Sunday June 12 and Monday, June 13
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Hennepin Theatre Trust presents the annual Spotlight Showcase, a component of the Trust’s Spotlight Education program, that will run June 12-13 at the historic State Theatre. Professionally produced, Spotlight Showcase highlights the hard work and talents of the state’s finest musical theatre students and programs with live performances. Schools and students are honored in categories including individual performances, overall productions and technical achievement.
As the Trust’s premier education program, Spotlight Education supports and honors Minnesota high school students and programs focused on musical theatre. Laura Osnes, a Minnesota native, Broadway performer and former Spotlight Education participant, is the program’s 2015-2016 spokesperson.
Each year, Spotlight Education provides valuable educational, performing and creative experiences for more than 5,000 students in 80 schools throughout the state. These activities help foster essential life skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving and self-expression which students carry into their adult lives.
Through Spotlight Education, students enrolled in their high school musical theatre programs receive professional training and guidance to enhance their artistic, technical and performing skills. This wide-ranging program has four key components:
- Master Classes offer an array of training from local theatre professionals and Broadway performers.
- Critical Review teaches students all aspects of musical theatre so that they are able to write professional theatre and performance reviews.
- Production assessments connect high schools with theatre professionals and educators who offer feedback and guidance on the schools’ musical theatre productions throughout the year.
- Spotlight Showcase, the culmination of the year-long program, invites all participating high schools to take center stage and perform before live audiences in one of the Trust’s historic theatres.
The week leading up to Spotlight Showcase, known as Showcase week, includes rehearsals with professional choreographers, musical directors and technicians. Four students will also be recognized for outstanding performance with the Triple Threat Award, which represents excellence in dancing, singing and acting, as well as community leadership.
Participating schools in the 2015-2016 Spotlight Education program
Academy of Holy Angels (Richfield), Mary Poppins
Alexandria Area High School, Monty Python’s Spamalot
Andover High School, Oklahoma!
Anoka High School, The Wizard of Oz, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
Apple Valley High School, 9 to 5
Becker High School, The Wizard of Oz
Bemidji High School, Shrek the Musical
Benilde-St. Margaret’s School (St. Louis Park), The Drowsy Chaperone
Blaine High School, Mary Poppins
The Blake School (Minneapolis), Urinetown
Buffalo High School, West Side Story
Cambridge-Isanti High School, Legally Blonde the Musical
Centennial High School (Circle Pines), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Chanhassen High School, Pippin
Chaska High School, Anything Goes
Chisago Lakes High School, Grease
Columbia Heights High School, Grease
Concordia Academy (St. Paul), Oklahoma!
Coon Rapids High School, Cinderella
Cretin-Derham Hall (St. Paul), How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying, Children of Eden
DeLaSalle High School (Minneapolis), The Addams Family
Detroit Lakes High School, Aida
Duluth East High School, The Addams Family
Eagan High School, Mary Poppins
East Ridge High School (Woodbury), Fiddler on the Roof
Eastview High School (Apple Valley), Into the Woods
Edina High School, Crazy For You
Farmington High School, Godspell
Forest Lake Area High School, The Wizard of Oz
Fridley High School, Hairspray
Great River School (St. Paul), Annie
Healy High School, Into the Woods
Henry Sibley High School (Mendota Heights), Grease
Hill-Murray School (Maplewood), Annie, Guys & Dolls
The International School of Minnesota (Eden Prairie), Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Irondale High School (New Brighton), Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
Kennedy High School (Bloomington), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Lakeville North High School, Sweeney Todd
Lakeville South High School, Disney’s Mary Poppins
Main Street School of Performing Arts (Hopkins), Anything Goes
Maple Grove Senior High School, Les Miserables
Mayo High School (Rochester), Chicago
Minneapolis South High School, Grease
Minnehaha Academy (Minneapolis), Godspell
Minnetonka High School, Nice Work If You Can Get It, Pippin
Moorhead High School, Tarzan
Mound Westonka High School, Little Shop of Horrors
New Life Academy (Woodbury), Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
North High School (North St. Paul), Bye Bye Birdie
Orono High School, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Osseo Senior High School, The Wizard of Oz
Park High School (Cottage Grove), Oklahoma!
Princeton High School, Aida
Richfield Senior High School, The Wizard of Oz
Rogers High School, Grease
Rosemount High School, Disney’s Mary Poppins
Saint John’s Preparatory School (Coillegeville), Peter Pan
Sauk Rapids-Rice High School, The Wizard of Oz, Once Upon a Mattress
Shakopee High School, Camelot
Shattuck-St. Mary’s School (Faribault), Annie
Simley Theatre (Inver Grove Heights), Into the Woods
South St. Paul Secondary School, High School Musical
Southwest High School (Minneapolis), Guys & Dolls
Spring Lake Park, Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
St. Croix Preparatory Academy (Stillwater), Guys & Dolls
St. Francis High School, The Pirates of Penzance
St. Michael Albertville High School, Guys & Dolls
St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Les Miserables
Stillwater Area High School, Anything Goes
Tartan Senior High School (Oakdale), Aida, Cinderella
Thomas Jefferson High School (Bloomington), Thoroughly Modern Millie
Totino-Grace High School (Fridley), The Addams Family
Triton High School (Dodge Center), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Virginia High School, Aida
Visitation School and Saint Thomas Academy, VISTA Productions (Mendota Heights), The Wiz
Washburn High School (Minneapolis), Legally Blonde the Musical
Watertown Mayer High School, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast
Wayzata High School, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast
White Bear Lake Area High School, Nice Work If You Can Get It
Winona Senior High School, The Addams Family
Woodbury High School, Thoroughly Modern Millie
Zimmerman High School, Disney’s The Little Mermaid
Hennepin Theatre Trust
Hennepin Theatre Trust is the nonprofit owner of the Orpheum, State, Pantages and New Century theatres. It creates positive change through the arts by bringing together people, businesses and organizations to create and enjoy cultural experiences in the Minneapolis Cultural District.
Tickets
Spotlight Showcase
Sunday, June 12 and Monday, June 13
State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis
HennepinTheatreTrust.org, 1.800.982.2787
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