LAKE TRAVIS HIGH SCHOOL

Productions

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AFTERLIFE: A GHOST STORY

Afterlife by Steve Yockey is Lake Travis High School's 2025 entry for Region 4-District 26, 6A UIL One Act Play.

A ghost story in the most literal sense, Afterlife follows Connor and Danielle as they prepare their beachfront home for an impending storm. They believe they have time to gather, to brace, to outrun but storms don’t wait. Neither does the past.

As wind howls and waves crash, their home becomes a vessel for unsent letters, unfinished conversations, and echoes of love that was never enough. Black birds gather, the ocean looms, and time fractures, trapping them in a loop of memory and loss.

Darkly lyrical and emotionally gripping, Afterlife explores love, grief, and the unseen forces that refuse to let go.

Freaky Friday

Our fine arts department put on a spectacular musical of Freaky Friday, new musical, Freaky Friday, based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films (and developed by Disney Theatrical Productions expressly for licensing to theatres), features a book by Bridget Carpenter. Music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey - the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normaland If/Then.

Mixed Nuts

Fall 2024, the Fine Arts Department put on "Mixed Nuts", a heartwarming comedy that follows an ambitious writer’s journey to New York City. Eager to make a name for himself, Mike soon finds himself tangled in a cast of eccentric characters, hilarious misadventures, and the surprising twists of big-city life. With humor and heart, Mixed Nuts captures the trials, triumphs, and unexpected friendships that come with chasing dreams in the city that never sleeps.

Medea

Medea by Robinson Jeffers was the 2024 Lake Travis High School entry for Region 4-District 26, 6-A UIL One Act Play. Medea competed at Zone, District, Bi-District and Area level contests. Until Area Contest, Medea received a consistent second place ranking and was recipient of two Best Actor awards (held by Eva Berry) as well several other Individual awards won by Kinsey Jacobsen, Marshall McCarty, and Miles Rojas-Castle. Medea also received various technical awards as well as the coveted Best Overall Technical Crew Award at Area. Medea is a Greek tragedy first written by Euripides about a woman who, after being betrayed by her husband Jason, enacts revenge by killing their children and his new bride, before fleeing to Athens. The play delves into themes of betrayal, revenge, and the consequences of extreme emotional turmoil. LTTC last presented at Area contest in 2017 with the play Tartuffe, under the direction of Tammy Carville.

The Addams Family

In the 2023-2024 school year, the Fine Arts Department put on "The Addams Family" a musical comedy by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family - a man her parents have never met. And if that weren't upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.

Reckless

"Reckless" was the fall play for the 2023-2024 school year. The show was written by Craig Lucas. Mr. Andrew Hardaway put on this very successful production. A young wife and mother named Rachel who is forced to flee her house in bathrobe and slippers one Christmas Eve after her husband confesses he's hired a hitman to kill her. From there, the play mounts a satirical assault on the institutions and customs of “normal” American life.

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Legally Blonde

The musical chosen for the 2022-2023 school year was "Legally Blonde" composed by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin. The broadway show was adapted from the hit movie directed by Robert Luketic that came out in 2001. Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down when her boyfriend Warner dumps her so he can attend Harvard Law. Determined to get him back, Elle ingeniously charms her way into the prestigious law school. While there, she struggles with peers, professors and her ex.

After Juliet

Our Fine Arts Department chose "After Juliet" for the 2022-2023 fall play. This production was written by Sharman Macdonald. This story begins where Romeo and Juliet ends—and it's told from the P.O.V. of the teens who knew them best. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, is in love with Rosaline, Juliet's cousin. But Rosaline is still carrying a torch for Romeo—and she's bent on revenge.