University High School student, Diego Lerma, advanced to State in the UIL Theatrical Design Contest in the spring. This is Diego's second appearance at the State Meet for Design.

Diego created a marketing desing for the play, Life is a Dream by Pedron Calderon De La Barca Translated by Dr. G. J. Racz.

The Theatrical Design Contest was created to foster appreciation of good theatrical design, to increase the number of schools which have adapted technical theatre as an academic subject in school curricula, to learn to graciously accept with good sportsmanship the decision and critique with a view to improve future projects and to satisfy the competitive, artistic spirit with friendly rivalry among schools.