Clues, Comebacks, and Curtain Call

  • Roby CIS OAP performance of “Clue” Staleigh Young and Kailyn Shipp, and Christy Kelley gasp as a dead body falls out of the refrigerator. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
    Roby CIS OAP performance of “Clue” Staleigh Young and Kailyn Shipp, and Christy Kelley gasp as a dead body falls out of the refrigerator. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
  • Aspermont ISD OAP Performance of “Theoppollis North” - Brayson Blankenship playing North rides his bicycle through the greenery of the Newport City park. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
    Aspermont ISD OAP Performance of “Theoppollis North” - Brayson Blankenship playing North rides his bicycle through the greenery of the Newport City park. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
  • ROBY CISD OAP “CLUE” CAST BACK ROW l-r: Crystal Lummus, Kailyn Shipp, Berklee Lummus, Jaliegh Johnson, Taren Hounshell, Kylee Robicheaux, Gabbi Poe, Staleigh Young, Betsy Terry, Lexi Calhoun, Arabella Terry, Christy Kelly, Kim Johnson FRONT ROW l-r: Caden Allen, Camden Lummus, Kallen Moody, Jet Terry, Wyatt Kelly, Aiden Carney, Kameron Gardner, Adler Pasley
    ROBY CISD OAP “CLUE” CAST BACK ROW l-r: Crystal Lummus, Kailyn Shipp, Berklee Lummus, Jaliegh Johnson, Taren Hounshell, Kylee Robicheaux, Gabbi Poe, Staleigh Young, Betsy Terry, Lexi Calhoun, Arabella Terry, Christy Kelly, Kim Johnson FRONT ROW l-r: Caden Allen, Camden Lummus, Kallen Moody, Jet Terry, Wyatt Kelly, Aiden Carney, Kameron Gardner, Adler Pasley
  • Camden Lummus was awarded Best Performer at B-District competiion. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
    Camden Lummus was awarded Best Performer at B-District competiion. PHOTO BY MARK MARTINEZ
  • ASPERMONT ISD OAP “THEOPPHILUS NORTH” CAST Lauraine Martin, Maleah Hecht, Payce Potts, Angela Moya, Georgia Seaton, Macy Morris, Braydon Blankenship, Jaxon Hodges, James Bell, Holly Kessinger.
    ASPERMONT ISD OAP “THEOPPHILUS NORTH” CAST Lauraine Martin, Maleah Hecht, Payce Potts, Angela Moya, Georgia Seaton, Macy Morris, Braydon Blankenship, Jaxon Hodges, James Bell, Holly Kessinger.
  • Jaxon Hodges, Georgia Seaton and Braydon Blankenship PHOTOS BY MARK MARTINEZ
    Jaxon Hodges, Georgia Seaton and Braydon Blankenship PHOTOS BY MARK MARTINEZ

    Spring in West Texas has a way of filling every calendar square. Ballgames. Stock shows. Tests. Practices. Meetings. The usual parade of small-town obligations.

    And somewhere in the middle of all that, students in Roby and Aspermont have also been building entire worlds onstage.

    In Roby, it is murder, mystery, and mayhem.

    In Aspermont, it is Jazz Age reflection, reinvention, and the long road back to…