Hall of Fame
​Established to honor those adults who have given 20 or more years of service by dedicating themselves to promoting Texas educational theatre.
Administrator of the Year
Texas Thespians present this award to outstanding school administrators who have demonstrated exemplary support for educational theatre.
TrailBlazer Award
​An innovator, a visionary for the organization. This educator is setting new ground and standards for educational theatre in one or more theatrical aspects.
The Golden Apple Award
Established to honor those adults who have 10 or more years of service by dedicating themselves to promoting Texas educational theatre.
The Green Apple Award
Texas Thespians present this award to a director with 1-5 years of teaching experience. This educator is loaded with passion and drive!
Thespis Award
This educator shares theatre knowledge with other Thespian directors and supports the Texas Thespian organization as a whole.
Most Congenial Award
This educator exemplifies the most friendly, genuine, and outgoing at the annual Educator Conference.

Congratulations to our 2023 Hall of Fame
​Award Winners!

Hall of Fame ~ Jose DeHoyos, Jr. 
Hall of Fame ~ Vicki Kirkley
Jose DeHoyos is a 29 year veteran of theatre education and is currently the dual credit theatre teacher at CAST STEM High School in San Antonio in the Southwest Independent School District. A San Antonio native, Jose graduated with his B.A. from the University of the Incarnate Word, his M.A. from Grand Canyon University in Educational Administration, a M.A. in Educational Theatre from the University of Houston, and an E. S. from Grand Canyon University.

Mr. DeHoyos has been an actor, dancer, choreographer, stage manager and director for many different venues throughout his career. Recently, Mr. DeHoyos was in the role of “Mino” in The Public Theatre’s production of “American Mariachi” and Teatro Audaz’s production of “Pastorela Audaz” playing the role of Luzbel. He was last seen as the choreographer for the SWISD Summer Musical “Shrek, Jr.” and as an actor in “On Tidy Endings” playing the role of Arthur. He has performed on the Josephine Theatre Stage, with SeaWorld of Texas and Six Flags Fiesta Texas most recently as “Mayor MayNot'' the Mayor of Six Flags and as a Stage Manager and choreographer as well. He is the current artistic director with the Woodlawn Pointe Community Center’s company Players at the Pointe and is an adjunct theatre professor with ACCD.

Mr. D is honored to be nominated and recognized for this award. His work for his students, his community, and his passion for working with BIPOC, LGBTQ, and minorities in the arts is an integral component in his vision for his program.

​Thank you to all my family and friends, colleagues and students for believing in me and supporting my work in the theatre.
 Vicki Kirkley has been a Theatre Educator for 22 years. She graduated with a BA in Theatre and Radio, Television and Film; a MA in Theatre; MS in Library and Information Science all from the University of North Texas and a Doctor in Education from Walden University.

Vicki began teaching in 2000 at McKinney High School as their Technical Director and moved to the Director of Theatre position in 2003. She was then invited to open McKinney Boyd High School and in her 12 year tenure there, built a thriving program of more than 400 students. During that time, she received multiple inspirational teacher awards, successes in UIL OAP, successes in the Dallas Summer Musical Awards, successes in Texas Thespians IEs and performed on the Main Stages at the Texas Thespian Festival and International Thespian Festival. She also had the honor of being invited to be the first high school to perform Rock of Ages, High School Edition. She was honored by being awarded the Eric Bailey Award by Texas Thespians and was also invited to serve on the Texas Thespian Board which she still currently serves. She also served on the Dallas Summer Musicals Education Advisory Board, Theatre Denton Production Board and Governing Boards as well as the Music Theatre of Denton Boards.

In 2017, Vicki was given the opportunity move a bit closer to home and took over the program at Prosper High School. She introduced Texas Thespians competitions into the program and
started to build successes. Prosper Theatre has qualified more than 150 students for Nationals in her 5 year tenure. This past summer, Vicki was invited to bring her students to perform at
The Fringe Festival in Scotland where they premiered the European Premier of the original show Queens. Prosper Theatre brought the show to perform at the Texas Thespian Festival
where it won the Chapter Select Show and has been invited to perform at the International Thespian Festival this summer. She has received multiple honors as an Outstanding Educator,
successes at Broadway Dallas’ High School Musical Awards and successes at UIL OAP.

Vicki is driven to change lives through theatre; The lives of her students, their parents, their friends and the world as whole. She sees the world filled full of hope and love through the
stories that her students tell and the passions that they share. She believes all of her students are changed for the better through Theatre and they can change the world. She is blessed to have the support of her wonderful husband of 31 years, Bill, and her amazing kids, Jordan and Connor, in her life. Their love and support are everything.​