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The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
The student news site of Westwood High School.

Westwood Horizon
Amidst dining room set pieces, Adam Trenk '26 - as Thomas - pantomimes serving food to fellow actors Saffron Kollodge '26 and Sabrina Kim '25. Trenk was one of the actors to play a "Gossip," members of the ensemble who, in addition to performing roles like Thomas, also served as narration for the show. They bookended scenes and spoke to audience members, representing the gossip in society surrounding the play's events.

Theater Brings Regency England to Life in ‘Sense and Sensibility’

Sabrina Kim, Heritage Co-Chief • October 13, 2024

A casual observer might have thought someone was throwing an extravagant ball in the Big Black Box. The room was transformed - with cameo portraits on opposite walls, an ornate chandelier hung from...

On the red carpet outside the Long Center, 44 members of the Mean Girls production cast and crew pose before the Heller Award ceremony. In addition to a red carpet event and photo session, the ceremony included 18 award categories and multiple musical performances to honor high school musical theater in the Austin area.

Applause and Accolades: Westwood Theater Brings Home First-Ever Heller Award

Sabrina Kim, Heritage Co-Chief • April 23, 2024

At the red carpet ceremony at the Long Center on Thursday, April 17, Westwood Musical Theater was honored for seven nominations and received one award from the Heller Awards for Young Artists.  The...

With a center stage spotlight, Natalie Berkaw '25, Avery Parks '24, and Sabrina Kim '25 make their entrance atop a pink lunch table. The three played the characters of "the Plastics" - Gretchen, Regina, and Karen, who Cady befriends in the play's central storyline.

Get in Loser: Mean Girls Musical Delivers Pink-Powered Prowess

Sabrina Kim, Heritage Co-Chief • January 28, 2024

  Under the bright stage lights and watchful eyes of over five hundred audience members, the cast and crew of Westwood Theatre’s yearly musical took to the Raymond E. Hartfield Performing...

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