Theatre Events & News

In 2019, the GPFAA production of Bullets Over Broadway garnered 13 Dallas Summer Musical nominations. 

Nominations included:

• Best Musical
• Best Direction
• Best Choreography
• Best Musical Direction 
• Best Orchestration
• Best Scenic Design
• Best Costume Design
• Best Lighting Design
• Best Ensemble
• Best Leading Actor
• Best Supporting Actress
• Best Supporting Actor
• Best Featured Performer

2019 Dallas Summer Musical High School Theatre Award Winners

Best Musical - Bullets Over Broadway

Best Scenic Design - Bullets Over Broadway

Best Supporting Actress - Bullets Over Broadway Joryhebel Ginorio

GPFAA Thespian Troupe 8227 will host its first Cabaret for a Cause: Broadway Backwards on May 3rd at 7:00 pm. Mirrored after "Miscast Monday" in New York City, Performers have the opportunity to perform song selections intended for the opposite gender.

We hope you can make it out to this exciting event for an even more exciting cause: Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids.

*Entrance by Donation, All proceeds will go to Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids*

GPFAA Seniors and Juniors left on February 7, 2019 for Los Angeles California for a five-day jam-packed

weekend of masterclasses, college auditions, workshops, a canyon hike, and even a fun trip to Universal Studios.

Grand Prairie Fine Arts Academy Thespian Troupe 8227 had an eventful week at the 2018 Texas Thespian Festival.

Over 8000 students were in attendance at the Gaylord Texan November 15-17, 2018.

GPFAA received the following honors:

• Performed The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney as part of the festival Play Marathon Series
• One of 6 schools named as a Finalist for Super Troupe of Texas 2018
• Joryhebel Ginorio and Bailey James were selected for the ALL-STATE Cast and performed with Broadway star Annaleigh Ashford during the closing ceremonies
• Zoey Kaps was awarded Best Supporting Actress in a Play Marathon
• Bailey James and Kristina Lenkowsky received a Thespian Scholarship Award to the college of their choice
• 8 seniors received over 150 college callbacks
• 32 of 35 students received Excellent ratings and qualified for the International Thespian Festival in June, 2019
• 1 Middle School student also qualified for the International Thespian Festival in June, 2019 after attending the Texas Thespians Junior Festival

• Shy'peria Brown, Bailey James and Darnell Robinson are Regional Finalists in the August Wilson Monologue Competition

  Joryhebel Ginorio is a Dallas Branch Finalist in the National Shakespeare Monologue Competition

 Our seniors are traveling everywhere for college auditions!

Break a leg seniors, we believe in you.

YOU are more than enough! 

Joryhebel Ginorio in New York City for Unifieds

Bailey James in New York for an audition

Tiffany Stone and Kristina Lenkowsky during a college audition        

Joryhebel Ginorio competed in the National Shakespeare Competition and placed first,

advancing her to the final round held at the Lincoln Center in New York City.

Bailey James recently traveled to Miami, Flordia to compete and praticpate among

hundreds of visual, literary and performing artist in the Young Arts Competition and Festival.