015
R.L. Davis Auditorium

 

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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Frankenstein

March 24, 2015
Frankenstein student cast/crew were recognized by the TSD Board of Directors for their involvement and accomplishment in presenting the highest-grossing TSD theatrical production in the last ten years. 
          Nicholas Holton, The Creature (Senior) 
          Jasi Kennedy, Dr. Victor Frankenstein
          Shane Carrizales, Henry Clerval 
          Damon Rush, Crew
          Lydia Kopp, Crew 
 

Gabi Nocciolino, Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

 

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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a Middle School Production:

Pinocchio

December 11 & 12, 2014
Pinocchio student actors were recognized by the TSD Board of Directors for their involvement in the first Middle School Performing Arts Program production! Students were asked to choose one word to describe their experience with the show. 

 

Gabi Nocciolino, Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

Assistant Director, Mickey Darius Coleman

 
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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Cinderella

April 4 & 5, 2014
 

Gabi Nocciolino, Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

 

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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

April 4 & 5, 2013
 

Gabi Nocciolino & Gabriel Saunders, Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

 

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TSD Performing Arts Program presented a High School Production:

Peter Pan

May 10, 11 & 12, 2012
 

JoAnn Benfield & Gabi Nocciolino, Director

Producer, Clint Sadler

 

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