You can listen to Jazz guitarist Mike Moreno (Jazz ’97) play with the Houston Jazz Collective from the 2021 Houston Jazz Festival on this episode of Encore Houston. Allen Gilmore (Theatre ’76) was nominated for the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Yale Repertory Theatre’s Spring production of Choir…
Callie Holley (Theatre ’18) has been named a 2022 Marshall Scholar. The award will provide financial support for graduate study in the United Kingdom. She plans to pursue an MA in Black Studies from the University of Birmingham and an MA in Producing for Film and Television from Royal Holloway University of London. Robert…
Rachelle Mendez (Theatre ’94) is an award-winning television producer — that’s seven Emmy’s, one Producer’s Guild Award, and counting! Her work on unscripted television series like Undercover Boss and the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye are just two in a long list of successful series. Add to the list this year’s Hype on HBO Max,…
Rachelle Mendez (Theatre ’94) won her 7th Emmy this fall, for her work on the Netflix reboot of Queer Eye. She also premiered her new fashion competition show on HBO, The Hype, which can be streamed now! Claudia de Vasco (Theatre ’01) was recently named the Executive Artistic Director of The Public Theater of San…
During the summer of 2021, our intern Alexa Halim (Dance ’21) interviewed four former and current faculty members of Kinder HSPVA who had either taught with or attended each of the school’s three campuses to learn as much as she could about the last fifty years of HSPVA. The 2021-2022 school year marks the 50th…
Visual artist, musician, and Kinder HSPVA consultant Lisa Harris (Vocal ’98) was awarded the inaugural “Houston Regional Affiliate Fellowship” by the University of Houston. As a fellow, she’ll spend the spring 2022 semester at the American Academy of Rome. Mandy Kung (Instrumental ’99) serves as the Director of “SOFA,” the St. Andrew’s School of…
Call for Submissions: HSPVA Alumni 50th Anniversary Exhibition Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and HSPVA Friends are partnering with DiverseWorks to present a juried exhibition of recent work by alumni in celebration of our fiftieth school year. The exhibition will be presented at the MATCH Gallery from October…
Isabella Byrd (Theatre ’05) has been named
Helen Sung (Instrumental ’89) was named a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow for her work in Music Composition. Toya Lillard (Theatre ’91) recently spoke at the Brooklyn Community Foundation, about her work as Executive Director of New York’s viBe Theatre Experience. Devyn Tyler (Theatre ’09) stars as “Ardelia Mapp” on the new CBS show “Clarice.” Helen…
HSPVA Friends is so excited to honor Justin Simien (Theatre ’01) as Kinder HSPVA’s Distinguished Alumnus at the 15th annual Encore event, Encore at the Drive-In! Our 2021 venue, the MoonStruck Drive-In, will be a perfect showcase for his accomplishments in film and television. Justin has credited his time at HSPVA as key to his…