Theatre at The Colony

05/04/2023

We are so grateful for the support of The Lost Boy from all the students, faculty, and administrators for our great sendoff this morning! Didn’t realize how emotional all these little moments would be!

05/04/2023

Great night celebrating our kids with a Texas themed “State Send-Off Dinner”! Second star to the right, and straight on to State!

04/29/2023

And that’s a wrap, we ended our 52nd show on the TATC stage tonight with The Lost Boy. It’s been 10 years filled with some incredible kids, amazing shows, and memories that will last a lifetime! Thanks to so many of you who came out, and surprised us tonight!

04/27/2023

Hope you can join us tomorrow evening for our performance of The Lost Boy on the TATC Stage before we head to State. Showtime is 7 pm, and seating is general admission. Tickets are $10 for adults, and $5 for students. For more information, visit www.theatreatthecolony.com

Hard to believe this is our last show on the TATC stage! All you need is faith, trust and pixie dust!

04/24/2023

Hope you can join TATC this Friday for an Encore Performance of their State Qualifying One-Act Play, The Lost Boy. Showtime is 7 pm in the TCHS Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or online at www.theatreatthecolony.com We look forward to seeing you as we celebrate the accomplishments of this incredible group of kids!

04/23/2023

Yesterday was such a whirlwind of emotions, but I am so thankful that Ronda and I get to end our 28 years of one-acts journeys at the state meet this year with these incredible humans! What a blessing it has been it has been over all these years! A big congrats to Andy - Top Performer, Thessaly - All-Star Cast, Abby - Honorable Mention, and Quannah - All-Star Tech.

A final public performance of Lost Boy before the state meet will be this Friday at 7 pm. Tickets are general admission, and can be purchased at www.theatreatthecolony.com

All you need is faith, trust, and pixie dust!

04/21/2023

Official Region Rehearsal complete, lunch at Babes’s chicken, and contest tomorrow!

04/17/2023

It’s the week of Region for Lost Boy! A big thanks to Shawn Walther of Charisma Photography for capturing these beautiful images of our show! And to our very own Abby Henifin for creating our projections, and to Camron and Courtney Ware of Lightware Labs for bringing them to life!

We compete on Saturday at 1 pm at the Arlington ISD Center for Visual and Performing Arts. Tickets are $10 for the day and can be purchased at https://www.aisd.net/center-for-visual-and-performing-arts/venue/events/tickets

Hope you can come out and support our Lost Boy Tribe on Saturday! All you need is faith, trust and little bit of pixie dust.

04/14/2023

Our annual TATC volleyball and hamburger cookout! A big thanks to the parents for taking care of the food for us!

04/04/2023

“Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, and establish the work of our hands upon us; yes, establish the work of our hands!” ~Psalms 90:17

We have a career update. We have officially accepted new positions as full-time Lolli and Pop, while maintaining the roles of caterers/event planners/Confetti Affairs owners. After more than 25 years as teachers and directors, we will retire from public education after this school year and move to join our family in Graham.

We, of course, are beyond ecstatic to be able to see our granddaughters (and their parents, too!) on a daily basis and never have to miss another T-ball game, recital, performance, or special event, but this decision does come with some bittersweet emotions as well.

We have been abundantly blessed to have started our directing careers in Wortham and Mexia (what a great team we had working with Heather Stuver) and ended those careers at Lewisville ISD with The Colony High School and Theatre at The Colony!

10 years ago, we stood on the Theatre at The Colony stage, looked around at our new home, and said, “Can’t you just imagine the possibilities?” Yet the reality has been so much sweeter than anything we could envision.

As with all success, the road was often very rocky. We encouraged our new students to dream big and believe that these dreams can become a reality if they work hard and do not accept failure as an option, but we hit one road block after another simply because it had never been done like that before. In addition to our mantra of “imagine the possibilities” we added, “That’s a great problem to have!”. Yet our administrators (LISD Fine Arts a Missey Head and Bill Watson, TCHS principal James Hill and Lakeview MS principal Jeremy Turner, LISD Superintendent Dr. Kevin Rogers, LISD School Board members including Trisha Sheffield, Tracy Miller, Kronda Thimesch, Angie Cox) our LISD Theatre Family (Dusty Thompson, Scott Taylor, Laura McNary) our students, their parents, and our community (The Colony Chamber of Commerce) fought tirelessly to build new roads, paved with a new legacy and a common mission of telling stories that made a difference and brought joy.

While a lot has changed over the past decade, the continuous support for Theatre at The Colony never wavered. New students, parents, administrators, board members also imagined the possibilities and joined us on our mission, working to improve our facilities, recognizing the benefits of arts education, and advocating for our students. Thank you, Bradley Willi, Deanna Gerde, Lindsey Harkins, Josh Mollsbee, Kelly Kirkland, Justin Gilbreath, Jennifer Surgeson, Kristi Hassett, Jenny Proznik, Katherine Sells, Erica Roberson, Jeff Lahey, Dr. Lori Rapp, and so many others, for all that you have done for us! We especially want to thank Dr. Tim Baxter who loved us from the moment he met us and never failed to fight tirelessly, and encourage and uplift us throughout the past 7 years. We are so eternally grateful for you and your precious parents and love that you will always be a part of our family.

Finally, thank you to Kelsey, Kaylee, Ryan, Ethan, Lily, Layla, and Camilla, for loving us unconditionally and being with us on this ride of a lifetime. We can’t wait for this new adventure with you and to be right where we belong!

04/02/2023

The Lost Boy is headed to Region after being named the Area One-Act Play Champs today! Congrats to the following: Quannah - All-Star Tech, Logan - Honorable Mention, Abby and Thessaly - All-Star Cast, and Andy - Top Performer. An added bonus was having our kids with us today.

03/31/2023

Hope you can join us Saturday at Independence HS for the Area One-Act Contest. The day starts at 9 am, and TATC’s The Lost Boy takes the stage around 2 pm. Admission is free for the contest.

03/24/2023

It was a very long day, but The Lost Boy is advancing to AREA! A big congrats to Andy and Thessaly - All-Star Cast, Abby and Logan - Honorable Mention All-Star Cast, and Quannah - All-Star Tech.

03/21/2023

Hope you can join us on Thursday at Wakeland High School in Frisco for the Bi- District One-Act Play Contest. Competition begins at 9 am, and Theatre at The Colony’s production of Lost Boy takes the stage around 10:30 am. Admission is free! Hope you can come out, and support our Neverland Tribe!

03/09/2023

The Lost Boy is District Champions! But first, Disney World! Congrats to Andy-Top Performer, Abby - All-Star Cast, Thessaly - Honorable Mention, and Avery - Best Tech!

03/06/2023

We only have a couple of days left on our fundraiser. Please consider donating to these amazing group of students who are currently on their one-act play journey with The Lost Boy! Any amount would be greatly appreciated!

Fundraising is vital for the success of our program. The funds will aid us in purchasing new uniforms, equipment and other pertinent expenses. Each participant has a monetary goal, please consider donating or sharing via social media so that they may reach it. Thank you so much for your support!

03/01/2023

The Lost Boy Company advanced out of the first round of Zone Competition, and will now head to District next week. Awards went to the following: Best Performers: Abby and Andy
All-Star Cast: Logan and Thessaly
Honorable Mention: Avery
Outstanding Crew: Quannah, Avery, Mia, Lucas and Morgan
Outstanding Crew Member: Quannah

02/28/2023

Hope you can join us on Tuesday afternoon at TCHS around 3 pm as Theatre at The Colony takes the stage in the Zone Contest. We would love to have you in the audience supporting our kids!

02/25/2023

As we begin our one-act play journey, hope you will consider donating to some great kids! We greatly appreciate it!

Fundraising is vital for the success of our program. The funds will aid us in purchasing new uniforms, equipment and other pertinent expenses. Each participant has a monetary goal, please consider donating or sharing via social media so that they may reach it. Thank you so much for your support!

02/24/2023

Hope you can join us on Friday at 7 pm for our community performance of our one-act play entry, THE LOST BOY before we head to zone contest on Tuesday. For more information, visit www.theatreatthecolony.com

02/20/2023

There are no words to adequately describe this experience of one-act play retreat for the kids and for us. It is pure magic of how a show comes together in this atmosphere. Today was filled with team challenges, lots of great food, rehearsals, moment before improvs, more rehearsals, a Peter Pan Grazing Table, a party of well, you will just have to see the pictures, a scavenger picture play hunt, and lots of laughs throughout the day!

02/19/2023

The Red Pirates Dance Challenge. (We do not own the rights to the music.)

02/19/2023

The Bell’s Boys Dance Challenge. (We do not own the rights to the music.)

02/19/2023

Lost Boy Retreat Day One completed with lots of TATC traditions, team building, rehearsals, great food, and more rehearsals. Gotta love the magic of retreat!

02/18/2023

Excited for the weekend with our 2023 Lost Boy Retreat!

02/13/2023

Join us on Friday, February 24th at 7 pm for the community performance of the 2023 One-Act Play. This years show is THE LOST BOY, the story of how Peter became Pan. For more information, visit www.theatreatthecolony.com

02/08/2023

Thank you Delaney Brown for stopping by and sharing what life is like on The Jagged Little Pill National Tour. Thanks for your passion and inspiring our kids today. We are so incredibly proud of you!

01/29/2023

Ronda and I were recently featured on the LISD Podcast where we talked about our ten years at The Colony as well as all things Theatre at The Colony.

In this months podcast, Dwayne and Ronda Craig, pull back the curtain to give fans a behind the scenes look into the success they have found in theatre.VIDEO...

12/04/2022

It’s been a whirlwind of a weekend, but we have loved every minute of Christmas Comes To The Colony. If you love Christmas as much as we do, join us today at 2 pm for our final performance. For more information, visit www.theatreatthecolony.com

And a special thanks to Charisma Photography for capturing these fun images!

12/04/2022

The costumes were all hung in the theatre with care all ready for the final Christmas performance of the year. Join us tomorrow for our 2 pm show of Christmas Comes To The Colony. For more information, visit www.theatreatthecolony.com