Theatre

 
 
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How we’re different

Our apprentices at I.M. Terrell are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. Our entire student body is attentive, determined, hard-working, supportive of their peers, honest, responsible, and courageous. Nowhere else will you experience such a welcoming, enriching, and rigorous classroom culture and school climate.

 

Why I.M. Terrell?

  1. A four-year STEM program.

  2. Enriching opportunities that provide students unforgettable experiences and apprenticeships.

  3. Academic-corporate partnerships which lead to exclusive opportunities for students.

  4. State of the art facilities that are second to none.

Student Opportunities

  • Train at a state of the art facility

  • Receive in depth and broad based performance curriculum and methods

  • Attend professional live productions

  • Get paid for working at events in the Terrell Performing Arts Center

  • Attend master classes with experts in all aspects of theatre

  • Receive rigorous, hands-on technical training

 
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@TerrellTheatreTroupe

 
 
 

Four Year Plan

 
 

Freshman

  • Production I

  • Technical I

  • Theatre & Media Communication (Optional)

 

Junior

  • Production III

  • Technical III

  • Playwrighting/Direcitng

 

Sophomore

  • Production II

  • Technical II

 

Senior

  • Production IV

  • Technical IV

  • Musical Theatre II

  • Technical Independent Study


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IMT Technical Program

 
 
 

Offers instruction in a laboratory setting in makeup, costuming, design, set design and construction, business and theatre management, and other technical areas needed for play production.

Examines careers in theatre. Studies the technical side of theatre by providing instruction in stage lighting, sound production, and theatre relationships involved in play production. 

Get hands on training on: 

  • Compound Miter Saw

  • Drill Press

  • Circular Saw

  • Panel Saw

  • Table Saw

  • Jig Saw

  • LED & PAR Lighting

  • Hand Sewing

  • Sewing Machines

  • And more!

 
 

IMT Production Program

 
 
 

Offers instruction to the core concepts of theatre and creative expression including improvisation, script and character analysis, playwriting, audition preparation, acting styles, vocalization, and physicality with emphasis on the exploration of theatrical convention and historical styles. 

Get hands on training in:

  • Audition Preparation

  • Misner, Stanislofsky, and Hagen methods

  • Character Development

  • Directing

  • Theatre History

  • Career Marketing

  • And more!

 
 

Contact

THEATRE DIRECTOR

 Bentleigh Nesbit 

Bentleigh.Nesbit@fwisd.org

 
 

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

 Cameron Collis 

Cameron.Collis@fwisd.org

 

PRINCIPAL

Baldwin Brown

Baldwin.Brown@fwisd.org

 

I.M. TERRELL SCHOOL OFFICE

(817) 815-2100

 
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The Fort Worth Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, age, gender identity and expression, military/veteran status, in its programs and activities. The following person(s) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Patricia Sutton, 504 Coordinator/Foster Care Liaison, 100 N University Dr., NE 240, Fort Worth, TX 76107, 817.814.2458, Yassmin Lee, Title IX Coordinator, 100 N University Dr. NW 130-1, Fort Worth, TX 76107, 817.814.2727 or Cynthia Rincon, Title VII Coordinator, 100 N. University Dr., NW 130-1, Fort Worth, TX 76107, 817.814.2724.